Seattle, Washington, United States · Hybrid
$100k–$110k/yr
Description LOCATION: Seattle, Washington (hybrid) BACKGROUND Global Partnerships (GP) is a non-profit impact-first fund manager dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. Impact-first investing mea…
Skills: Relationship management, High-net-worth individual engagement, Investor relations, Strategic planning, CRM management
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The Director of Development will manage and grow a portfolio of high-net-worth investors while serving as a strategic partner to internal leadership. They are responsible for overseeing supporter engagement experiences, maintaining CRM data, and ensuring the effective stewardship of donor relationships.
Candidates must have eight or more years of professional experience in relationship management, philanthropy, or investor relations. A bachelor's degree is required, along with the ability to work legally in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Description
LOCATION: Seattle, Washington (hybrid)
Global Partnerships (GP) is a non-profit impact-first fund manager dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. Impact-first investing means investing in a way that seeks the greatest possible social impact, while seeking to preserve capital with a modest financial return for investors. GP believes that impact-first investing has an essential role to play in advancing sustainable solutions to poverty for millions of people worldwide.
GP supports social enterprises serving people living in poverty, primarily in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. We ended fiscal year 2025 with a portfolio of over $180 million in outstanding investments to 86 social enterprise partners. Since inception, our funds’ investments have positively impacted more than 39 million lives.
Our mission-driven team operates primarily from Seattle, Bogotá, and Nairobi. Learn more at www.globalpartnerships.org.
GP seeks a highly relational, highly organized Director of Development to help grow and care for our base of aligned investors and donors, with particular focus on high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). This role is for a confident, values-aligned leader who builds trust easily, communicates with clarity and warmth, learns complex work quickly, enjoys process-driven environments, and takes pride in moving relationships forward with discipline and care.
Reporting to the Vice President of Investor Relations, the Director will strengthen how GP manages relationships across the full supporter journey: from early interest, to first commitment, to ongoing stewardship and growth. The Director will both support senior relationship managers – including the CEO, Chief Capital and Impact Officer, Vice President of Investor Relations, and board champions – and directly manage their own portfolio of supporters and prospects. In both capacities, the Director will help ensure that relationships are well understood, thoughtfully advanced, carefully stewarded, and positioned to grow over time.
The Director of Development is a new role at GP, created at a pivotal moment as we seek to diversify and materially expand our base of investors and donors. A typical day could include preparing an executive for an HNWI meeting; joining a second or follow-up conversation with a prospective investor; drafting warm, compliant next-step communication; updating an account strategy in the CRM; nudging a relationship manager on a promised follow-up; checking in with a current investor; and leading an internal planning meeting for an upcoming prospect gathering or supporter trip.
Requirements
The salary range for this role is $100,000 to $110,000 per year. GP operates with a hybrid work model: Mondays and Fridays remote, and Tuesday-Thursday in-office (downtown Seattle).
The current benefits package includes:
Interviews with final candidates are required.
Required application documents:
Global Partnerships is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on ethnic origin/race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. For priority consideration, please apply by August 31, 2026.
Due to the volume of applications, we will contact only those candidates selected for interviews – no follow-ups, please.
Finalists will be asked to submit references, including name, email, and phone number, of at least two former supervisors. All offers will be contingent upon reference checks as well as a background check.
Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty.
Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. Our affiliated funds make loans and early stage investments in social enterprises that deliver products and services that empower people to earn a living and improve their lives. Read our 30th anniversary retrospective for insights: https://www.linkedin.com/company/globalpartnerships/posts/?feedView=articles
Offices: 1201 Western Ave, Suite 410, Seattle, Washington 98101, US · WeWork c/o Global Partnerships, Carrera 11B # 99 – 25, Bogotá, D.C. 110221, CO · Global Partnership c/o Team Investment Concept Limited, P.O. Box 1093 – 00606, Nairobi, Nairobi 00606, KE
Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty.
Global Partnerships is an impact-first investor dedicated to expanding opportunity for people living in poverty. Our affiliated funds make loans and early stage investments in social enterprises that deliver products and services that empower people to earn a living and improve their lives. Read our 30th anniversary retrospective for insights: https://www.linkedin.com/company/globalpartnerships/posts/?feedView=articles
Offices: 1201 Western Ave, Suite 410, Seattle, Washington 98101, US · WeWork c/o Global Partnerships, Carrera 11B # 99 – 25, Bogotá, D.C. 110221, CO · Global Partnership c/o Team Investment Concept Limited, P.O. Box 1093 – 00606, Nairobi, Nairobi 00606, KE
