Job Description
**Manager-Business Development**
**Job Details**
**Job Location**
CFI Main Campus - Milwaukee, WI
**Position Type**
Full Time
**Education Level**
Bachelor's Degree
**Travel Percentage**
Minimal; Less than 10%
**Job Category**
Nonprofit - Social Services
**Description**
**Job Purpose:** The Business Development Manager is responsible for identifying, developing, and securing funding opportunities to support the organization's strategic priorities and programmatic initiatives. This role manages the full lifecycle of grants and requests for proposals (RFPs), including opportunity identification, proposal development, submission, and post-award coordination. The Manager works cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to craft competitive proposals and maintain alignment with the organization's mission, services, and growth strategy.
**Essential Job Functions:**
(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)
+ Monitors grant portals, government agencies, foundations, and other funding sources for relevant opportunities.
+ Maintains a pipeline of potential grant and RFP opportunities aligned with strategic goals.
+ Leads the coordination, writing, and editing of grant applications and RFP responses.
+ Collaborates with program, finance, and compliance teams to gather required content, data, budgets, and supporting documentation.
+ Builds and maintains relationships with funders, community partners, and government agencies.
+ Represents the organization in meetings, webinars, and informational sessions with potential funders and strategic partners.
+ Analyzes funding trends and recommends new strategies for business development.
+ Other duties as assigned
**Qualifications**
**Required Education, Experience, Certifications, Licensure and Credentials:** (Where appropriate, education and/or experience may be substituted)
**Minimum Required Education:** Bachelor's degree in business, Public Administration, Nonprofit Management, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
**Minimum Required Experience:** 3+ years of experience in business development, grant writing, or RFP management.
**Travel Type:** Less than 10%
**Required Valid Driver's License:** Valid Wisconsin driver's license
**Required Auto Insurance:** Vehicle liability insurance in accordance with Agency policy
**Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:**
+ Demonstrated success in securing public and/or private grant funding.
+ Exceptional writing, editing, and project management skills.
+ Strong interpersonal communication and relationship-building abilities.
+ Knowledge of government funding mechanisms and nonprofit finance is highly desirable.
+ Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills
+ High attention to detail with ability to manage competing priorities
+ Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
+ Ability to foster collaboration and influence others without direct authority
+ Analytical mindset with experience in project performance tracking and reporting
**Physical Requirements, Visual Acuity, and Work Conditions:**
**Physical Requirements:** Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
**Visual Acuity:** The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal.
**Working Conditions:** None: The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office,
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