Manager, Business Development

Relationship ownership and revenue

Own a portfolio of existing and prospective U.S. foundation and corporate donors. This is an externally facing role with direct revenue responsibility toward the team's annual funding target.

Build and carry out engagement strategies to retain donors and secure new and increased funding, including larger, multi-year, restricted awards.

Represent Living Goods in conversations with funders, including technical discussions on our approach, evidence base, unit economics, and path to scale.

Position Living Goods to win funding from large, technically complex foundations, corporate funders, funder collaboratives and pooled mechanisms by building relationships with funders, shaping our case for support, and pursuing opportunities as they open.

Support the CEO and other leaders in funder engagements, making sure leadership is well-prepared for every funder interaction.

Proposal Leadership

Lead and project manage concept notes and full proposals, coordinating technical input from Programs and Digital Health, budgets with Finance, compliance review, and leadership engagement.

Guide donor due diligence and the negotiation of restricted terms and reporting requirements, working with Finance and Compliance.

Facilitate strategic decisions on which funding and partnership opportunities to pursue and what the most compelling pitch for Living Goods would be, aligned with funder interests.

Support opportunities to bid with partners, such as implementers and technology providers, where a joint approach strengthens our competitiveness.

Pipeline, reporting, and strategy

Monitor opportunities and contribute to pipeline forecasting and donor surveillance across the U.S. market.

Advise on grant reporting for your portfolio, sharing what each funder cares about and how they like to receive results, so reports are tailored to the donor.

Work with the grant writer and Communications team to create and update funder communications and collateral that reflect Living Goods' messaging.

Contribute to U.S.-market strategy, including how the team positions our 2027–2030 strategy to funders and test new fundraising approaches and partnership models.

Qualifications and Experience:

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.

5 - 7 years of experience in fundraising or business development, including at least 2–3 years at manager level or in a role with comparable portfolio ownership.

Personal ownership of significant ($1M+) awards, from cultivation through signed agreement and into future renewals. We are looking for relationship ownership, not only contribution to a team effort.

Direct experience with institutional funder processes, including introductory meetings, pitch/co-creation discussions, concept notes, full proposals, due diligence, and negotiation of grant terms and requirements.

Demonstrated experience leading multi-stakeholder proposal development across program, finance, and compliance functions, producing high-quality work under tight deadlines.

Experience in global health, international development, or an adjacent technical field sufficient to hold substantive conversations with donors.

Exceptional writing and communication skills, with the ability to develop clear and convincing materials that are attentive to nuance and audience.

Experience with budgeting and financial reporting.

Collaborative spirit, demonstrated by active listening, clear communication, being a team player, and earning trust across departments, with executive team members, country teams, and peers.

Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, likely 2-3 times per year.