Sr. Development Director, Pittsburgh

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.

 

The American Heart Association has an opening for a Senior Development Director located in the Pittsburgh area reporting to the VP of Development.  This position is an Office based position.  The Senior Director Development will plan, prioritize, and direct the Pittsburgh market's Heart Challenge (Walk) campaigns.  This includes mentor and supervising assigned staff and collaborating with corporate and community leaders to improve efficiency and effectiveness of fundraising efforts.  Will work closely with internal and external partners to ensure unified health and revenue efforts for the campaigns and serve in a player/mentor capacity.   We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incentive up to X% of your base pay. The potential incentive is based on achieving certain revenue targets and triggers.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

 

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Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Guide and direct assigned staff to reach goals.  Accountable for hiring, directing, training, evaluating, and terminating staff under their supervision.
• Ensuring your team meets/exceeds annual revenue goals for the Pittsburgh market.
• Engage, recruit, and mobilize CEOs, corporate leaders, and community leaders to serve on Heart Challenge volunteer leadership committees and chair the event to ensure fundraising and health outcome success.  This includes encouraging personal and corporate giving of volunteer leaders.
• Lead existing and new sponsorships and relationships to achieve campaign goal through the cultivation, stewardship, renewal, and deepen engagement via frequent face-to-face meetings to retain and upgrade their financial dedication, according to the Heart Challenge timeline and business plan.
• Lead all aspects of coordinated planning processes for the Heart Challenge’s health and revenue efforts for all functional areas with the team.  Actively involve, inform, and integrate with internal partners across the metro market, region, and association.
• Research, identify, and acquire companies to have Heart Challenge teams. Empower employers toward establishing recruitment and monetary goals based on market potential and their role in achieving goals.
• Engage, recruit, and mobilize individuals to serve as conduits (team captains) to recruit walkers.
• Develop and lead/monitor Heart Challenge budget within span of control and internal business operations in accordance with policies, fiscal standards, and the approved operating budget.
• Prepares plans, documents, and communications for GAP (getting to goal) meetings, revenue projection updates, and other priority meetings as they arise.
• Supervises event logistics including, but not limited to, event promotions, entertainment, live and silent auctions (as market appropriate).
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to implement market strategies, build blended sponsorships and relationships with volunteers.

Qualifications

Want to help get your resume to the top?  Take a look at the experience we require: 

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in corporate sales or fundraising with at least one of those years supervising staff with a revenue goal.
• University/College degree or equivalent experience, preferred.
• Validated ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer cultivation and management
• Consistent record in exceeding sales/fundraising goals
• Validated ability to recruit, train, direct and supervise multiple staff in a team environment
• Validated ability to understand and navigate workplace cultures to achieve goals
• Demonstrated experience in building powerful partnerships with corporate leaders and senior level volunteers; interact and communicate clearly and concisely exchange ideas, facts and i