Development Manager

OpenHome Foundation

Job Overview

Location

United States

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• The Open Home Foundation is looking for a Development Manager based in the United States to join their Marketing team.
• The Development Manager will be responsible for the development and growth of the Open Home Foundation's fundraising efforts, including grant funding and corporate sponsorships.
• The role will involve developing and owning the foundation's fundraising strategy, identifying and cultivating relationships with qualified prospects, and translating the foundation's mission and values into suitable philanthropic narratives.
• The Development Manager will also be responsible for building and managing corporate sponsorship programs, researching and writing grant applications, and setting up and maintaining fundraising systems.
• The role requires at least 5 years of fundraising or development experience, with a track record of securing significant gifts, grants, or corporate sponsorships.
• The ideal candidate will have experience within the tech sector, cultivating and closing corporate sponsorships and/or major donors, and strong grant-writing and funder-reporting skills.
• The Development Manager will work closely with leadership and the project communities to align fundraising with the foundation's roadmap and values.
• The role also requires excellent relationship-building and communication skills, as well as the ability to travel to meet potential donors in person.
• The Open Home Foundation is a fully remote organization that uses Remote to employ people from all over the world.
• The Development Manager will be a normal salaried employee in their country, with a full-time position for 40 hours per week.
• The role offers a competitive total compensation package, with a yearly compensation of approximately 120.000 to 150.000 USD.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of fundraising or development experience.
• Experience owning a fundraising function or leading major fundraising initiatives end-to-end.
• Experience within the tech sector.
• Experience cultivating and closing corporate sponsorships and/or major donors.
• Strong grant-writing and funder-reporting skills.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.
• Ability to travel to meet potential donors in person.

🏖️ Benefits

• Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off.
• Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.
• Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth.
• A budget for your work hardware once you start.
• A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee at your home workspace.
• One day every two weeks to work on your personal projects.
• If you are currently working on Home Assistant-related side projects, you can spend work time maintaining them.

Skills & Technologies

Python

JavaScript

GitHub

Remote

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About OpenHome Foundation

OpenHome Foundation is a non-profit organization that stewards the OpenHome open-source voice assistant and smart-home ecosystem. It provides reference hardware designs, software frameworks, privacy-respecting cloud services, and governance policies so that individuals and companies can build interoperable, local-first smart-home devices without vendor lock-in. The foundation hosts the codebase, coordinates contributions, certifies compatible products, and advocates for user privacy and open standards in connected homes.

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