Senior Vice President of Digital

Role Description

Do you see digital marketing as a powerful, evolving driver of mission impact? Are you an enterprise leader who can balance vision and innovation with a practical understanding of what it means to grow an area of specialization within a broader organizational ecosystem?

Avalon Consulting Group is seeking a Senior Vice President of Digital to lead and shape our digital department as a core capability of the organization. This is a senior executive role responsible for setting direction, strengthening our digital practice, and partnering across the company to deliver thoughtful, effective fundraising and online marketing strategies for mission-driven organizations.

As a member of Avalon’s executive team, you’ll bring a forward-looking perspective on where digital is headed, paired with a grounded understanding of the realities our nonprofit clients face. You’ll lead a talented team of digital leaders, foster strong cross-functional collaboration, and help ensure our work is both innovative and practical. This role is ideal for a leader who combines vision with follow-through, values collaboration, and takes a thoughtful, team-first approach to leadership.

What You’ll Do

• Set the vision for Digital at Avalon
• Define and guide Avalon’s digital fundraising and engagement strategy, bringing a clear point of view on industry trends and emerging opportunities, while ensuring approaches are actionable and aligned with client needs.
• Lead as an enterprise partner
• Collaborate closely with Client Services, Analytics, Creative, Production, HR, and Marketing to align priorities, solve challenges, and advance shared goals across the organization.
• Operate at the executive level
• Serve as an active member of the executive team, contributing to company-wide strategy, advocating for Digital approaches that will expand client programs, and translating broader direction into clear, actionable guidance for your team.
• Manage the budget and P&L of the department
• Define pricing strategy, and coordinate with the finance team on strategic investments.
• Create clarity and consistency
• Provide steady, reliable leadership that establishes clear priorities, supports decision-making, and ensures follow-through across the Digital department.
• Develop and lead a strong and fast-growing team
• Supervise Digital Vice Presidents and senior leaders, fostering an environment where individuals are supported, challenged, and able to do their best work.
• Strengthen collaboration and communication
• Model thoughtful, transparent communication and sound judgment in how you engage with colleagues, clients, and partners.
• Support client and program success
• Maintain strategic oversight of key client relationships and digital programs, ensuring strong performance, thoughtfully leveraging new digital opportunities, and ensuring long-term partnership success.
• Advance digital innovation
• Identify opportunities to evolve Avalon’s digital offerings in ways that are forward-looking, practical, and impactful for our clients.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in digital direct response fundraising and marketing, including leadership of teams and strategy
• Demonstrated success leading digital strategy in an agency, consulting, or complex nonprofit environment
• A strong understanding of large, multi-channel digital fundraising, engagement, and brand awareness programs, including email, SMS, paid media, web, and emerging platforms
• Experience leading and developing senior leaders and building high-performing teams
• A clear, informed perspective on digital trends and how they apply in a nonprofit context
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution and client realities

Requirements

• Lead with clarity, consistency, and follow-through
• Build strong, collaborative relationships across teams
• Communicate thoughtfully and make sound, well-informed decisions
• Take ownership of outcomes and approach challenges constructively
• Invest in developing others and creating a team-first environment
• Are equally comfortable thinking big-picture and navigating day-to-day realities

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package, including employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous paid leave
• Remote work reimbursements
• Employer-paid life and disability insurance
• Safe harbor 401(k) plan

Company Description

Since 1997, Avalon has been committed to making the world a better place by helping our clients raise millions of dollars needed to fulfill their inspiring missions. In April 2026, Avalon merged with VeraData, a data analytics and fundraising intelligence firm. This merger expanded our capabilities and deepened the insights, technology, and strategy we bring to our clients, allowing us to deliver even more powerful, data-informed fundraising solutions while staying true to the mission-driven work that defines us.

We are proud to be a fully remote workplace, hiring the best fundraisers and marketers in the business, no matter where they live in the U.S. We also value opportunities to come together for team and client meetings when needed. We are strategic, analytical, innovative, collaborative, and most of all, passionate about our work. We love what we do, and it shows in our engaged teams, industry recognition, and the results we deliver for our clients.

Avalon is proud of our supportive and collaborative team environment that encourages professional development while recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance. We are committed to fostering a culture that embraces differences every day and where each of our staff is supported and inspired to reach their full potential.