Director, Prospect Strategy, Management, and Research

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ROLE TITLE: Director, Prospect Strategy, Management, and Research POSITION REPORTS TO: MD, Prospect Management & Research PRIORITY APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 2nd at 11:59PM ET LOCATION: Flexible/Remote WHAT YOU’LL DO As a member of the Prospect Strategy, Management, & Research (PSR) team, you will play a central role in strengthening TFA’s fundraising strategy by connecting high-quality prospect intelligence with disciplined portfolio and pipeline management. You will help set and execute an enterprise-wide vision for building healthy donor and prospect pools, optimizing fundraiser portfolios, and moving prospects through clear qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship stages. In this role, you will provide actionable research, capacity and inclination analysis, relationship mapping, due diligence, and portfolio insights that help frontline fundraisers focus on the right donors, at the right time, with the right strategy. WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR Prospect research support (45%)

Deliver timely, accurate, and actionable prospect research for assigned fundraising teams, including deep-dive profiles, meeting briefings, capacity ratings, inclination assessments, philanthropic interest analysis, board and relationship mapping, and strategy recommendations.
Lead proactive prospect discovery projects that identify new individual, foundation, corporate, and institutional prospects aligned with TFA priorities, fundraising goals, and enterprise-wide growth opportunities.
Maintain accurate, well-documented prospect and donor intelligence in Salesforce, including biographical, philanthropic, wealth, affiliation, relationship, engagement, and capacity data from internal and external sources.
Analyze and synthesize complex information from research databases, public records, internal giving history, relationship networks, and fundraiser knowledge into clear insights that inform cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies.
Monitor ethical, legal, and privacy considerations related to prospect research, including evolving laws, regulations, and professional standards that affect the access, use, storage, and distribution of information.
Provide due diligence research and reputational risk insights to support responsible donor engagement and help monitor TFA’s prospect pipeline for potential concerns. Prospect Management (45%)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with Salesforce and/or Microsoft Dynamics or another fundraising CRM.
Experience with data analysis, reporting, dashboards, or data visualization.
Experience using prospect research platforms such as RelSci, iWave, LexisNexis, Wealth-X, Candid, or similar tools.
Ability to leverage emerging technologies, including AI, to improve prospect research, portfolio strategy, data analysis, or fundraising workflows.
Experience working across different areas of fundraising or Development, providing a broader understanding of fundraising strategy and operations.
Experience launching, improving, or innovating a process, tool, program, or approach beyond the immediate scope of your role.
Experience developing workplans, setting project direction, or bringing structure to ambiguous work.
Ability to tailor communications and recommendations to different audiences and support change management or systems adoption.
Experience presenting complex information through research profiles, briefings, portfolio summaries, dashboards, or other forms of data storytelling.
Familiarity with ethical standards and practices related to prospect research, including APRA principles.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office or comparable productivity tools. ## Your Future Team The Director, Prospect Strategy, Management, and Research sits on the Fundraising Operations team, which is part of Teach For America’s Central Development team. The Development team builds and strengthens philanthropic partnerships by inspiring donors to invest in TFA’s work with students nationally and regionally. The Fundraising Operations team supports Teach For America’s enterprise-wide fundraising efforts by ensuring strong data, technology, reporting, analysis, gift operations, prospect research, and prospect management practices, and by helping fundraisers adopt the tools, insights, and systems that support effective donor engagement. The Fundraising Operations team is comprised of three sub-teams: (1) Data Governance, Reporting & Technology, (2) Gift Operations, and (3) Prospect Strategy, Management & Research. The Development team has members located across the country. While there is limited travel involved in this role for team meetings, most interactions will be conducted virtually. ## Your Compensation The applicable salary range for each U.S.-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers according to a cost-of-labor index in that geographic area. Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. New hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint depending on qualifications, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the role. The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. These ranges may be modified in the future. Tier A: $74,300 - $97,500 Tier B: $81,000 - $106,300 Tier C: $87,600 - $115,000 You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here.

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