Director, Development — Metro DC Area

ABOUT PER SCHOLAS:

For 30 years Per Scholas has been on a mission to drive mobility and opportunity in the ever-advancing technology landscape by unlocking the untapped potential of individuals uplifting communities and meeting the needs of employers through rigorous tech training. By teaming up with dynamic employer partners ranging from Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups were forging inclusive tech talent pipelines fulfilling an ever-increasing need for skilled talent. With national remote training and campuses in 20 cities and counting Per Scholas offers no-cost training programs in the most sought-after tech skills spanning Cloud Cybersecurity Data Engineering IT Support Software Engineering and more. To date 30000 individuals have been trained through Per Scholas propelling their professional trajectories into high-growth tech careers with salaries three times higher than their pre-training earnings. Learn more by visiting follow us on LinkedIn X Facebook Instagram and YouTube.

Per Scholas candidates must reside in one of the following states provided the position does not carry a specific office location requirement: AZ CA CO FL GA IL IN KS MD MA MI MO NC NJ NY OH PA TX WA WI.

OFFICE: DC Metro Area (Baltimore and Northern VA)
REPORTS TO: VP of Local Markets

Per Scholas is seeking a strategic entrepreneurial and results-driven Director Development to lead development efforts in the Metro DC Baltimore and northern VA and other markets as assigned. The Director will have primary responsibility for building and growing a sustainable local revenue pipeline in the NCR area while also supporting development priorities opportunities and portfolios in additional Per Scholas markets as organizational needs and priorities evolve.

The Director will focus on four core areas of work: generating new local leads and building market pipelines stewarding and growing a portfolio of local partners advancing government funding opportunities and collaborating with national channel teams on larger and multi-market investments.

This role is designed to strengthen Per Scholas presence and revenue potential in the metro DC area while providing flexible development capacity across other assigned markets. The Director will develop relationships across corporate philanthropic civic workforce-development and public-sector communities and work closely with local market leadership to understand growth priorities and translate those priorities into compelling opportunities for investment.

In the NCR area the Director will serve as the primary development lead building a strong local pipeline cultivating and growing relationships advancing government funding opportunities and partnering closely with NCR market leadership. The Director may also be assigned to support other markets where additional development capacity prospecting portfolio management or strategic opportunity development is needed.

The Director will also serve as a critical connector between local markets and Per Scholas national development infrastructure ensuring that local intelligence and relationships inform national channel strategies while coordinating partner engagement across teams.

This is a highly collaborative position requiring close partnership with Corporate Foundation Government Relations & Contracts Individual Giving Development Operations Program Finance and local market leadership.

The ideal candidate is a relationship-oriented fundraiser and business developer who combines strong prospecting and pipeline-building skills with disciplined portfolio management strategic thinking and the ability to navigate complex cross-functional partnerships across the NCR area and other assigned markets.

WHAT YOULL DO

In this role you will focus on four core priorities:

Generate local leads and build a strong development pipeline in the NCR area and other assigned markets

Steward and grow a portfolio of local partners

Identify and advance government funding opportunities

Collaborate with national channel teams on larger and multi-market opportunities

Local Lead Generation & Pipeline Development

• Build and continually expand a qualified pipeline of prospective corporate philanthropic civic and public-sector partners in the NCR area and other assigned markets.
• Proactively identify new funding prospects through research networking referrals community engagement and existing Per Scholas relationships.
• Develop relationships with NCR-area business philanthropic civic and workforce-development leaders while also supporting relationship development in other assigned markets.
• Use market intelligence Salesforce data and other prospecting tools to prioritize opportunities based on potential value strategic alignment relationship strength likelihood of success and timing.
• Create and execute prospect strategies that move relationships from identification and qualification through cultivation solicitation and close.
• Build a balanced pipeline that includes both near-term revenue opportunities and longer-term strategic prospects across the NCR area and assigned markets.
• Maintain accurate and actionable pipeline information in Salesforce including prospect stage next steps anticipated timing relationship ownership and revenue potential.
• Work closely with NCR market leadership other assigned market leaders and national channel colleagues to identify warm introductions and leverage existing relationships.
• Develop strategies to convert emerging relationships into sustained philanthropic corporate and public-sector partnerships.

