The Opportunity

Reach Out and Read Northeast is seeking an experienced Senior Manager of Development to serve as a key partner to the Regional Director of Development. This is a high-impact, execution-focused role built for getting work across the finish line — one that calls for deep ownership, independent judgment, and organizational instincts woven into every task.

Reporting directly to the Regional Director of Development, this role will anchor the Northeast development team by managing a major gifts portfolio, owning development operations and CRM integrity, and providing broad support across fundraising priorities. The ideal candidate brings substantial experience in development, a deep commitment to the mission, and the confidence to operate without heavy supervision. They thrive on deliverable work, take pride in maintaining excellent systems, and understand that the behind-the-scenes infrastructure of a development office is what makes ambitious fundraising possible.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to do meaningful work in a mission-driven environment, partner closely with passionate leadership, and help grow the philanthropic foundation that puts books in the hands of children across the Northeast.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include:

Major Gifts and Donor Stewardship (33%)

• Manage a portfolio of approximately 30-50 major gift prospects and donors, cultivating and stewarding relationships to deepen engagement and grow philanthropic support.

• Coordinate donor touchpoints, acknowledgments, and follow-up for major and individual giving, ensuring a high-touch experience for priority supporters.

• Participate in donor-facing meetings and represent the organization

• Support moves management, tracking donor progress through the pipeline in Salesforce with accuracy and timeliness.

Development Operations and CRM Management (33%)

• Serve as the primary steward of Salesforce for the Northeast team, ensuring donor data, gift records, and portfolio information are accurate, up-to-date, and actionable.

• Oversee gift acknowledgment processes, ensuring timely and accurate thank-you letters and tax receipts for all donors.

• Maintain and monitor development reporting, flagging key trends and ensuring the Regional Director has clean data to inform strategy.

• Coordinate with national office on gift processing, acknowledgment standards, and data integrity protocols.

• Aid the Development Director in developing and following a Development Handbook for the Northeast Development team

Other Development Support (33%)

• Assist with grant management, events, book donation coordination, and other development priorities as assigned.

• Support the Regional Director in implementing the annual development strategy, tracking goals, and flagging opportunities.

• Create donor-facing materials as needed, such as 1-pagers and special proposals

• Serve as a collaborative partner to the grants function, providing development context and data as needed.

• Handle logistical and administrative development tasks that keep the team running efficiently.

• Maintain a small portfolio of renewal grants at the $5K level, depending on capacity

Qualifications:

There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. We’ll honor your lived and professional experience as key aspects of your candidacy for the role and prioritize applicants with experience dismantling the structural inequities that disproportionately impact children and families with traditionally marginalized identities. We are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate most of the qualifications and experiences listed below:

• Commitment to increasing equity in opportunity and outcomes for children and a recognition of factors known to significantly impact differential outcomes for children, including race, ethnicity, language, and socio-economic status.

• Minimum of five years of experience in nonprofit development, with a track record of managing donor relationships and supporting fundraising operations.

• Strong organizational and project management skills; you are someone who keeps meticulous records, follows through consistently, and takes pride in reliable execution.

• Experience managing donor portfolios and conducting donor stewardship activities, with comfort in donor-facing settings when needed.

• Proficiency in Salesforce or a comparable CRM; you understand the value of clean data and know how to keep it that way.

• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight — you don’t need to be told what to do twice, and you’re comfortable taking initiative in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to represent the organization professionally with donors and partners.

• A collaborative, mission-driven mindset; you believe in the work, trust the strategy, and get things done.

• Knowledge of or genuine enthusiasm for early childhood literacy, children’s books, or pediatric health is a strong plus.

• Experience with the Northeast philanthropic landscape — including Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine — is preferred.

Position Specifications:

This is a full-time (40 hours/week) exempt position. The Senior Manager of Development will work remotely from a home office located within the Reach Out and Read Northeast region (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine). Regular travel up to 20% is required, including travel for funder/partner meetings, national and regional conferences, and availability to attend team retreats and organizational meetings. Candidates based in upstate New York will not be considered at this time.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary will be competitive with similar roles at non-profit organizations of a comparable size, and you will also receive a robust benefits package. The salary range for this position is $76,500-$82,000 commensurate with experience. We offer medical and dental insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with match, paid vacation, professional development stipend, and more.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications through our online portal. The interview process will include a preliminary survey in April, followed by a hiring manager interview. Advancing candidates will have a final interview with other members of the Read Out and Read team. The anticipated start date for this role is late May/early June.

Commitment to Diversity:

Reach Out and Read is committed to building an organization that embraces diversity, pursues equity, and fosters an environment of inclusion. Reach Out and Read sits at the intersection of health and education, uniquely positioned to play a critical role in addressing systemic disparities and inequities in the public health framework. Reach Out and Read strives to be an antiracist organization, using its influence to fight against social injustice by supporting a culture of learning, empowerment, equity, and a deep appreciation for the unique experiences that we each bring to our communities. And, we believe that changing the world begins with holding ourselves and our workplace to that same standard.

About Reach Out and Read:

Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success and reaches 4.6 million children across the country – half of whom identify as BIPOC and two thirds of whom come from low-income families. The nonprofit recently set a strategic goal to double its impact by 2030, to serve 10 million young children — 50 percent of all U.S. children from birth to 5.

In deep partnership with a network of clinicians, Reach Out and Read leverages the near-universal reach of the pediatric well-child visit. It uses children’s books and shared reading to support parents and caregivers in strengthening healthy relationships with their infants and young children from birth through 5 years old.

Reach Out and Read works directly with pediatric care providers to share the lifelong benefits of parents reading aloud with their children daily. Nurturing, language-rich interactions like shared reading give young children a foundation for success — building early language and literacy skills; teaching curiosity, patience, and empathy; and creating deep bonds between parents and their children. By integrating our evidence-based model into pediatric care and providing the tools and encouragement families need to read aloud together, we can transform pediatric care practices, foster healthy families and communities, and give children of all backgrounds and means a better start to life.

The Impact:

• Reach Out and Read program sites are located in 6,500 clinics, safety net hospitals, medical systems, and other healthcare settings in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

• Reach Out and Read serves 4.6 million children and their families annually.

• More than 7.7 million new, developmentally appropriate books are integrated into well-child visits with families annually.

• 39,000 clinicians currently participate in Reach Out and Read

• Our peer-reviewed body of evidence demonstrates that Reach Out and Read parents are two-and-a-half times more likely to read regularly to their children, and that children experiencing Reach Out and Read show enhanced language development.

To learn more about Reach Out and Read, visit www.reachoutandread.org.

Reach Out and Read is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Reach Out and Read is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, cultural heritage, ancestry, political belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability or veteran status. Reach Out and Read is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and we are committed to making special accommodations for your interview or work as a member of our team. If specific accommodations are needed, please email HR @ reachoutandread.org and our HR team will work to accommodate your needs.