American Heart Association · 11 hours ago
Senior Vice President, Development
Denver, CO
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$138K/yr - $184K/yr
8+ years expAmerican Heart Association is a leading organization in cardiovascular health and they are seeking a Senior Vice President, Development to lead the operational planning and execution of their School Engagement programs in the Southwest region. The role involves driving revenue growth, managing teams, and collaborating across divisions to achieve organizational goals.
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Responsibilities
As a member of the Southwest Region Senior Management Team, the SVP will lead, develop, and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to include a robust development strategy to produce aggressive growth in primarily unrestricted revenue, with the expectation that revenue goals are met and exceeded on a sustainable basis. This includes leading and managing School Engagement, ensuring full alignment with and consistent execution of the organization's mission and goals, and effectively collaborating with colleagues across the region and the organization to identify and maximize cross-functional/cross-market opportunities. Oversees management of geographically distributed team to ensure overall campaign goals are achieved/exceeded
In coordination and aligned with National Lead and internal partners, leads Southwest School Engagement to successful achievement of identified goals and objectives through ensuring effective leadership recruitment and engagement, superintendent/district recruitment and engagement, school acquisition and retention, corporate sponsorship, revenue collaboration, and mission impact. Establishes and develops effective working partnerships with Executive Directors and staff and volunteer leads through effective, regular communication and presence, availability, and accessibility across divisions
Demonstrates the Association leadership competencies and employs effective management techniques in the sourcing, recruitment, selection, supervision, management, and leadership of staff to appropriately develop and engage staff to achieve organizational objectives. Creates and fosters a professional work environment that promotes and values collaboration, trust, teamwork, empowerment, professionalism in which communication is open, staff help each other, conflicts are quickly resolved, newcomers are supported, agreed-on standards are observed through personal and shared accountability, and where interdependent collaboration is understood to be required for success
Assesses, establishes, develops, and maintains the infrastructure and talent necessary to achieve revenue goals on a sustained basis and supports the attainment of health impact goals while systematically and effectively strengthening the region's overall fundraising capacity with growth in unrestricted revenue and mission integration
Drives the ongoing process of identifying, recruiting, and activating an influential, financially strong volunteer leadership base to champion the success of the Association through their corporate and/or district engagement and personal giving and influencing the involvement and giving of others
Personally forges, manages, and develops partnerships with key organizations and philanthropic individuals to maximize the Association's visibility, impact, and financial resources, and actively leads and manages direct reports and others to do the same across the communities we serve
Provides management expertise, coaching, and monitoring for fundraising campaigns to ensure the aggressive growth of campaigns/programs and focused attention by staff year-round
Regularly evaluates and reports on campaign progress utilizing the campaign management tools and reporting systems available. Ensures the integrity and security of donor information and adheres to established policies and procedures
Ensures the department operates within appropriate operational and financial boundaries and within the financial capacity available. Operates in accordance with the Association's Fiscal Standard policies and all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Highly agile leader with a track record that includes eight (8) years of experience in a directly related field
Seven (7) years of supervisory experience in a comparable non-profit or sales organization
Demonstrated track record in building effective teams of staff and volunteers
Demonstrated track record in setting and achieving aggressive goals on a sustained basis
Ability to influence others to action through creating a shared vision and sense of ownership and personal accountability
Ability to credibly establish and execute a strategic plan across a geographically distributed team in a complex and highly dynamic environment, effectively translating strategies to measurable goals and plans
Ability to think strategically, analyze market data, identify key trends, and have participated in the strategy development and execution of initiatives to achieve fundraising and operational goals
Must be willing and able to work early morning, evenings, and weekends as required
Preferred
Experience recruiting, engaging, and activating executive-level volunteers preferred
American Heart Association development management experience strongly preferred
Knowledge of the American Heart Association's mission and programs preferred
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability
Life insurance
Robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution
Employee assistance program
Employee wellness program
Telemedicine
Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees
12 paid holidays off each year
Tuition Assistance
Company
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary health organization.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
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2022 (3)
2021 (2)
2020 (4)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$4.62MKey Investors
Stupski FoundationAmeriCorps Public AlliesCity Furniture
2025-08-14Grant· $0.1M
2024-07-09Grant· $2.7M
2024-06-06Grant· $0.69M
Leadership Team
Jennifer Hall
Chief, Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine
Lynne Braggs
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