American Heart Association · 23 hours ago
Vice President of Development
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expThe American Heart Association is a leading organization focused on cardiovascular health, seeking a Vice President of Development to lead fundraising efforts in the Houston Division. This role involves managing campaigns, fostering donor relationships, and driving revenue growth to support the Association's mission.
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Responsibilities
Work alongside the Executive Director on key donor relationships, including stewarding them, but also strategizing on how to deepen impact in time, talent, and treasure
Work alongside the Executive Director on mid-to-large corporate prospecting, sales process, and onboarding. This will include assisting with the management of the Top 25 Prospect List and providing first-class service when bringing a new company into the Greater Houston Division
Have the principal responsibility of securely positioning the Division for aggressive growth in unrestricted revenue on an increasing and sustainable basis through building a dynamic development staff and volunteer leadership talent and capabilities
Have a “Drive for Results” mentality that not only pushes themselves but others as well
Have four (4) direct reports (Assistant Vice President (AVP) Heart Walk, AVP Go Red For Women, and AVP Heart Ball and Development Director, Impact Campaigns) that manage approximately nine development and support staff
Must quickly be able to learn existing donor relationships and partner with direct reports and development staff to deepen and grow in financial and volunteer impact
Lead from a position of collaboration across campaigns, with the best interest of the donor as the top priority, encompassing a “One Voice” mentality
Will aggressively work with four direct reports and development staff on new company growth and development, both in revenue and leadership engagement/recruitment
Partner and continually build a network of meaningful volunteer partnerships to advance the mission of the Association. Through campaign voluntary leadership, help provide timely direction, framework, and resources for volunteers to realize campaign goal success
Provide direct reports with leadership direction on setting dream goals. After setting those visionary goals, the VP must celebrate successes and hold each campaign team accountable for their goals and activities to ensure they are achieved
Foster a professional work environment that promotes and values collaboration, trust, teamwork, empowerment, and professionalism where communication is open, staff celebrate each other’s successes, and conflicts are identified and quickly resolved
Work with the Executive Director and direct reports to maintain a minimum of three (3) years of “transformational” Chairs for each campaign and its events, therefore growing the division's revenue and volunteer engagement
Partner with Southwest Region and National Center resources to provide management expertise, coaching, and monitoring for fundraising events to ensure the aggressive growth of events and focused year-round attention by monitoring internal reports and management of development staff
Work with direct reports and Marketing/Communications event staff to ensure direct and indirect campaign expenses are within the approved budget
The VP will meet weekly with the market Executive Director and report on: Individual campaigns status, Individual campaign pipeline management, Strategies for growth with current donors, Strategic input on larger, multi-year asks for prospects, Individual campaign leadership succession, volunteer utilization, Development staff successes and opportunities, Any HR items with development staff
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree is preferred
Minimum of 5 years' relevant experience in a comparable non-profit or sales organization
Minimum of 6 years supervising with a sales or fundraising team
Demonstrated track record of setting, achieving, and exceeding aggressive goals on a sustainable basis
Demonstrated track record of influencing others to action through communicating a shared vision
Ability to establish and execute strategic plans in a highly dynamic, fast-paced environment
Ability to travel locally approximately 75% of the time; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis
Must have at least basic knowledge and skill/proficiency with Microsoft Office
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
Medical consultation
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
American Heart Association has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2024 (1)
2023 (4)
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, Data Science and Analytics
Lynne Braggs
National, Sr. Director Digital Content Production, Creative (Marketing)
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