Reporting to the Executive Director, Foundation, the Senior Director, Philanthropy develops and drives strategies to achieve priority fundraising goals with a focus on major gifts ($100,000+) and an emphasis on principal gifts ($1,000,000+). A leader among a team of highly motivated philanthropy officers, providing strategic leadership, mentorship and professional development efforts. Develops and builds meaningful relationships with internal and external stakeholders to maximize alignment with institutional strategic goals and philanthropic support for those goals.
Essential Functions
- A leader among a high performing team of fundraising professionals and support staff to meet and exceed fundraising goals, maintaining positive culture of collaboration and productivity.
- Responsible for raising donations at the major and principal gift level to optimize fundraising success and help fulfill the organization’s mission and strategic objectives.
- Works closely with administrative and medical leadership to determine priority needs; provides fundraising and consultative services throughout regarding strategic planning and positioning activities to optimize fundraising potential.
- Works closely with Foundation Board of Directors, Foundation President/CPO, and administration and physician leadership to develop and implement fundraising strategies consistent with organization’s goals.
- Provides strong, creative, energetic, and strategic leadership to team of philanthropy officers to meet short- and long-term fundraising goals.
- Develops strategies and implements activities to maximize relationships and donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, and organizations in concert with all shared services teams supporting these various constituencies.
- Maintains and manages a personal portfolio of major/principal gift donors and prospects through identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship; directs and participates in the cultivation and solicitation of major gift prospects.
- Leads efforts to develop positive, lifelong relationships between organization and donors and provides opportunities for meaningful donor involvement and engagement.
- Collaborate closely with Foundation leadership to strategize, promote and raise funds for comprehensive campaign priorities, goals, strategies and giving opportunities to fundraising team, internal stakeholders, physician leaders and donors to ensure success.
- Work collaboratively across medical center departments and program leadership to help achieve fundraising success.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- 10 or more years progressively responsible fundraising experience
- 5 years of leadership experience
- Comprehensive fundraising experience highly desired
