Development Director (m/f/d)

Full-time | 40 hours per week | Vienna Headquarters, Austria

FOUR PAWS is the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. Find out more about our sustainable campaigns and projects on https://www.four-paws.org.

Would you like to contribute to something meaningful and work with us on our mission? This is your chance. We are looking for dedicated people to enrich our team.

Your contribution will be

• Overseeing the organisation’s global development strategy, delivering consolidated income, strategic objectives, and long-term financial sustainability
• Driving the growth, diversification, and resilience of the global fundraising portfolio through strategic partnerships and by expanding sustainable funding streams
• Leading the global development function and enabling the countries to maximise fundraising performance and achieve agreed targets
• Establishing and strengthening global fundraising frameworks, systems, and supporter engagement approaches to enable consistent, scalable and effective fundraising
• Championing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by leveraging emerging trends and opportunities, piloting new fundraising approaches and scaling successful initiatives
• Fostering collaboration, alignment, and knowledge sharing across the global fundraising community
• Leading and developing the direction of the organisation’s audiovisual development
• Providing strategic leadership to functions and country counterparts globally to strengthen fundraising effectiveness
• Leading, developing and empowering a high-performing, diverse, international and multidisciplinary team, promoting a culture of accountability, collaboration, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Overseeing planning, budgeting, financial stewardship, performance management, and reporting of the global development portfolio

Your profile ideally illustrates

• Senior leadership experience leading development and diversified funding strategies, ideally in complex, international or impact-driven organisations
• Strong strategic leadership capability, with experience driving organisational change, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Experience leading global, multidisciplinary, and cross-cultural teams at senior level
• Strong understanding of financial planning and budgeting
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Fluency in English
• Passion for animal welfare and FOUR PAWS' vision and mission

Our offer includes

• The opportunity to truly contribute to global animal welfare
• An international, dynamic work environment
• Flexible and family-friendly working arrangements including the option of partial remote work
• A dog-friendly workplace
• Workplace health and wellbeing initiatives
• Wiener Linien annual ticket (or partial contribution to Klima Ticket) and pension fund after probationary period
• PAWSdays: extra days off at the end of the year on top of your annual leave
• Birthday leave: extra day off to use around your birthday
• The minimum gross annual salary for this position starts at 89,000 EUR (full-time base, consisting of 14 payments), in accordance with our internal compensation scheme
  

We reveal, rescue and protect unique animals from many different species through systems change and by creating species-appropriate environments at our sanctuaries!

We celebrate our colleagues' differences and strive to create an inclusive environment because we believe that only by working together, we can advance animal welfare worldwide. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strongly encourage candidates from all diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals with diverse lived experiences, racial identities, national origins, religions, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and disability statuses to apply. We welcome everyone who wants to support our mission. Please contact careers@four-paws.org if you require assistance applying to this position. 

All interested individuals are invited to submit their applications for the position. Please note that in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, having a valid work permit for the respective country or being eligible to obtain one is a requirement for this position prior to commencing employment.

Application deadline: 4th of August, 2026

Join our passionate team to make a difference for animals. Apply with your CV in English today!