Vice President, Development, Phoenix

Tempe, AZ, United States

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. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

We are bringing our mission to life across the Greater Phoenix area. Come join us! The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Vice President, Development within our Greater Phoenix Division based in Tempe, Arizona .

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Vice President, Development is responsible for managing and leading the team to exceed fundraising and other campaign goals aligned with the organization’s goals and objectives. The VP, alongside the Executive Director, has the principal responsibility for securely positioning the division for aggressive growth in total and unrestricted revenue on an increasing and sustainable basis through effectively building, and directly managing, staff and volunteer leadership talent and capabilities.

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

Modeling the American Heart Association’s values and leadership competencies

Achieving the division’s revenue goals through operationalizing the vision, building detailed plans and driving to outcomes with strong accountability for balanced campaign growth

Leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive development strategy to produce ambitious growth in total and unrestricted revenue with the expectation that revenue goals are met and exceeded on a sustainable basis. This includes ensuring full alignment with and consistent delivery of the organization's mission and goals and effectively collaborating with colleagues across the Western States and the organization to identify and elevate cross-functional/cross-market opportunities. Leads and manages the Development team to own and achieve campaign goals and objectives.

Identifying, recruiting, orienting, engaging and developing medical and non-medical volunteer leaders, ensuring representation of the community and the drive to champion the success of all campaigns through their personal and corporate giving and securing the involvement and giving of others

Actively prospecting, securing and cultivating donors and corporate sponsors with a customer-focused plan for acquisition, renewal and meaningful ongoing engagement

Regularly collaborating with internal partners to ensure achievement of organizational goals in a highly matrixed environment

Continuously learning and applying knowledge of the American Heart Association, industry trends and the marketplace to innovate and advance the organization’s goals.

Ensuring understanding of and compliance with all policies, fiscal standards and regulatory requirements

Qualifications

Five (5) or more years of leadership experience in a comparable non-profit or sales organization

Experience recruiting, engaging, and activating executive level corporate and medical volunteers.

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 functional areas and disciplines in a complex and highly dynamic environment, effectively translating strategies to measurable goals and plans.

Proven 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.

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Non-Profit Management, Communications and Marketing or related field.

Here are some of the preferred skills we are looking for:

Related experience with the American Heart Association or another national voluntary health organization.

Knowledge of American Heart Association's mission and programs.

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.

Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.

Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.

Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.

Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.

Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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