Title - Manager, Development

Location - New York

Salary - US $76,587 - 87,510

About CDP:  

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system. As the founder of environmental reporting, we believe in transparency and the power of data to drive change. 

Partnering with leaders in enterprise, capital, policy and science, we surface the information needed to enable Earth-positive decisions. We helped more than 24,800 companies and almost 1,000 cities, states and regions disclose their environmental impacts in 2024. Financial institutions with more than a quarter of the world’s institutional assets use CDP data to help inform investment and lending decisions. 

Our team is truly global, united by our shared desire to build a world where people, planet and profit are balanced. Visit cdp.net or follow us @CDP to find out more.

About the Team:

The Growth Function includes Development, Partnerships and Thought Leadership and is responsible for driving philanthropic revenue and strategic partner engagement to support CDP’s mission. By cultivating and stewarding relationships with strategic funders and partners, the function ensures sustainable financial and technical support for CDP’s global programs. The function is critical in enabling CDP to scale its work, innovate its systems, and deepen its environmental impact.

The Development team works closely with senior leadership to grow and diversify CDP’s funding base. The team raises philanthropic and grant income from Foundations, Individuals, Corporations and Governments, with a focus on donors based in the United States and UK/Europe. The Development Team sets and implements fundraising strategy, oversees fundraising operations, and builds meaningful partnerships with donors. The team works to manage the full donor lifecycle to ensure donor accountability, alignment, and delivery across all fundraising efforts. development; relationship management; and grant reporting and stewardship.

About this role:

The Manager, Development establishes and manages strategic, high-value relationships with current and prospective philanthropic, corporate and institutional donors to secure long-term, diversified revenue for CDP’s core operations and areas of expansion. The Manager plays a key role in implementing CDPs new fundraising strategy, with a focus on cultivating and engaging donors based in North America. Your ability to articulate CDP’s value in accelerating climate and nature action will be paramount in guiding donors toward significant financial commitments.

What you will do:

• Support the execution of CDPs fundraising strategy
• Manage a portfolio of strategic, high-value donors, developing strong relationships and implementing creative solicitation plans to maximize donor engagement and income.
• Research, develop and secure funding from new donors, with a particular focus on those with the potential to give long-term, 7+ figure grants.
• Develop an excellent knowledge of CDP’s work, and present high-quality proposals, budgets and presentations to donors. • Work closely with the Development Operations team to ensure
• Build strong external relationships with donors and their networks to influence their decision-making and strategy.
• Actively contribute to an effective and engaged team, clear on its purpose and contribution, by:
  • Ensuring you know what is expected of you, through regular 1:1’s, having clear objectives in place, and participating in open and honest performance and development conversations
  • Ensuring a respectful and inclusive workplace, where team members communicate openly, share knowledge so it can be used, and respect difference.
  • Living the CDP Values and demonstrating the behaviours appropriate to your position.

Internal stakeholders include: Leadership Team, Thought Leadership, Finance, MEL. M&C and Development Operations

External stakeholders include: Current and prospective donors, with a particular focus on North America-based organizations

We're looking for:

• A proven track record of relationship building to secure grants at seven figure and above level, ideally with philanthropic and/or corporate donors
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to network and negotiate with current and prospective donors.
• Attention to detail and proven ability to write concise and clear proposals and reports, and to analyse and prepare project budgets.
• Familiarity with climate change, sustainable finance, nature-based solutions or ESG trends
• A self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, capable of identifying new funding opportunities in a competitive landscape

Before you apply :

We’ll only use the information you provide to process your application. For more details on how we use your information, see our applicant’s privacy notice. By uploading your CV and covering letter, you are permitting CDP to use the information you have provided for recruitment purposes.  

The salary banding for this role is US $76,587 - 87,510

This is a hybrid role requiring weekly time in the office

How to apply: 

Please upload your CV in English the application form.