SDM - DetermiNation Endurance portfolio

American Chemical Society•Atlanta, GA

1d•Remote

About The Position

The American Cancer Society is seeking a motivated individual to join their team. This role is responsible for the strategy, planning, execution, and achievement of a $400,000+ annual fundraising event portfolio. The position oversees all aspects of event fundraising, including relationship management, sponsorship acquisition, volunteer leadership recruitment, pipeline development, donor cultivation, stewardship, and participant engagement. The goal is to ensure alignment with organizational goals, a high-impact experience, and achievement of financial growth targets. The candidate can be located anywhere in the USA.

Requirements

Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree
2 years successful experience in fundraising and relationship development
Experience driving revenue through sales – prospecting, identification, cultivation, solicitation, evaluation, stewardship
Skilled at leading high-functioning collaborative event teams, including internal and external stakeholders, to execute event deliverables.
Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
Demonstrated ability in handling multiple priorities, project and timeline management and planning.
Proven relationship building, persuasion and influence skills.
Strong customer service orientation, with extensive experience in effectively addressing and resolving issues.
Proactively monitors data and adjusts activities to respond to changing circumstances and priorities to meet goals
Able to work through others to accomplish goals; builds support for ideas among key stakeholders and decision makers
Strong market, community and constituent knowledge & experience.
Effectively builds formal and informal networks, both inside and outside the organization; leverages knowledge and network to remove barriers and achieve outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Preferred Degree: Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

Builds, sustains, and elevates relationships with donors, sponsors, volunteers and community partners to ensure revenue goal achievement and foster long-term engagement.
Ensures a best-in-class event experience through management of planning, logistics, brand positioning, budgets, and vendor relationships.
Creates tailored partner and donor experiences to attract and retain supporters, as well as aligning event partners with broader Society cultivation efforts to grow revenue impact through and beyond events.
Monitors fundraising progress and expenses against budget and benchmarks, proactively adjusting strategies to exceed financial goals, and optimize return on investment.
Effectively convenes and coordinates the different contributors to event success - marketing, coordinator support, etc.
Champions community presence and brand elevation, positioning events to deepen public interest and engagement.