CNHF Senior Director Development, Cancer & Patient Experience

The Senior Director of Development, reporting to the Vice President, Major and Principal Giving, will assume the leadership role to design, articulate and implement a comprehensive multi-year fundraising strategy for one or more centers of excellence, institutes or programs. Provides strategic leadership, direction and management for each area under his/her supervision. Works closely with center leaders, faculty and foundation leaders to launch creative initiatives capable of attracting significant new funders and build a broad base of support. Assumes responsibility for his/her own fundraising goals and, when necessary, partners across Foundation teams to increase and diversify philanthropic revenue. The position carries an expectation of raising $3-5 million per year for each center in its responsibility. Leads, inspires, and manages the efforts of any fundraising and administrative staff under direction of the position.

• Look across departments for opportunities to make the organization more effective

• Recognize and share innovation and improvement

• Represent the department in organization-wide innovation and improvement efforts

• Monitor and grow the department's capacity for change

• Design, articulate and implement a comprehensive, multi-year fundraising program or fundraising support strategy for each center, institute or program under the direction of the position.

• Implement a system of metrics to measure and prove the success of the strategies in place including related activities, in conjunction with any specific fundraising metrics required by the Foundation.

• Ensure the effective working relationship between center, institute or program leadership, physicians and faculty and the Foundation, serving as the primary conduit of communication.

• Effectively serve as a Foundation representative at a high level across the institution.

• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement among team members under direction.

• Coach team members in effective fundraising techniques, creative implementation of strategy and devising sound solutions to problems.

• Ultimate accountability for the implementation of performance metrics for team members and their success in reaching acceptable performance.

• Recruit and retain members of the team to support the execution of fundraising strategies.

• Ensure that team members effectively document activity using Foundation database tools.

• Final accountability for the development of timely, compelling and accurate fundraising proposals for the areas of responsibility, in conjunction with other Foundation team members.

• Lead the successful identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of existing as well as prospective individual major donors (qualified by gifts of $50,000 and higher) for all areas under management, resulting in $3-5 million raised annually for each center; consistently deliver best-in-class fundraising, ensuring a high level of donor satisfaction

• Personally manage and grow a portfolio of individual major gift prospects which will include conducting approximately 110 donor visits throughout the year.

• Lead all efforts for the fundraising success of any center, institute, program or initiative as assigned.

• Appropriately support leadership and volunteers in fundraising as appropriate.

• Responsible for the maintenance and growth of the pipeline of potential major and principle donors for assigned areas.

• Provide a high level of service to internal and external constituent groups which may include prospective donors, current donors, board members, hospital leadership and faculty.