Chief Development and Marketing Officer

Organization

Our Rescue's mission is to end human trafficking and child exploitation while empowering survivors to reclaim their lives and thrive on their healing journey. Our Rescue partners with law enforcement, survivor advocates, and communities to combat trafficking networks via direct rescue operations, survivor care, and prevention efforts worldwide – an ecosystem that builds lasting pathways to freedom.

The organization is poised for transformational growth by bringing together its Development and Marketing functions, two teams that have historically operated separately. Today, roughly 80% of fundraising revenue comes from mass marketing initiatives, led by Our Rescue’s Marketing team. These efforts have created a strong foundation to build out both an annual giving program – targeting gift renewals – and a major gift enterprise – focused on large scale donor upgrades. In addition, there are opportunities to leverage donor communications across the organizations stewardship efforts to strengthen understanding of the organization’s impact and work ahead. By aligning these two teams, the Chief Development and Marketing Officer will have the opportunity to focus on continuing the strong work that has already begun related to mass marketing and continue to build an engine for donor engagement on top of these touch points – shifting from transactional to transformational giving that will position Our Rescue for the future.

Description

The Chief Development and Marketing Office (CDMO) is a member of Our Rescue’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for leading the organization’s integrated revenue, growth, brand, and external engagement strategies that fuel our mission and expand our ability to serve those who depend on our work. This leader will inspire donors and supporters to see themselves as part of a larger movement, translating generosity into measurable impact and life-changing outcomes.

This position oversees Development/Fundraising, Marketing, Communications, and E-Commerce, bringing these functions together to create a unified approach to building awareness, engaging audiences, strengthening relationships, and generating sustainable revenue in support of Our Rescue’s mission.

The CDMO is accountable for developing and executing a comprehensive revenue strategy that strengthens and diversifies Our Rescue’s funding base, expands audiences and partnerships, grows e-commerce revenue, elevates the organization’s brand and reputation, and translates the impact of its work into compelling opportunities for investment, engagement, and action. The CDMO leverages both existing organizational relationships and a well-established personal network to generate new philanthropic, corporate, and strategic partnership opportunities. This leader is expected to proactively open doors, facilitate introductions, and cultivate high-value relationships that expand the organization's reach, influence, and revenue potential.

This leader ensures that fundraising, marketing, communications, and e-commerce operate as interconnected functions rather than separate departments, with shared audiences, strategies, messaging, data, technology, and performance measures. The CDMO leverages market intelligence, audience insights, customer and donor data, revenue analytics, and organizational performance data to identify opportunities, establish priorities, measure results, and continuously improve performance.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CDMO serves as a strategic partner to the CEO and other executive leaders, bringing an organizational-wide perspective to Our Rescue’s growth, financial sustainability, reputation, audience development, and mission impact. The CDMO also serves as a senior ambassador for Our Rescue, cultivating relationships with donors, partners, customers, community leaders, media, and other key stakeholders.

The successful CDMO will combine strategic vision with operational discipline, relationship-building with data-driven decision-making, and passion for the mission with a strong understanding of sustainable revenue growth. This leader will build the systems, teams, partnerships, and strategies necessary to expand Our Rescue’s reach, revenue, influence, and long-term impact. The CDMO works collaboratively across the organization to ensure sustainable funding that supports the organization's mission, strategic priorities, and long-term financial health.

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Strategy & Leadership

• Lead an integrated revenue strategy aligned with Our Rescues mission, values, priorities, and financial goals. Align Development, Marketing, Communications, E-Commerce, and other revenue-generating functions.
• Set revenue goals, priorities, KPIs, and accountability.
• Leverage your existing network of philanthropic, corporate, foundation, and community relationships to identify, cultivate, and introduce new funding, partnership, and visibility opportunities for the organization.
• Demonstrate a proven ability to open doors, create meaningful connections, and expand the Our Rescue’s sphere of influence beyond its current donor base.
• Partner with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to drive growth, diversification, and sustainability.
• Identify opportunities to expand audiences, strengthen relationships, and increase revenue.
• Report revenue performance, risks, and opportunities to leadership and the Board.

