Senior Development Manager

Reports To: Chief Operating Officer

The Senior Development Manager serves as the primary fundraiser for CBA Fund, representing its values, credibility, and impact to funders and investors. This role focuses on building and strengthening relationships, engaging new funders, and sustaining long-term partnerships to secure the resources needed to advance the organization’s mission. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Development Manager leads strategy development, funder cultivation, and revenue growth. Key responsibilities include creating and executing annual development plans while managing grant activities to ensure CBA Fund’s ongoing financial stability.

Essential Duties: 

• Lead the development and implementation of annual strategies to secure both loan capital and operating support for CBA Fund. 
• Build, cultivate, and steward relationships with a diverse group of funders and investors across public, private, and philanthropic sectors.
• Prepare compelling grant proposals, produce impact reports, and track progress toward goals.
• Negotiate and manage partnerships with banks, foundations, and government agencies to ensure capital and grant funding aligns with lending priorities. 
• Monitor capital markets and philanthropic trends to identify new funding opportunities and anticipate shifts that could impact capitalization strategies. 
• Reporting outcomes to the Executive Director and Board on long-term financial sustainability. 
• Serve as a liaison between funders and CBA Fund staff, collaborating to align incoming resources with programmatic and lending needs.
• Other duties as required.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, advanced degree preferred.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in fundraising, capital raising, or development preferred, particularly within a nonprofit lender, CDFI, financial institution, or related sector.
• Demonstrated success in securing major gifts, grants, and/or impact investment capital.
• Strong knowledge of CDFI financing, public funding sources, and impact investing. 
• Excellent relationship building, communication, and negotiation skills. 
• Ability to develop and execute fundraising and capitalization strategies. 
• Strong grant writing, reporting, and project management skills. 
• Experience advising leadership and working cross-functionally. 
• Commitment to community development and serving underserved communities. 
• Established network of funders/investors preferred.

Location: CBA is headquartered in Washington, DC. Given the relationship management and stakeholder engagement responsibilities of this position, preference will be given to candidates located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

About CBA

CBA is an innovative national nonprofit network dedicated to building the capacity of a diverse and growing network of hundreds of nonprofits (CBA members) across the country that helps low- and moderate-income households build strong credit and other financial assets. CBA was created by and for our nonprofit members as a bridge to the modern credit reporting system to help millions of individuals with low credit scores or no credit participate in the mainstream financial system by building credit. Learn more about CBA at www.creditbuildersalliance.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer: CBA is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate the diversity and lived experiences of our community and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, or record of arrest or conviction.