Staff AI Operations Lead shipping governed AI workflows across Honeycomb.io’s business operations. Building shared AI infrastructure, enablement, and adoption on the Data team.
About the role
- Director guiding global fundraising strategy and operations for New Energy Nexus, an NGO supporting clean-energy entrepreneurs. Leading prioritization, distributed teams, proposals, CRM systems, and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Lead the internal engine behind New Energy Nexus's global fundraising and business development efforts
- Report to the Chief Executive Officer
- Develop a living, prioritized development strategy using proposal outcomes, funder conversations, market signals and organizational learnings
- Synthesize funder intelligence into clear fundraising priorities
- Identify focus areas across programs and geographies based on funder appetite, pipeline strength and organizational priorities
- Maintain visibility into the funding pipeline by funder, program, chapter and stage
- Flag pipeline risks, gaps and unrestricted-versus-restricted balance issues
- Translate strategy into guidance on opportunity prioritization, proposal repositioning and team investment
- Advise the CEO and program leads on funding strategy
- Lead and develop the global platform-level development team, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, coaching and performance management
- Translate strategy into rolling team work plans with aligned ownership, resources and timelines
- Build collaboration across platform staff, country leaders, fundraisers and program leads
- Run fundraising operating rhythms, including pipeline reviews, proposal coordination and prioritization check-ins
- Coordinate multi-country and multi-program proposals, integrating inputs into cohesive narratives and budgets
- Build and maintain a central library of fundraising collateral
- Draft and maintain funder and conference decks using modular content
- Partner with the Chief Communications Officer on messaging, program updates and brand standards
- Provide country leads and fundraisers with tools, templates, frameworks and support
- Build feedback loops between engagement, strategy, priorities and planning
- Own fundraising CRM and pipeline-tracking systems, ensuring data quality and consistent use
- Produce regular and ad hoc leadership reports and dashboards on pipeline health, funder trends and fundraising goals
- Standardize proposal, reporting and stewardship templates and processes
- Track outcomes against strategy and refine it as data develops
- Ensure fundraising protocols and internal and external reporting are completed on time and to consistent quality standards
- Establish clear visibility into global pipeline priorities, risks and opportunities
- Build an effective operating rhythm and improve coordination across platform, country and program teams
- Establish consistent CRM and pipeline management practices
- Create an accessible library of standardized fundraising collateral and tools
- Establish feedback loops between funder intelligence, performance and development strategy
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience across nonprofit fundraising/development, development strategy and/or development operations
- At least 5 years working directly within nonprofit or philanthropic fundraising
- Deep practical understanding of the fundraising cycle, funder decision-making, proposal development and stewardship
- Strong track record leading complex philanthropic/grant proposals, ideally involving multiple programmes, geographies or internal stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience turning frontline or field-level input into strategy and prioritization
- Demonstrated people-management experience, including coaching, performance management, setting priorities and allocating team capacity
- Experience leading a distributed team is strongly preferred
- Experience operating in a global or matrix organisation and coordinating stakeholders who do not report directly to them
- Comfortable using CRM and pipeline data for fundraising decisions, forecasting and team management
- Familiarity with the climate, clean energy, or entrepreneurship support landscape is a strong plus
- Experience conducting dedicated funder-market or landscape research is advantageous
- Structured, analytical thinking and ability to synthesize qualitative field input into recommendations
- Adaptability, self-starter attitude, and growth mindset
- High emotional intelligence, trust-building ability, cultural sensitivity and curiosity
- Exceptional written communication skills
- Strong project management skills
- Comfortable serving as an internal partner rather than the primary external face of fundraising
- Ability to work with a global team across time zones, with periodic travel for internal meetings and conferences/convenings
- Proficiency in database/CRM management, Google Workspace, and Slack
- Foundational knowledge of global clean energy and climate change solutions and ecosystems, or willingness to self-learn
- Some meetings may take place outside regular work hours
- No relocation assistance is available
- Applicants must submit a resume, cover letter, and responses to application questions
Benefits
- Full-time remote position
- Medical benefits, depending on candidate location
- Dental benefits, depending on candidate location
- Vision benefits, depending on candidate location
- Paid time off, depending on candidate location
- Paid holidays, depending on candidate location
- Insurance, depending on candidate location
- Interview accommodations upon request
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