Upstream USA · 3 weeks ago
Vice President of Development and External Affairs Strategy and Operations
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$230K/yr - $250K/yr
12+ years expUpstream USA is a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring equitable contraceptive care for all. The Vice President of Development and External Affairs Strategy and Operations will provide strategic and operational leadership for the department, focusing on achieving ambitious revenue goals and managing a team to enhance donor engagement and stakeholder communication.
EducationHealthcareNon ProfitHealth Care
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Represent Development and External Affairs in key internal leadership forums and cross-organizational planning sessions, ensuring donor and investor insights inform organizational decisions and communicating enterprise priorities back to the Development & External Affairs team
Serve as the primary operational leader for the team’s development, external affairs, board governance, and executive support functions, with end-to-end accountability for systems, workflows, team coordination, and execution across Development & External Affairs functions
Lead the development and recommendation of Development and External Affairs’ annual operating plan, goals and KPIs across the transformational team (prospecting and investor relations) as well major donors and external affairs; align these with overall organizational objectives. Track progress toward goals and recommend adjustments in strategy in order to meet revenue targets
Recommend and oversee training and professional development for the Portfolio Team and others involved in transformational fundraising to prepare staff and operationalize top-tier, high touch, white glove transformational donor engagement
Oversee and approve the integrated engagement plan for Upstream’s top investors, developed by the Senior Director of Investor Relations, ensuring coordinated deployment of the CEO and CDEAO for high impact engagement opportunities
Qualification
Required
12-15+ years of progressive experience in development, external affairs, revenue strategy, or a closely related field, including demonstrated success as a senior operating leader responsible for enterprise-level strategy, systems, planning, performance management, and cross-team coordination (beyond individual fundraising)
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long and short term disability
401K with employer match
Generous vacation, personal, sick and holiday time off
Parental leave
Professional development
Fitness and cell phone allowance for all full time employees and part time employees who work a minimum of 24 hours per week
Company
Upstream USA
Upstream is a nationally recognized, rapidly growing nonprofit dedicated to increasing contraceptive access for all.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
2017-01-01Grant
2014-01-01Grant
Leadership Team
Mark Edwards
Co-Founder and CEO
jessica greenfield
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
24-7 Press Release Newswire
2026-04-30
The Cumberland Times-News
2023-12-23
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