Executive Director

American Heart Association • Houston, TX

27d • Hybrid

About The Position

Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do! To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.
We are hiring an Executive Director in Houston, TX. The Executive Director – Development is responsible for ensuring that multimillion-dollar revenue and program goals are met within Houston, TX. This position ensures the implementation of effective programs in community service, education, development, and communications by providing inspirational leadership, sound coaching, supervision, mentorship, and support to staff, enabling them to reach their full market potential and beyond. Works to ensure teamwork and is accountable for revenue generation and community impact activities for the assigned territory.
This is an office-based position with a hybrid schedule. The office is in Houston, TX.
We have a fast-paced sales type of environment with the main responsibility of driving revenue in support of our mission. We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incentive up to 25% of your base pay. The potential incentive is based on achieving certain revenue targets and triggers.
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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Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in non-profit fundraising or similar experience, preferably with a voluntary health agency.
• 6 years of supervisory experience, preferably with a sales or fundraising team in a similar organization.
• Ability to travel the Greater Houston area daily; always requires access to reliable transportation on an immediate basis.
• Must have basic knowledge and skills with Microsoft Office.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in closing six to seven-figure gifts is preferred.
• Strong ability to establish and implement a strategic plan across functional areas and disciplines in a sophisticated and highly dynamic environment, successfully translating strategies to measurable goals and plans preferred.
• Experience managing and cultivating high-level leaders at the C-suite level, with the ability to delegate and accomplish goals through their leadership, is preferred.
• Direct knowledge of special event fundraising tactics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, develop and activate leadership of both medical, corporate and lay volunteers in all phases of revenue generation activities and health impact goals.
• Build meaningful relationships in the community to drive revenue and health impact.
• Guide and lead team to achieve revenue goals.
• Accountable for hiring, directing, training, evaluating and developing staff.
• Direct supervision of the current Vice President of Community Impact, Vice President of Development, and the Sr. Event Planning Director.
• Develop, monitor, and evaluate an annual working plan with revenue, volunteer, and community impact goals.
• Own and lead the division budget and campaign timelines.
• Review the fiscal records of the territory to evaluate operations and report on successes and concerns to the Region Associate Executive Vice President.
• Secure 6- and 7-figure sponsorships and individual gifts.
• Coordinate all market activities, including conducting gap analysis and strategy meetings with volunteer leadership to support goal achievement.
• Identify and analyze data to supervise trends and increase return on investment.
• Willingness to accept other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Region Associate Executive Vice President.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees