Senior Associate, Business Development, CEO Office

Research & prospecting 

• Donor strategy and relationship mapping: Developing engagement strategies and mapping relationships, networks, and decision-makers for CHAI's key donors and prospects, and identifying the highest-potential paths to deepen them. 
• Prospecting and research: Conducting donor prospecting and research to identify and qualify new funding opportunities, using AI tools to accelerate research and build and enrich donor profiles. 

Collateral & writing 

• Pitch development: Working with program, country, and functional teams to gather inputs and build compelling donor pitch decks, proposals, and investment cases that translate CHAI's priorities into a clear ask for a range of funder audiences. 
• RFPs and proposals: As needed, compiling and coordinating responses to general RFPs and funding solicitations, working across program and functional teams to assemble timely, high-quality submissions. 

Preparing the CEO for success 

• Briefing notes and talking points: Preparing high-quality briefing notes and talking points for the CEO and senior leadership ahead of key donor meetings and external engagements. 
• Conference and convenings: Coordinating CHAI's presence at key conferences and convenings, including planning, scheduling, materials, and follow-up to maximize relationship-building and visibility. 

Tracking & coordination 

• Building and maintaining AI-based tools: Designing, building, and maintaining a custom AI-powered donor CRM and the broader toolkit that runs the function – tracking relationships and touchpoints, generating regular digests and updates for the CEO and leadership, and keeping donor data current and actionable. 
• Development operations: Managing the CHAI Development inbox, maintaining donor portal logins, and handling the day-to-day operational tasks that keep the function running. 
• Gathering org-wide BD needs: Systematically gathering input from program, country, and functional teams on their BD needs, and translating it into a coherent strategy and lightweight tools to collect input and report back across the organization. 

We are seeking exceptional and highly motivated individuals with a genuine desire to maximize global health outcomes. An ideal candidate will be described as: 

• Independent – You plan an efficient approach to practical problems, proactively identify and take next steps, and reliably deliver with minimal direction. 
• Communicative – You respectfully and effectively navigate varied and sensitive stakeholder environments, from in-country teams to senior donor executives. You are an exceptional writer of memos and presentation materials. 
• Adaptable – You are comfortable with ambiguity and shifting scope, quick to ramp up on new topics, capable of allocating effort across competing priorities, and willing to embrace steep learning curves. 
• AI-forward – You are an AI superuser who not only uses modern tools but builds them. You can stand up sophisticated AI-powered workflows and applications — a donor CRM, digests, input-collection tools — and are eager to apply them to make a lean function far more productive. 

There is no 'perfect' candidate for this role. We are seeking dedicated and passionate individuals who want to make a difference in global health outcomes. Whatever your background, if this role excites you, please apply. 

Requirements 

• Minimum of 5-6 years of work experience in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment (e.g., fundraising or development, strategy consulting, investment banking, business development, or a high-growth startup). 
• Experience developing proposals, pitches, or fundraising materials, and communicating persuasively to senior stakeholders. 
• Demonstrated ability to build sophisticated AI-powered tools and workflows (e.g., a CRM or tracker, automated digests, data collection tools), with examples you can point to.  
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. 
• Superb communication skills in English, both written and verbal. 

Advantages 

• Experience in a fundraising, development, or business development function in the social impact space, in consulting, or raising capital in a startup. 
• Familiarity with the philanthropic and donor landscape, including foundations, high-net-worth individuals, and mission-aligned funders. 
• Knowledge of global health and development landscape including key funders, stakeholders, and broader trends and dynamics. 
• Experience working remotely with a decentralized team. 
• Experience working in or supporting low- and middle-income countries. 
• Professional fluency in other languages, such as French and Spanish.