Director, Community Fundraising

About GoFundMe

GoFundMe is the world's most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

The Role

We're searching for our first Director, Community Fundraising to help shape and scale GoFundMe's Community Fundraising strategy, owning business outcomes, organizational health, and long-term growth. This leader operates as a strategic partner to senior leadership, aligning teams, investments, and external partners around shared priorities and impact. This role reports into the VP, Community Fundraising.

Strategy, Vision & Business Ownership

• Own key aspects of the Community Fundraising strategy and business outcomes, accountable for translating company-level goals into a cohesive, executable roadmap across Pro and Consumer segments
• Drive department-level GDV, engagement, and activation goals, including short-term performance and long-term ecosystem health
• Determine where to invest, experiment, scale, or pull back across activation types based on ROI, brand risk, and organizational capacity
• Partner with senior leadership to evolve Community Fundraising into a durable growth engine, not a series of disconnected programs
• Anticipate market, nonprofit, and community trends to inform multi-year strategy and positioning
• Collaborate with external agencies and third-party entities to drive measurable improvements in fundraising campaign performance

Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence

• Work with Sr. Director to align with senior cross-functional leaders across Product, Growth Marketing, Sales, CX, Partnerships, and Global Go To Market teams around shared priorities
• Partner closely with Product and Technology leadership to influence roadmap direction, investment tradeoffs, and sequencing tied to Community Fundraising outcomes
• Represent Community Fundraising in senior leadership forums, advocating for priorities and reconciling competing organizational needs
• Build strong executive-level relationships across the company to drive alignment, accountability, and execution
• Act as a key decision-maker and escalation point for complex, high-risk, or high-impact activations

Team Leadership & Organizational Design

• Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary team responsible for activation strategy, execution, enablement, and operations
• Work with Sr. Director to define clear roles, ownership models, and success metrics across Manager-level contributors
• Coach and develop senior talent, enabling strategic elevation and effective delegation
• Create a culture of accountability, experimentation, and continuous learning within the team

This is an exceptional opportunity to lead strategic initiatives at a mission-driven organization with proven impact. You'll work with talented cross-functional teams and shape the future of community-driven fundraising on a global scale.

💰 Compensation not publicly listed. Market estimate for similar roles: from $200K, varying by experience and location.