Assistant Vice President, Planned Giving
About The Position
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Reporting to the Vice President, Philanthropy BIDMC, the Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Planned Giving serves as the senior leader responsible for setting the vision and driving the strategy for a comprehensive, system-wide planned giving program across all BILH entities. This role provides enterprise-level oversight, establishing policies, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency and excellence in planned giving operations. The AVP will lead strategic initiatives to maximize long-term revenue growth, integrate planned giving into major gift and campaign strategies, and position BILH as a national leader in healthcare philanthropy.The AVP will represent BILH at the highest levels internally and externally, partnering with hospital presidents, boards, and senior philanthropy leaders to advance transformational planned gifts. This role will directly manage a high-performing team, expand system-wide capacity, and drive accountability for ambitious planned giving goals. The AVP fosters strong relationships with donors, volunteers, and institutional leaders. Through innovative marketing, digital strategies, and Legacy Society programs, the AVP will elevate BILH’s planned giving presence and ensure alignment with organizational priorities.
Requirements
- Extensive knowledge of best practices and structure of planned giving vehicles including complex planned gifts of appreciated assets.
- Provide technical expertise in planned giving to colleagues and prospective donors regarding the tax and charitable aspects of giving.
- Must be extremely detail oriented.
- Exceptional writing and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to communicate in a highly professional manner.
- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills to create effective collaborations among various levels of staff and faculty.
- Ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with others and to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
- Strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize work and manage multiple and competing priorities while meeting deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to think critically and analytically.
- Knowledge of current trends within philanthropy and healthcare.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Exceptional skills in organization and presentation.
- Possess the highest ethical standards to handle confidential and sensitive gift and donor information appropriately.
- Master’s degree strongly preferred.
- 15+ years in development, with 7+ years in senior leadership roles.
- Proven success in enterprise-level planned giving strategy and closing seven- and eight-figure gifts.
- Expertise in complex gift structures, tax law, and estate planning.
- Exceptional leadership, strategic planning, and board engagement skills.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead a comprehensive planned giving strategy for BILH, ensuring consistency across all affiliates.
- Develop and enforce policies, procedures, and compliance standards for planned giving.
- Create multi-year growth plans aligned with system campaigns and system priorities.
- Partner with hospital presidents, VPs and philanthropy leaders to integrate planned giving into major gift strategies.
- Drive system-wide planned giving revenue goals; monitor and report performance to senior leadership and boards.
- Serve as the face of planned giving for BILH at donor events, board meetings, and national forums.
- Recruit, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of planned giving professionals.
- Oversee development of digital strategies, marketing campaigns, and Legacy Society programs.
- Personally cultivate and solicit transformational planned gifts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
