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Location: Santa Monica, CA

As Director, Foundation Development and Impact at FIGS, you will lead and scale the donor program for the FIGS Awesome Humans Foundation, a nonprofit created by FIGS to deepen and expand our support for healthcare professionals. This role is responsible for fundraising strategy, donor engagement, and development operations, while also supporting Foundation programs and FIGS Impact events and broader initiatives.

Reporting to the Executive Director, FIGS Awesome Humans Foundation, you will serve as the development leader for a growing Foundation with an ambitious mandate: mobilize people and organizations who want to support healthcare professionals and translate that support into meaningful impact. This is a great role for a strategic, hands‑on nonprofit development leader who is excited to help build a fundraising function from the ground up, create meaningful donor experiences and support work that directly benefits the healthcare workforce.

• Lead the development and execution of the Foundation’s fundraising strategy and annual revenue plan in partnership with the Executive Director.
• Build and manage the Foundation’s donor program, including identifying prospective supporters, managing outreach, and ensuring thoughtful follow‑up.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with people, companies and organizations who want to support healthcare professionals.
• Prepare donor‑facing materials, including pitch materials, donor updates, impact summaries, talking points and follow‑up communications.
• Manage donor information, outreach, gifts, next steps and relationship notes in the Foundation’s donor management software.
• Support the Foundation Board with fundraising reporting and strategic planning.
• Partner with the Foundation team to support impactful programs and gather recipient stories and data to create clear, compelling donor materials.
• Lead and execute Foundation fundraising moments and events to create thoughtful experiences that empower healthcare professionals and elevate their voices.
• Manage timelines, budgets and project plans to ensure seamless execution.
• Partner cross‑functionally with marketing, community, legal, finance and operations teams to bring FIGS Impact initiatives to life.

• 8+ years of experience in nonprofit development, donor relations, fundraising, philanthropy, social impact partnerships or a related field.
• Experience building and executing fundraising strategies, donor programs or partner engagement efforts.
• Strong relationship‑building skills and experience working with donors, executives, Board members, partners and cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using donor management software, CRM tools or other relationship‑tracking systems.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage timelines, details, stakeholders and follow‑up.
• Experience leading or supporting successful high‑visibility, donor‑facing events.
• Excellent judgment, discretion and comfort working with confidential donor, financial and organizational information.
• A collaborative, low‑ego working style and passion for supporting healthcare professionals.

Pay Range

• Base salary ranges from $150,000 to $180,000, determined by relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience.

Additional Compensation and Benefits

• Equity: Employees may own shares of FIGS stock through the new‑hire equity program and receive a discount when purchasing stock through the FIGS Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Annual bonus eligibility through the FIGS annual bonus program.
• Comprehensive benefits package—including premium medical, dental and vision coverage, wellness services, life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) program with company match up to 6% of contribution.
• Paid time off, 12 company holidays, flexible vacation for salaried employees and up to 3 weeks accrued vacation for hourly employees.
• Parental leave and new‑parent care meals, and a transition back to work for primary caregivers.
• FIGS‑sponsored Uber Eats voucher for in‑office weeks.
• Personalized discount codes for 50% off all FIGS products and 25% off for friends and family.
• Access to FIGS Vet, discounted pet daycare, pet insurance, and additional employee resources.

FIGS, Inc. is a founder‑led, direct‑to‑consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. By creating technically advanced apparel and products that combine comfort, durability, function and style at an affordable price, FIGS has built a community around the healthcare profession.

Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals worldwide by donating scrubs to those working in resource‑poor countries.

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