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ORGANIZATION: Colorectal Cancer Alliance
LOCATION: Remote, United States
POSITION TYPE: Full-Time, Exempt
REPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer
COMPENSATION: $230,000-$250,000 annual salary; Healthcare benefits are available for this role.
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is a national nonprofit organization committed to ending colorectal cancer within our lifetime. We help patients, families, survivors, and caregivers navigate diagnosis and treatment options, connect them with those who can share experiences and knowledge, and identify resources to meet their needs. We partner with healthcare professionals and social influencers to raise awareness of preventative screening, and we collaborate with researchers to better understand the disease and fund critical research. Our efforts are urgent, effective, and efficient because we believe that tomorrow can’t wait.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Chief Development Officer (CDO) at the Colorectal Cancer Alliance will lead and execute a bold revenue growth strategy, building a high-performance culture of philanthropy that drives accountability, donor-centricity, and measurable results.
The CDO builds and positions the organization with the resources, infrastructure, and talent needed to accelerate mission impact, aligning systems and performance management to support scalable, high-performing fundraising. They will own revenue performance and compliance across all funding streams — Corporate, Consumer Brands & Foundation Giving, Industry Giving, Individual Giving, Community Fundraising/Peer-to-Peer Giving, ensuring strong stewardship and consistent growth.
As a hands-on player-coach, the CDO will personally manage and grow a portfolio of six and seven-figure donors and corporate partners, securing transformational investments in the Alliance’s work.
Reporting to the CEO and partnering closely with executive leadership and the Board, the CDO will lead 5 senior leaders and a 15+ person Development Team, translating strategy into clear targets, disciplined pipeline management, and results. This leader will spearhead growth from $21M to $60M within three years, leveraging major gifts, consumer brand partnerships, and an expanded volunteer and community-led fundraising model.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
The main responsibilities of this position include:
Executive Leadership (20%)
- Partner with the CEO, Executive Team, and Board to set bold development goals and drive a clear, results-focused revenue vision and strategy.
- Shape and strengthen the infrastructure, talent, and systems required to support sustained revenue growth.
- Champion and embed a culture of philanthropy, modeling fundraising leadership internally and externally through volunteer teams.
- Proactively cultivate and maintain high-trust relationships with executives, board members, donors, funders, corporate partners, and key stakeholders to expand engagement and investment.
Development Strategy and Revenue Generation (50%)
- Lead and execute a comprehensive development strategy to scale revenue from $21M to $60M within three years, translating vision into clear annual targets, measurable KPIs, and disciplined execution plans.
- Direct the development team in building actionable growth plans, managing robust pipelines, and delivering consistent revenue performance.
- Continuously evaluate all fundraising initiatives, analyze ROI, and recalibrate strategies to maximize growth and unlock new revenue opportunities.
- Partner directly with the CEO to lead and accelerate execution of the $100M Project Cure CRC campaign, driving principal gift strategy and campaign momentum.
- Serve as the organization’s senior fundraising strategist, advising the Executive Team on best practices, market intelligence, and scalable growth models.
- Proactively identify, cultivate, and secure high-impact grants, sponsorships, investments, and philanthropic partnerships to diversify and expand revenue streams.
- Personally manage and grow a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects, securing six and seven-figure gifts through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
Team Leadership (30%)
- Translate strategic priorities into clear annual revenue plans, quarterly benchmarks, and individual performance goals, driving disciplined execution across the organization.
- Lead, coach, and motivate a high-performing development team grounded in results, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee revenue performance across all fundraising pillars, proactively addressing gaps, reallocating resources, and accelerating high-performing initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated success scaling revenue in a complex nonprofit or mission-driven organization, ideally leading significant multi-year growth initiatives.
- Track record of personally securing and closing six and seven-figure gifts, with deep experience managing high-capacity donor portfolios.
- Experience leading comprehensive fundraising campaigns, preferably $25M+.
- Strong ability to translate bold vision into measurable goals, performance dashboards, pipeline discipline, and revenue accountability.
- Experience leading, mentoring, and holding accountable high-performing fundraising teams while remaining actively engaged in frontline fundraising.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to advance fundraising priorities and engage volunteer leaders in revenue generation.
- Broad knowledge of corporate partnerships, foundation giving, individual major gifts, community fundraising/peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Proven ability to embed a culture of philanthropy across an organization, aligning systems, talent, and incentives to drive sustained growth.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust, align diverse stakeholders, and drive results across executives, board members, staff, volunteers, donors, and external partners, fostering shared ownership of ambitious revenue goals.
