National Manager, Endurance Programs

Title: National Manager, Endurance Programs

Location: Illinois Remote

time type

Full time

job requisition id

JR100788

Job Description:

As the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, Breakthrough T1D helps make everyday life with T1D better while driving toward cures. We invest in the most promising research to turn ideas into life-changing therapies and devices. We work with government, regulatory officials, and insurance companies to address issues that impact the T1D community -- breaking through barriers that limit access to care worldwide. We provide resources and guidance that makes it easier to live and thrive with T1D. This is more than a moment -- we're empowering a movement for the T1D community. Share your support and help educate and empower individuals facing type 1 diabetes.

 

Our mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life changing breakthroughs to treat, prevent and ultimately, cure T1D and its complications. Always, we are guided by a single purpose: As we drive towards curing type 1 diabetes, we help make everyday life better for the people who face it.

 

Under the leadership of the National Director, Endurance Programs, this self-starting individual is responsible for stewarding and driving fundraising success for the Endurance program through collaboration and coordination with territory staff, volunteer partners, and national and divisional teams. The National Manager, Endurance Programs (Ride and Run) serves as a trusted point of contact and advisor to facilitate program success through strategic and tactical consultation focused on key fundraising and stewardship program elements that ensure success of the Breakthrough T1D Endurance program.

 

The National Manager champions a strategic and integrated approach within the Endurance program including sponsorship development, corporate and participant recruitment/fundraising, high level volunteer leader engagement, and training and coaching that increases fundraising achievement at all levels. This role also ensures an extraordinary participant and corporate partner experience while assuring accuracy in data reporting practices and adherence to national standards of program delivery.  The National Manager provides expertise and leadership to help ensure initiatives are positioned and supported for revenue growth through resource development including budget and event planning, data analysis, communication, and training. The collective body of work delivers successful implementation and financial results of the program to fulfill Breakthrough T1D’s mission.  

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Fundraising

• Manages and grows a $1.8M national revenue portfolio, overseeing all corporate sponsorships and fundraising tied to Ride and Run programs, with accountability for year-over-year growth through strategic partnership development, activation planning, and collaboration across the Corporate National Team program.
• Assists in driving fundraising excellence and success through the development and delivery of overall Breakthrough T1D Endurance and Peer to Peer (P2P) core program strategies and best practices to ensure revenue results are achieved.
• Collaborates with key national stakeholders and utilizes data trends to drive and deliver greater revenue through prioritized initiatives.   
• Builds a responsive and collaborative relationship with territory and divisional leadership to drive and deliver greater corporate revenue and stronger partnerships. This includes planning, strategy development, coaching, partnering, stewardship and high-level execution, when necessary, with territory leadership to increase corporate revenue both in sponsorship and National Team fundraising.
• Builds a collaborative relationship with department stakeholders and works together to address specific market/territory characteristics and opportunities to increase revenue.   Ensures excellence in implementation of all core strategies with a strong emphasis on acquisition, retention, and upgrades. 
• Regularly evaluates KPIs and revenue streams, including but not limited to local and national sponsorship, corporate, matching gifts, seeking trends that will assist territories and the Endurance program in growing all Endurance and P2P events in line with short and long-term goals. 
• Reviews trends and works with program Director and territory leadership to address areas of opportunity and risk for Endurance and P2P campaigns. 

 

Awareness

• Oversees and executes social media strategy for Ride and Ride channels across all platforms.
• Creates, schedules, and publishes content aligned with national marketing goals, participant engagement strategies, and brand guidelines.
• Monitors performance analytics and optimizes content to drive recruitment, fundraising, and community engagement.

 

Program Management / Administration

• Serves as the primary liaison to the Meetings and Conferences team, ensuring seamless collaboration across event logistics and participant needs.
• Leads Run and Ride coordination related to Cvent builds, rooming lists, BEOs, and event timelines.
• Ensures all logistical details are accurate, timely, and aligned with national program standards.
• Manages the Breakthrough T1D Ride inbox daily, ensuring timely, accurate, and mission-aligned responses.
• Coordinates and tracks Ride and Run package changes, ensuring all updates are delivered accurately and communicated across necessary teams.
• Provides input and, as assigned, develops and continuously improves resources that support excellence for Ride and Run program strategies. 
• Completes special projects as assigned and partners with national departments when applicable to ensure excellence of the project.
• Performs all other responsibilities and projects as assigned by their immediate supervisor and senior management.

 

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant fundraising experience, particularly in P2P events. This should include non-profit management with emphasis on strategic planning, revenue generation, relationship maximization and stewardship, logistics, fiscal management and event planning, and organizations with territory and/or divisional structures.
• Direct experience in leading, managing and growing Endurance programs over $1M.
• 3 years working and collaborating with high level volunteers.
• Superior ability to influence and deliver results through a strategic and consultative role including an outstanding approach to customer service, responsiveness, and collaborative issue resolution.  
• Exceptional management, leadership, decision-making and team-building skills.  
• Proficiency with technology to support the development process, including online giving and event management systems/fundraising platforms.  Experience with Luminate Online and Sales Force preferred.
• Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills.
• Demonstrated competency when handling diversified assignments.
• Team player that can demonstrate the ability to interface with all levels of staff and volunteers. Ability to influence and collaborate to ensure success and accountability in the field.
• Capability to leverage relationships, both externally and internally.
• Excellent written, oral, and communication skills.
• Ability for presentation delivery, conveying ideas, influencing action and instructing effectively. 
• Superior active listening, observation, analytical, and problem recognition and solving skills.
• Ability to work and make judgments independently and take initiative.
• A willingness to learn, grow and build on necessary competencies while striving for excellence.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to ensure that the confidentiality and security of all information under their supervision is maintained.
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time or as per the needs of program and territories.
• College degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Target Salary - $70k - $90k

Essential Functions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and infrequently up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits:

Breakthrough T1D offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 403(b) retirement plan, voluntary benefits, flexible spending and commuter benefit accounts, an employee assistance program (EAP), life and disability insurance, performance-based bonuses, and generous paid time off. Benefits may vary by job level and full time or part time status.

 

Additional information:

Requests for medical, religious, and other exemptions will be considered on an individual basis. Breakthrough T1D will comply with all federal, state, and local laws.

 

Breakthrough T1D supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Breakthrough T1D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.