Highmark Health · 1 day ago
Chief Development Officer
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
15+ years expHighmark Health is seeking a Chief Development Officer to lead their fundraising efforts and strengthen their donor base. This role involves strategic planning, oversight of major gifts, and collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance the organization's philanthropic initiatives.
Health CareHospital
Responsibilities
Create and execute a long-term development strategy focused on securing major gifts, special fundraising events, and campaign planning. The incumbent will provide executive oversight of the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors, and guide and support internal leadership and campaign volunteers
Work in cooperation with corporate executive leadership, hospital leadership, hospital affiliated foundation boards, and medical leadership to develop and oversee implementation and management of the AHN fundraising strategic plan and capital campaign
Provide consistent analysis of fund development income opportunities within the national, international, state, and regional private/corporate/foundation philanthropic market, and aggressively pursue each opportunity emphasizing hospital funding priorities
Develop multi-year strategic campaign plans and implements and develops enterprise-wide programs consisting of planned giving and major giving
Crafts compelling campaign strategy designed to achieve annual and long-term strategic goals
Cultivates existing and potential funders to bring about long-lasting results that grow the organization
Provide clear and persuasive communication of the AHN and enterprise-wide goals and objectives to varied audiences to increase public awareness
Build and maintain a fund development department infrastructure that supports all aspects of a comprehensive fund-raising program, through a capital campaign that includes a contemporary “grateful patient program,” an individual major gift program, a comprehensive electronic and direct marketing program, corporate and foundation relations, and special events
Manages volunteers
Provide senior executive oversight of AHN’s existing foundations and trusts
Partner with Highmark Health’s Corporate Affairs executive leadership on an enterprise-wide major gifts strategy including the identification, cultivation and allocation of foundation and government funding
Develops a sophisticated business and donor-centered funding model for building long term relationships with individuals, foundations, and corporate donors/funders
Build productive relationships, and establish credibility through superior interpersonal skills, with the Health Network’s major gift and grant donors/prospects (and their representatives), administrative and medical leadership, board of directors and key volunteers
Maintain a thorough understanding of diverse services and programs within the health network at large, and effectively describe those services and programs to various funding prospects
May personally manage top donors
Perform management responsibilities to include but are not limited to involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity. Plan, organize, staff, direct and control the day-to-day operations of the department; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; may have budgetary responsibility and authority
Oversight of AHN volunteer program
Qualification
Required
Minimum of fifteen years of fund-raising experience, including fund raising role within major capital campaigns, within an academic/research related hospital or higher education
Minimum of fifteen years' experience in the development and implementation of a broad-based fundraising program including personally opening doors, cultivation, and successfully closing major gifts
Progressive experience in developing and implementing successful development programs and knowledge of 'best practices' in development
Bachelor's degree
Established track record of developing and implementing a strategy to increase philanthropic revenue from diverse constituencies
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Team player committed to developing and working within a collaborative environment and to ensuring the highest customer service orientation
Ability to relate well and work effectively with multiple constituencies and audiences
Ability to work in a matrixed environment
Preferred
Master's degree
Company
Highmark Health
Highmark Health is an integrated health care delivery and financing network.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (38)
2024 (34)
2023 (55)
2022 (75)
2021 (54)
2020 (58)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$6.75MKey Investors
Henry L. Hillman FoundationRichard King Mellon Foundation
2025-06-11Grant· $1.75M
2021-05-10Grant· $5M
Leadership Team
David Holmberg
President and Chief Executive Officer
Karen Hanlon
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
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