SALARY RANGE:
Competitive non-profit salary, typically ranging from $230,000-$250,000, based on experience and qualifications.
HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please complete the application in our ADP Workforce Now application portal.
To see all employment opportunities at the Alliance, please click here to be directed to our careers site.
If you encounter any issues with this application, please contact us at jobs@ccalliance.org
STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION: The Colorectal Cancer Alliance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or ethnicity. We are strongly committed to hiring a diverse and multicultural staff and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
TITLE: Chief Development Officer
ORGANIZATION: Colorectal Cancer Alliance
LOCATION: Remote, United States
POSITION TYPE: Full-Time, Exempt
REPORTS TO: Chief Executive Officer
COMPENSATION: $230,000-$250,000 annual salary; Healthcare benefits are available for this role.
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:
The Colorectal Cancer Alliance is a national nonprofit organization committed to ending colorectal cancer within our lifetime. We help patients, families, survivors, and caregivers navigate diagnosis and treatment options, connect them with those who can share experiences and knowledge, and identify resources to meet their needs. We partner with healthcare professionals and social influencers to raise awareness of preventative screening, and we collaborate with researchers to better understand the disease and fund critical research. Our efforts are urgent, effective, and efficient because we believe that tomorrow can’t wait.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Chief Development Officer (CDO) at the Colorectal Cancer Alliance will lead and execute a bold revenue growth strategy, building a high-performance culture of philanthropy that drives accountability, donor-centricity, and measurable results.
The CDO builds and positions the organization with the resources, infrastructure, and talent needed to accelerate mission impact, aligning systems and performance management to support scalable, high-performing fundraising. They will own revenue performance and compliance across all funding streams — Corporate, Consumer Brands & Foundation Giving, Industry Giving, Individual Giving, Community Fundraising/Peer-to-Peer Giving, ensuring strong stewardship and consistent growth.
As a hands-on player-coach, the CDO will personally manage and grow a portfolio of six and seven-figure donors and corporate partners, securing transformational investments in the Alliance’s work.
Reporting to the CEO and partnering closely with executive leadership and the Board, the CDO will lead 5 senior leaders and a 15+ person Development Team, translating strategy into clear targets, disciplined pipeline management, and results. This leader will spearhead growth from $21M to $60M within three years, leveraging major gifts, consumer brand partnerships, and an expanded volunteer and community-led fundraising model.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
The main responsibilities of this position include:
Executive Leadership (20%)
- Partner with the CEO, Executive Team, and Board to set bold development goals and drive a clear, results-focused revenue vision and strategy.
- Shape and strengthen the infrastructure, talent, and systems required to support sustained revenue growth.
- Champion and embed a culture of philanthropy, modeling fundraising leadership internally and externally through volunteer teams.
- Proactively cultivate and maintain high-trust relationships with executives, board members, donors, funders, corporate partners, and key stakeholders to expand engagement and investment.
Development Strategy and Revenue Generation (50%)
- Lead and execute a comprehensive development strategy to scale revenue from $21M to $60M within three years, translating vision into clear annual targets, measurable KPIs, and disciplined execution plans.
- Direct the development team in building actionable growth plans, managing robust pipelines, and delivering consistent revenue performance.
- Continuously evaluate all fundraising initiatives, analyze ROI, and recalibrate strategies to maximize growth and unlock new revenue opportunities.
- Partner directly with the CEO to lead and accelerate execution of the $100M Project Cure CRC campaign, driving principal gift strategy and campaign momentum.
- Serve as the organization’s senior fundraising strategist, advising the Executive Team on best practices, market intelligence, and scalable growth models.
- Proactively identify, cultivate, and secure high-impact grants, sponsorships, investments, and philanthropic partnerships to diversify and expand revenue streams.
- Personally manage and grow a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects, securing six and seven-figure gifts through strategic cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
Team Leadership (30%)
- Translate strategic priorities into clear annual revenue plans, quarterly benchmarks, and individual performance goals, driving disciplined execution across the organization.
- Lead, coach, and motivate a high-performing development team grounded in results, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee revenue performance across all fundraising pillars, proactively addressing gaps, reallocating resources, and accelerating high-performing initiatives.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated success scaling revenue in a complex nonprofit or mission-driven organization, ideally leading significant multi-year growth initiatives.
