Director of Development, WVU Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital

WVU Medicine•Bensley, VA

About The Position

The Director of Development provides strategic leadership for fundraising, community outreach, events, and philanthropic engagement in support of WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s mission to build healthier futures for children across West Virginia and the region. Reporting to the Vice President of WVU Medicine and Health Sciences, the Director leads a comprehensive development program in close collaboration with hospital and health system leadership to advance fundraising priorities. The Director cultivates and solicits major and principal gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and grateful patient families while building lasting donor relationships. The role establishes fundraising strategies and performance goals, oversees development staff, and ensures organizational and individual fundraising objectives are achieved. The position also advances pediatric healthcare innovation through philanthropic support and coordinates development activities with the WVU Foundation, School of Medicine, and Health Sciences. The role requires a bachelor’s degree and eight years of progressive related experience, including a history of successful principal and major gift solicitations. The work is performed in a standard office environment and includes extended periods of sitting and computer use.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Eight years of progressive related experience with a history of successful principal and major gift solicitations.
Ability to develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies, cultivate and solicit major and principal gifts, manage donor portfolios, and achieve fundraising goals.
Interpersonal, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills to engage donors, physicians, hospital leadership, volunteers, community partners, and foundation stakeholders.
Leadership and management skills, including recruiting, mentoring, coaching, developing, and evaluating staff.
Organizational, project management, and collaboration skills to coordinate complex fundraising initiatives, manage priorities, oversee events and campaigns, and use donor management systems to measure performance.
Strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with a results-driven focus on fundraising objectives, key performance indicators, and organizational priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with children’s hospitals or medical programs in higher education fundraising.
Greater experience in development and with grateful patients.
Experience at a comprehensive university.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee fundraising efforts, including major, leadership, annual, and planned giving initiatives.
Manage a portfolio of approximately 50 high-potential donors through cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and face-to-face engagement to achieve annual fundraising goals.
Direct the hospital’s fundraising priorities within university-wide comprehensive campaigns and advance philanthropic support for pediatric healthcare innovation.
Partner with the Vice President of WVU Medicine and Health Sciences and WVU Foundation leadership to develop fundraising strategies, coordinate resources, and report progress.
Oversee donor stewardship, gift acknowledgment, and recognition programs.
Supervise and develop fundraising, events, and community outreach staff, including hiring, coaching, performance management, training, mentoring, work assignment, and employee development.
Ensure consistent fundraising, event, and marketing branding across WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s and affiliated hospitals in collaboration with marketing and communications teams.
Build relationships with physicians, researchers, hospital leadership, and external partners to identify funding opportunities and advance philanthropic priorities.
Coordinate fundraising activities across the WVU Foundation, School of Medicine, and Health Sciences; use donor databases to manage prospect activity and measure performance.
Recruit, engage, and support volunteers and serve as staff liaison to the WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s Philanthropy Council.
Oversee fundraising initiatives and special events.