Senior Officer, Leadership Giving

Location based in: United States (DC, MD, NY, NJ, VA) - remote workingSalary: USD $93,036 - $128,155 Location-based in line with IPPF’s regional compensation structure.Report to: Global Head of Individual Philanthropy 

About the role:

This new role is a high-impact, revenue-generating position responsible for helping to secure approximately $4-5 million+ in transformational gifts over the first three years. The Officer is a new role that will help IPPF achieve its overall Individual Giving fundraising targets and revenue goals.
This role will provide critical leadership in expanding IPPF’s Principal Gift program, developing bespoke donor experiences, and ensuring sustained engagement with high-level philanthropists who align with IPPF’s mission to advance reproductive health and rights globally.

Reporting to the Global Head of Individual Philanthropy, IPPF seeks candidates an experienced Senior Officer, Leadership Giving, to lead principal gifts fundraising and donor cultivation efforts with High Net Worth Individual (HNWI) and Ultra-high Net Worth Individual (UHNWI) prospects and donors ($100,000+)

What you'll do:

Principal Gift Fundraising & Donor Cultivation:

• Develop and execute a HNWI/UHNWI donor pipeline strategy to secure six- and seven-figure gifts.
• Identify, research, and cultivate relationships with philanthropists, family offices, and major wealth advisors.
• Craft personalized engagement plans and solicitation strategies for each prospect, aligning their interests with IPPF’s mission.
• Secure multi-year commitments and legacy gifts that ensure sustainable funding.

High-Touch Donor Stewardship & Bespoke Engagement:

• Create exclusive experiences for HNWI donors, including VIP briefings, international field visits, and private
• convenings.
• Provide donors with customized impact reports, private updates from IPPF leadership, and curated thought leadership opportunities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and philanthropic partner, deepening donor investment in IPPF’s vision.

Build a Strong Network & Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Model:

• Leverage existing donors, board members, and philanthropic ambassadors to engage new HNWI/UHNWI
• prospects.
• Establish and manage the women’s Advisor Council, mobilizing high-net-worth women donors.
• Represent IPPF at elite wealth networking events, private salons, and international donor forums.

Strategic Fundraising Leadership:

• Partner with IPPF’s Chief Development Officer and global leadership to refine and grow the Principal Gifts strategy.
• Work closely with program teams to develop compelling, data-driven cases for support.
• Track and report on key fundraising metrics, ensuring alignment with $10M fundraising goals

What we're looking for:

Experience

• 10+ years of experience in HNWI/UHNWI fundraising, principal gifts, or major gifts development, preferably in a global nonprofit.
• Proven successful track record of closing principal gifts, personally and as part of a team, and securing transformational philanthropy.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with experience cultivating high-net-worth donors and family foundations.
• Deep knowledge of impact-driven philanthropy, wealth trends, and HNWI/UHNWI donor motivations.
• Exceptional storytelling and proposal development skills, with the ability to articulate a compelling vision.
• Experience engaging family offices, private wealth advisors, and high-profile philanthropists.
• Experience and comfort working in a small- to mid-sized INGO
• Willingness to travel in the U.S. (up to 30% time) and potentially outside the U.S.

Your Skills

• Developed listening and influencing skills.
• Strong writing skills.
• Relationship builder, including acting as an organizational representative.
• Data-driven, using data/analytics to improve strategy and decision-making.
• Cultivator and collaborator.
• Goal-orientated with a focus on building trust and credibility internally and externally.
• IT literate with an understanding of digital marketing and CRM systems.

Your Ethos

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work

Why Join Us?

IPPF offers meaningful work, an inspiring environment, professional growth, and the chance to make a lasting impact on the lives of individuals and communities around the world. Working for IPPF offers a compelling value proposition.

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About IPPF:
 

International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global sexual and reproductive health service provider and one of the leading advocates for universal access to sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all. We are a worldwide movement of 149 national organisations working with and for communities and individuals and, together, have delivered more than 1 billion cumulative services over the last 6 years.  
 

We are now looking for people to join us and make our Come Together–Strategy 2028, a reality. Revolutionising IPPF, placing it in a stronger position to support SRHR for those who are left out, locked out or left behind. Come Together commits IPPF to shaping laws, policies and norms through feminist action and international solidarity; and to strengthen the federation adding new drive for real and lasting impact.
 

Action is urgent. We have delivered. We have stood for justice and equality. We commit to more daring and feminist action that secures choices about our bodies, sexual lives, and well-being. Everyone should enjoy a pleasure-filled and healthy sex life and a life free from violence, shame or criminalisation. We know love is love. And we come together in support of women, youth, and people who are marginalised and excluded. Through the care we deliver, the actions we take, and the solidarity we foster.    IPPF is an equal-opportunity employer. As a leading global human rights organisation focused on equality, empowerment, ending discrimination, and poverty eradication, we internally reflect social justice principles. We, as IPPF, strongly oppose racism in all its forms and resolutely go for a cultural change that will shift the existing imbalances in power and process.  
 

We are a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, intergenerational and diverse work environment.  Applications are particularly encouraged from women, people living with HIV, people living with disability and people with diverse SOGIESC.  
 

IPPF is committed to the safety and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults and our safer recruitment and selection procedures reflect this commitment.  We expect all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment, and anyone employed by IPPF agrees to sign up to our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.   IPPF has been made aware of various fraudulent vacancy announcements circulated via e-mail from websites falsely stating that they are issued by or in association with IPPF.  These correspondences, which may seek to obtain money from the recipients of such correspondence, are fraudulent, and IPPF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).