Local Portfolio Stewardship & Revenue Growth

• Manage and steward a portfolio of local corporate foundation philanthropic and other partners with primary responsibility for the NCR area and additional markets as assigned.
• Build trusted relationships with funders and partners by understanding their priorities and connecting them to Per Scholas mission outcomes and local market opportunities.
• Develop and execute individualized cultivation solicitation renewal and stewardship strategies for portfolio accounts.
• Identify opportunities to deepen existing relationships through increased investment multi-year commitments expanded engagement sponsorships or other forms of partnership.
• Ensure partners receive timely meaningful and high-quality stewardship in coordination with program market and development colleagues.
• Maintain strong knowledge of portfolio partner priorities giving history relationships engagement and potential for future investment.
• Lead or support proposals presentations solicitations renewals and negotiations for local funding opportunities.
• Develop strategies to retain and grow key partners while continually identifying opportunities to introduce new prospects into the portfolio.
• Ensure portfolio activity relationship strategies and revenue forecasts are accurately reflected in Salesforce.

Government Funding Opportunities

• Partner closely with the Government Relations & Contracts team to identify qualify and advance local state and federal government funding opportunities relevant to the NCR area and other assigned markets.
• Develop and maintain relationships with relevant government workforce-development economic-development and civic stakeholders throughout the NCR area and as assigned other markets.
• Bring local market intelligence relationships and emerging opportunities to the Government Relations & Contracts team to inform public funding strategies.
• Identify government funding opportunities that align with Per Scholas workforce-development programs learner outcomes and market growth priorities.
• Support the development of government proposals applications contracts and related materials by coordinating with Government Relations & Contracts Program Finance and other internal partners.
• Coordinate local government engagement while ensuring alignment with Per Scholas broader government funding strategy.
• Track emerging public-sector priorities funding announcements workforce initiatives and policy developments that may create opportunities for Per Scholas.
• Help position Per Scholas as a trusted workforce-development partner in the NCR area and other assigned markets.

Collaboration with National Channel Teams

• Collaborate closely with Per Scholas Corporate Foundation Government Relations & Contracts and Individual Giving teams to identify and advance larger strategic or multi-market opportunities.
• Serve as a local market connector for national channel teams providing NCR-specific and other assigned-market relationships intelligence context and opportunities.
• Coordinate partner strategy and engagement across local and national teams to ensure clear roles consistent communication and a seamless partner experience.
• Identify when a local prospect has the potential to become a larger or multi-market partnership and engage the appropriate channel team early in the process.
• Support national channel teams in cultivating relationships with companies foundations and other funders that have a presence or strategic interest in the NCR area or other assigned markets.
• Participate in joint cultivation site visits meetings proposals presentations solicitations and stewardship activities as appropriate.
• Ensure local market priorities and opportunities are represented in broader channel strategies.
• Help resolve relationship ownership and coordination questions across local and national teams in partnership with development leadership.

NCR Market Partnership & Growth

• Partner closely with NCR market leadership to understand programmatic priorities learner demand employer needs and market growth opportunities.
• Translate NCRs programmatic and workforce-development priorities into compelling cases for investment.
• Build Per Scholas visibility and relationships within the NCR business philanthropic civic government and workforce-development ecosystem.
• Identify strategic relationships that can contribute not only to revenue generation but also to employer engagement program growth community visibility and long-term market sustainability.
• Support NCR market leadership and national development leaders with funder meetings site visits community events and other high-value engagement opportunities.
• Represent Per Scholas at relevant NCR-area community philanthropic business government and workforce-development events.
• Contribute NCR market intelligence and recommendations to broader Per Scholas development and growth strategies.
• Help establish and strengthen Per Scholas position as a leading workforce-development and economic-mobility partner in the NCR area.
• Apply lessons relationships and strategies developed in the NCR area to support other assigned markets and contribute to broader local-market development.

