Senior Manager, Development

Fundraising Operations and Pipeline Management

• Develop and execute annual fundraising plan that includes leadership, major, and small-dollar donors; foundations and corporate funders.
• Support or lead development of funding pipelines and revenue targets.
• Develop internal processes and coordinate with colleagues to ensure smooth execution of all stages of fundraising cycle.
• Manage proposal calendars, reporting timelines, and internal trackers.
• Organize and lead internal fundraising coordination meetings and follow-up actions.
• Research funding opportunities and advise leadership on prospects.
• Lead CRM data input and output.
• Serve as Weave's primary liaison to Aspen Institute's Office of Institutional Advancement.

Proposal Development and Writing

• Lead or support development of concept notes, proposals and solicitations, and sponsorship agreements.
• Coordinate proposal and solicitation workflows across program, finance, and operations.
• Draft high-quality narrative content aligned with Weave's mission and impact.
• Ensure legal review and budget alignment for all funding submissions.

Grant Compliance and Reporting

• Organize grant kickoff meetings.
• Track grant deliverables and reporting requirements.
• Lead or support narrative grant reporting in partnership with program staff.
• Coordinate with finance and communications to complete reports.
• Maintain organized records of agreements, deliverables, and reporting materials.

Funder Stewardship

• Support relationships with funding partners.
• Create meaningful stewardship touchpoints aligned with funder interests, including engagement communications and prospecting and acknowledgement events.
• Prepare funder updates and impact materials.
• Track grant terms and support renewal conversations.

This role helps Weave secure funding to support local leaders who are building trust and tackling key issues in their neighborhoods, working toward a nation where mutual trust and affection is the standard, equity is implicit, and all people find joy and meaning in daily life.

• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible, relevant experience in nonprofit development.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent writing and editing skills.
• Proven experience in cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with Microsoft and Google suite and proficiency with customer relationship management platforms (CRMs).
• Comfort managing multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
• Sound judgment, flexibility, and a positive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 10 percent, with occasional evening meetings.
• Commitment to Weave's mission to tackle the problem broken social trust.

The Aspen Institute offers a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, and prescription benefits, retirement benefits, and paid leave.

The Aspen Institute is a global nonprofit organization committed to realizing a free, just, and equitable society. Weave: The Social Fabric Project tackles the problem of broken social trust that has left Americans divided, lonely, and in social gridlock by connecting, supporting, and investing in local leaders who are building trust in their communities.