- Track record of personally securing and closing six and seven-figure gifts, with deep experience managing high-capacity donor portfolios.
- Experience leading comprehensive fundraising campaigns, preferably $25M+.
- Strong ability to translate bold vision into measurable goals, performance dashboards, pipeline discipline, and revenue accountability.
- Experience leading, mentoring, and holding accountable high-performing fundraising teams while remaining actively engaged in frontline fundraising.
- Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with CEOs, executive teams, and boards to advance fundraising priorities and engage volunteer leaders in revenue generation.
- Broad knowledge of corporate partnerships, foundation giving, individual major gifts, community fundraising/peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Proven ability to embed a culture of philanthropy across an organization, aligning systems, talent, and incentives to drive sustained growth.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust, align diverse stakeholders, and drive results across executives, board members, staff, volunteers, donors, and external partners, fostering shared ownership of ambitious revenue goals.
SALARY RANGE:
Competitive non-profit salary, typically ranging from $230,000-$250,000, based on experience and qualifications.
HOW TO APPLY: To apply, please complete the application in our ADP Workforce Now application portal.
To see all employment opportunities at the Alliance, please click here to be directed to our careers site.
If you encounter any issues with this application, please contact us at jobs@ccalliance.org
STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION: The Colorectal Cancer Alliance does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or ethnicity. We are strongly committed to hiring a diverse and multicultural staff and encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Chief Development Officer
Map your degree to the specialty occupation standard
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to fundraising strategy, organizational development, or nonprofit management. A general business degree may trigger an RFE unless your employer documents the connection explicitly in the petition.
Search LCA filings filtered for CDO-level roles
Use the OFLC Wage Search to pull certified LCAs filed under job titles like Chief Development Officer or VP of Development. Employers with recent LCA history for this title have already cleared the DOL wage certification step and are structurally prepared to sponsor.
Target cap-exempt employers for faster sponsorship timelines
Universities, nonprofit hospitals, and government-affiliated research organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can file your H-1B petition at any time without waiting for the April lottery. CDO roles at these institutions often move from offer to approval in 60 to 90 days.
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Migrate Mate surfaces employers with confirmed H-1B filing history for Chief Development Officer and equivalent titles, so you're applying to organizations that have already navigated the sponsorship process rather than discovering mid-offer that they won't file.
Negotiate petition filing before accepting an offer
Confirm in writing that the employer will file a standard I-129 petition and cover USCIS filing fees before signing. CDO roles sometimes stall at legal review when nonprofit boards haven't pre-approved sponsorship costs, which delays your start date by months.
Check O*NET to strengthen your specialty occupation argument
The O*NET profile for Chief Executives and related development titles documents the degree-level education typically required. Your attorney can reference this data directly in the petition to preempt USCIS specialty occupation challenges specific to executive-track nonprofit roles.
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Find Chief Development Officer JobsChief Development Officer H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Chief Development Officer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the employer can demonstrate the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as nonprofit management, business administration, or public administration. USCIS scrutinizes executive titles more closely than technical roles, so your employer's attorney should document the degree requirement in both the job description and the LCA before filing.
How do I find employers willing to sponsor H-1B visas for CDO roles?
Search for organizations with a verified H-1B filing history for Chief Development Officer or equivalent titles. Migrate Mate filters employers by LCA filing history at this level, which is a reliable signal that the organization has already worked through legal review and budget approval for executive-level sponsorship.
Are nonprofit organizations better H-1B sponsors for this role than for-profit companies?
Nonprofits affiliated with universities or research institutions can file as cap-exempt employers, bypassing the annual lottery entirely and filing petitions year-round. That structural advantage is significant for CDO candidates because it removes lottery risk and compresses the timeline from offer to authorized start date considerably compared to for-profit sponsors.
What happens to my H-1B status if the CDO role changes significantly after I'm approved?
Material changes to your job duties, title, or work location can require your employer to file an amended H-1B petition before the change takes effect. For CDO roles, restructuring that shifts primary responsibilities away from development and fundraising toward general executive management may affect the specialty occupation basis USCIS originally approved.
Can I start working immediately after my employer files the H-1B petition for a CDO position?
Only if you're already in valid H-1B status with a different employer and are using portability under AC21, which allows you to change employers after 180 days. Otherwise, you cannot begin work until USCIS approves the petition, unless your employer pays for premium processing, which USCIS adjudicates within 15 business days.
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