Senior Vice President of Development & Community Health

About the role

This multi-market Senior Vice President (SVP) of Development & Community Health role is based in the Southwest Region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming) and accountable for revenue generation and community health impact activities across designated markets. The SVP leads approximately 35–45 staff and many volunteers in mission-centered fundraising campaigns, reports to the SW Associate Executive Vice President, and serves on the SW Senior Management Team. The position carries a revenue goal of approximately $20–$25 million and requires about 70% travel within the territory. The ideal candidate will reside in Texas.

Responsibilities

• Assume bottom-line responsibility for territory goals within assigned markets.
• Lead, inspire, coach, train, and manage staff to support aggressive revenue generation and sponsorship activities.
• Collaborate with Executive Directors and Boards of Directors to create strategy and vision that achieves revenue and Community Impact KPIs.
• Cultivate effective relationships with donors, supporters, and volunteers by linking the mission to fundraising.
• Provide work plans to metro division offices that include campaign, communications, health impact, and volunteer recruitment goals.
• Partner with leadership volunteers—including corporate and community leaders—to ensure engagement and commitment to the Association’s priorities across revenue and health goals.
• Secure sponsorships and build compelling cases for donor support by linking mission activities to fundraising.
• Analyze and monitor campaign progress, communications, and community health; develop strategies to close gaps.
• Monitor financial activities, including income, expenditure, and annual budget.
• Promote positive cross-functional collaboration and serve as a communications linchpin between field staff, regional staff, and National Center staff.
• Ensure strategies are implemented to manage key relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Minimum eight years’ experience in fundraising or outside sales, preferably with a voluntary health agency; at least three of those years in a mid-to-upper-level executive capacity preferred.
• Minimum seven years of management/leadership experience.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation, persuasion, and negotiation.
• Ability to read, understand, and analyze financial data, numbers, charts, and graphs.
• Corporate event leadership experience with a national not-for-profit preferred.
• Experience leading mid-level managers and front-line supervisors preferred.
• Ability to train, manage, guide, and motivate staff and volunteers to achieve objectives.
• Ability to set and achieve ambitious goals with volunteers and staff.
• Ability to plan and work independently.
• Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite.
• Must have the ability to attend meetings and travel throughout the territory 70% of the time, including overnight travel and occasional evenings and weekends.