VP of Business Development - Remote Position

***Remote within the U.S. except AK, DE, HI, ID, KS, KY, LA, MT, NM, ND, OK, OR, UT, VT, WV and WY*** Rooted in our Christian faith, Bethany Christian Services works to ensure children are safe, loved, and connected through family. Across 29 states, we strengthen families, support foster care and adoption, and walk alongside refugees with compassion. Here, living out your faith means using your gifts to bring hope and make a lasting impact. Working at Bethany means joining a team of dedicated professionals with diverse skills, serving communities across the country. Together, we’re united in our Christian mission and these shared values: We’re motivated by our faith, we support one another, we champion justice, we pursue excellence, and we’re in it for the long haul. As a VP of Business Development, you’ll help carry this mission forward and make a meaningful impact every day. **How Your Role Makes a Difference** * Effectively lead, direct, and manage a team of direct reports, to include the selection, hiring, performance evaluation, and training of each individual; * Manage and oversee Bethany’s grant program process to ensure sustainability, growth, and funding with program leadership and applicable HQ staff to include managing the accuracy of content in the automated Go/ No Go process; * Effectively acquire public grant funding for all Bethany programming, in collaboration with Business Development leadership and Business Development Specialist; * Assist with the strategic development of Business Development targets, develop communication strategy regarding those targets, while also collaborating with the Performance Quality and Improvement (PQI) team and Operations (Ops) to ensure Ops has the ability to manage planned growth (or readjust growth targets based on capacity); * Assist SVP in strategically planning, managing directionality, developing action steps for planning for the grants team and the Sr. Directors; * Monitor, evaluate, and report regularly on the progress of revenue generation initiatives and make recommendations for improvement; * Provide department updates and reporting, including but not limited to Board of Director reports; * Develop the grant team to project program growth, expansion planning, and work collaboratively with the Sr. Directors on action planning; * Assist with overseeing the Sr. Program Manager and Executive Assistant; * Ensure the weekly and monthly reports are produced in a high level manner; * Produce high quality, excellent proposals that are aligned with the strategic vision of Business Development leadership; * Serve as a liaison with other HQ and Branch Directors to ensure clarity with communications about strategies and initiatives, while also alerting Vice Presidents (VPs) and SVP, Business Development if misalignments or misunderstandings are identified; * Execute the communication plan related to Business Development strategies and their alignment with Bethany's vision and mission; * Ens