Business Development Manager, Philanthropy and Grants

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About WEConnect International
WEConnect International is a leading global nonprofit that connects women-owned businesses to qualified buyers around the world. We identify, educate, register, and certify businesses that are at least 51 percent owned, managed, and controlled by women. Through our global network, capacity-building programs, technology platform, market intelligence, and connections to corporate, multilateral, and government buyers, we help women-owned businesses become more visible, strengthen their capabilities, and compete in global value chains. Our network includes more than 22,000 women-owned businesses across over 140 markets and more than 180 member buyers. Learn more at www.WEConnectInternational.org.
Core Values and Culture
As we continue to grow our impact, WEConnect International attracts and holds accountable members, partners, staff, and stakeholders based on the following core values, which help define our culture, brand, and operating approach:

• Embrace Diversity and Inclusion to Unleash Potential
• Demonstrate Passion for Women’s Economic Empowerment
• Make a Positive Difference in the World
• Deliver Stakeholder Value
• Exemplify Integrity in Everything We Do
• Pursue Teamwork with a Shared Vision and Purpose
• Embrace Openness, Trust, and Candid Communication

No phone calls, please. We regret that we are unable to respond to individual inquiries about the position.

WEConnect International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All aspects of employment will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

About the role
WEConnect International seeks a strategic and results-oriented Business Development Manager to grow philanthropic revenue from private foundations, corporate foundations, family foundations, and other institutional funders. The Manager will identify and qualify prospects, cultivate funding relationships, develop strong grant proposals and concept notes, and coordinate the full grant cycle from initial research through award, reporting, renewal, and stewardship. Working across programs, regional teams, finance, communications, and senior leadership, this role will translate WEConnect International’s global work into compelling, fundable initiatives that expand the visibility, growth, and long-term resilience of women-owned businesses.

What you'll do
Key Responsibilities
Fundraising Strategy and Pipeline Development

• Support the development and execution of a philanthropic fundraising strategy aligned with WEConnect International’s mission, strategic priorities, programs, and revenue goals.
• Build and manage a qualified pipeline of private, corporate, and

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that resulted in philanthropic funding.

• Strong knowledge of the foundation funding cycle, including prospect research, cultivation, solicitation, proposal development, reporting, renewal, and stewardship.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with the ability to turn complex programs, data, and ideas into clear and persuasive funding narratives.
• Experience developing program concepts, theories of change, outcomes, workplans, and proposal budgets in collaboration with program and finance colleagues.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple proposals, deadlines, contributors, and funder requirements simultaneously.
• Ability to build relationships with philanthropic partners and communicate confidently with program officers, senior leaders, Board members, and colleagues across cultures and geographies.
• Experience in women’s economic empowerment, entrepreneurship, market systems, small business development, workforce development, global development, or related fields is strongly preferred.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, discretion, follow-through, and a collaborative, service-oriented approach.

Required Software and Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Experience using a customer relationship management or fundraising system to manage prospects, contacts, opportunities, activities, grant deadlines, and forecasts; Hubspot experience is preferred.
• Experience with foundation and philanthropic research tools and the ability to synthesize public filings, funding histories, guidelines, and relationship information.
• Ability to use collaboration, project management, and document management tools to coordinate complex proposal and reporting processes.
• Comfort using data, dashboards, and responsible AI-enabled research and drafting tools to improve fundraising insight and productivity while protecting confidential information.