Regional Vice President of Strategic Relations

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About the role

As a Regional Vice President of Strategic Relations, you lead the Southwest region’s efforts to generate revenue by developing strategic relationships with executive and C-suite leaders. This is an exciting, fast-paced position that requires knowledge of general fundraising practices and executive engagement strategies. This is an office-based position offering a hybrid schedule, located in the Dallas/Fort Worth or Houston, Texas area.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of accounts and have responsibility for achieving an annual revenue goal of $5 million in year one and build to $10 million in year two.
• Design, develop, and lead regional committees to achieve the region's strategic plan and fundraising goals, including identifying and leveraging strategic volunteer leadership relationships.
• Develop and manage strategies that drive key regional initiatives from concept to implementation.
• Collaborate with region committees and staff to ensure strategies and implementation plans are coordinated across the region.
• Cultivate innovative relationships with new and existing partners, and identify sponsorship opportunities to achieve results.
• Foster a collaborative environment where staff from various functions work together to achieve mission and revenue goals.
• Complete additional duties as assigned, consistent with the scope, level, and responsibilities of the role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 3 years spent in a development capacity at a similar non-profit organization.
• 3 years leading staff, preferably development or fundraising staff.
• Experience leading and cultivating high-level leaders at the C-suite level.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to travel throughout the Southwest region (Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming) approximately 50% of the time.
• Professional communication skills.
• Ability to lift and/or move large objects (e.g., boxes); heavier items may require breaking down into smaller components or requesting assistance.

Pay

We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incentive up to 25% of your base pay, based on achieving certain revenue targets.

Benefits

• Compensation: Competitive base salary, regularly reviewed and adjusted based on market value. Incentive eligibility based on achieving revenue targets.
• Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. Employee assistance program, wellness program, telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Retirement: Robust retirement program with employer match and automatic contribution.
• Professional Development: Access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university with over 100,000 resources. Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentoring programs, and tuition assistance for career-related education.
• Work-Life Harmonization: Minimum of 16 days Paid Time Off (PTO) per year for new employees, increasing with seniority. 12 paid holidays annually, including year-end days off.