WHAT YOULL BRING

Professional Qualifications

• 7 years of progressive experience in fundraising business development corporate partnerships sales or a related revenue-generating field with demonstrated success securing significant investments.
• Proven ability to generate new leads build qualified pipelines cultivate relationships and convert prospects into revenue.
• Demonstrated success managing and growing a portfolio of corporate philanthropic or institutional partners.
• Experience securing or supporting significant philanthropic corporate government or public-sector investments.
• Experience developing or supporting government funding proposals grants contracts or public-sector partnerships strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of the NCR-area corporate philanthropic civic government and workforce-development landscape with the ability to quickly develop market knowledge and relationships in other assigned markets.
• Established relationships with NCR-area corporate foundation philanthropic civic workforce-development or public-sector leaders strongly preferred.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills with the ability to engage senior executives funders government leaders and community stakeholders.
• Strong prospecting and business-development skills including the ability to identify new opportunities and independently move relationships forward.
• Excellent proposal-writing presentation case-making and solicitation skills.
• Highly organized and disciplined in managing multiple prospects portfolio relationships deadlines and cross-functional initiatives across multiple markets.
• Highly data-driven and results-oriented with experience using pipeline and revenue data to prioritize activity and manage performance.
• Proficiency with Salesforce or another CRM; ability to maintain accurate pipeline portfolio forecasting and relationship-management data.
• Strong financial acumen and ability to manage revenue forecasts pipeline projections and funding opportunities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across local market teams and national development channels without relying solely on formal reporting relationships.
• Willingness to travel approximately 1520% including travel within the NCR area to other assigned markets and nationally as needed.

Personal Attributes

• Entrepreneurial and proactive with a demonstrated ability to create opportunities rather than wait for them to emerge.
• Relationship-driven with the ability to build authentic connections across corporate philanthropic government and civic communities.
• Pipeline-oriented and persistent with comfort initiating new relationships and moving prospects through a development cycle.
• Strategic and collaborative with the ability to determine when an opportunity should be pursued locally and when to engage a national channel team.
• Highly organized and accountable with strong follow-through on both revenue opportunities and partner relationships.
• Solutions-oriented bringing forward recommendations identifying barriers and finding ways to move opportunities forward.
• Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity particularly in a growing organization where market assignments and opportunities may evolve.
• Strong communicator able to translate Per Scholas mission learner outcomes and workforce-development model into a compelling case for investment.
• Mission-driven with a commitment to advancing economic mobility workforce development equity and opportunity through Per Scholas work.

#LI-Hybrid

For this role specifically we are targeting a salary range of $105000$115000 where the difference in salary is typically determined by several factors including geography in which the selected candidate resides and alignment with qualifications and experience.

Benefits & Perks

Per Scholas offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health financial well-being and overall quality of life!

Holidays & PTO: Full-Time Per Scholas team members enjoy over 40 days of paid time off each year through a mix of holidays vacation and sick/personal time! All employees are eligible for Holiday pay upon hire (a total of 22 holidays annually including a week off for Independence day and a week before the New Year ). Full-Time Benefits Eligible employees also receive 80 Wellness Hours to use for Sick Safe or Personal reasons and accrue Vacation at a rate of 8 hours at the beginning of every month supporting rest recharge and work-life balance. Vacation accruals increase with tenure. Part-time employees are afforded time off on a prorated basis and in accordance with local requirements.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage : Benefit eligible employees can choose from multiple medical plans through Cigna or Kaiser Permanente (where available) with options to fit your needs. Eligible employees also have access to a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) that reimburses eligible out-of-pocket expenses up to $4000 for individuals and $8000 for families.

Dental and Vision Insurance : Eligible employees can select from two dental plan options and a vision plan. Employees who waive medical coverage receive employer paid dental and vision premiums.

Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a current 100% employer match on contributions up to 6% eligible employees are offered entry and full vesting after 90 days with the company.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) : Free confidential 24/7 access to counseling legal support and financial resources for employees and their household members

Parental Leave: Eligible employees are offered up to 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave to support employees as they welcome a new child and bond with their family.

Additional Benefits & Perks: Eligible employees have access to employer-paid life and AD&D Insurance as well as employer-paid short-term disability coverage with the option to elect additional life coverage and long-term disability insurance. Flexible Spending accounts are available for healthcare dependent care and commuting expenses. Per Scholas also offers a range of voluntary benefits including: Accident Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Legal Services and Pet Insurance. Additional resources include healthcare concierge support financial wellness tools and employee discount programs.

QUESTIONS

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or national origin.

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