Development & Fundraising

• Serve as a passionate ambassador for the mission, helping donors understand the human impact behind every contribution.
• Foster meaningful relationships with supporters by connecting their philanthropic investment to real-world mission outcomes.
• Support the VP of Advancement in fundraising across individual giving, major gifts, institutional giving, corporate partnerships, campaigns, planned giving and donor engagement.
• Collaborate in building a diversified fundraising strategy and strong donor pipeline.
• Use data and audience insights to improve acquisition, retention, engagement, and lifetime value.
• Ensure compelling, donor-centered messaging and stewardship.
• Partner with the CEO and Board on major donor, funder, and partner relationships.
• Ensure Advancement has the systems, tools, and resources needed to scale.

Marketing, Brand & Audience Growth

• Collaborate with the VP of Marketing and Communications on marketing and brand strategy to support revenue, growth, and mission impact.
• Support the development of compelling storytelling strategies that connect audiences to the human impact of Our Rescue's mission, inspiring action, generosity, and long-term commitment
• Identify priority audiences, markets, channels, and opportunities.
• Collaborate in the oversight of integrated campaigns across digital, social, email, web, events, and other channels.
• Partner with program and field teams to translate mission outcomes, survivor stories, and organizational impact into authentic, audience-centered communications.
• Use performance data to optimize campaigns and investment.
• Partner with the VP of Marketing and Communications to strengthen Our Rescue’s brand, reach, engagement, and audience conversion.

Communications & External Positioning

• Harness the power of storytelling to transform awareness into action, connecting supporters to the lives being changed through Our Rescue's work and inspiring sustained engagement, advocacy, and philanthropy.
• Support the MarComms team in internal and external communications, messaging, storytelling, and reputation management.
• Translate program outcomes and success stories into compelling donor communications that inspire engagement and generosity.
• Ensure communications support fundraising, marketing, advocacy, partnerships, and organizational priorities.
• Advise the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on strategic communications.
• Collaborate with the MarComms leadership on media relations, thought leadership, executive communications, and crisis communications.
• Partner with the Board of Directors to increase fundraising effectiveness and engagement.
• Support board members in donor cultivation and fundraising activities.

Integrated Revenue & Campaign Strategy

• Integrate Development, Marketing, Communications, and E-Commerce strategies and campaigns.
• Create clear audience journeys from awareness to engagement, investment, and long-term support.
• Align messaging, content, campaigns, data, and channels across functions.
• Identify opportunities to deepen engagement and develop new revenue streams.

Data, Analytics & Performance

• Establish a data-driven culture across revenue and externally facing functions.
• Define and monitor revenue KPIs, dashboards, forecasts, and performance reports.
• Use data to guide strategy, identify opportunities, and improve results.
• Partner with Finance to ensure accurate revenue reporting, forecasting, and analysis.

Team, Technology & Organizational Capability

• Build high-performing teams and develop strong leaders across the CRO? portfolio.
• Ensure teams have the systems, technology, processes, and resources needed to succeed.
• Promote collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Break down silos and create shared ownership of revenue and growth.

Executive & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve on the Executive Leadership Team and contribute to enterprise-wide strategy and partner with ELT and other leaders
• Build strong relationships with the Board, donors, partners, media, and community leaders.
• Create and lead, in partnership with VP, Development a development committee.
• Represent Our Rescue as a senior ambassador for its mission, impact, and strategic direction.

· Exemplify Our Rescue’s Core Values.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, nonprofit management, or a related field required; master’s degree preferred.1
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in revenue generation, fundraising, marketing, communications, sales, or related functions.
• Experience leading and integrating multiple functions at an enterprise level.
• Proven track record of developing high-performing teams while leading through periods of growth, transformation, and change.
• Demonstrated success leading comprehensive fundraising/marketing programs with annual revenue responsibility of $20 million or greater.
• Demonstrated success driving revenue growth, organizational scale, and financial sustainability.
• Experience with fundraising, major gifts, institutional giving, corporate partnerships, and/or campaigns.
• Strong understanding of marketing, brand, communications, audience development, and reputation management.
• Demonstrated ability to use data, technology, KPIs, and analytics to improve performance.
• Strong strategic, financial, communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
• Ability to build trust, make sound decisions, and work effectively across an organization.
• Passion for Our Rescue’s mission and an entrepreneurial, high-energy leadership style.

Benefits

Our Rescue offers competitive pay, generous paid time off, wellness days, and paid holidays, along with comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement savings with employer match, and other valuable benefits—all while working alongside a passionate team dedicated to making a meaningful impact.