Senior Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

5d • $213,478 - $275,625 • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Health is seeking a Health System Senior Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations to join the Office of Development & Alumni Affairs. This critical role serves as a strategic partner to Development leadership, responsible for developing and driving the Foundation Relations team strategy and infrastructure, and managing a team of gift officers focused on institutional fundraising. The Senior Director will also consult on building and implementing a comprehensive corporate fundraising strategy. This position aims to innovate and elevate foundation and corporate fundraising to support NYU Langone Health's mission across its tripartite mission: to serve, to teach, and to discover. The role involves identifying strategic funding opportunities, leading and assisting with proposal development, and building relationships with foundation donors and prospects, while maintaining an active portfolio focused on institutional priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree required.
• 10-14+ years in healthcare foundation fundraising with a proven track record of success managing complex portfolios, soliciting and securing new commitments and building lasting relationships with institutional donors.
• Minimum of 5 years management experience strong interest in effective collaboration, communication, team building and team management.
• Deep knowledge and experience of innovations in and working with the local, national and international foundation landscape.
• Possesses the presence, inclusivity, and communication skills necessary to be an effective representative of NYU Langone Health and a liaison to the donor base.
• Develops and enhances relationships through authenticity, professionalism and trust.
• Facilitates understanding through listening and crafting and delivering messages that meet the needs of different audiences.
• Takes ownership of opportunities, challenges and decisions to drive work and the organization forward.
• Has the ability to lead, direct and motivate others; encourages and ensures professional development opportunities for reporting staff and acts as a mentor. Meets with reporting staff individually and as a full team.
• Embraces and supports institutional values and competencies and ensures that they are reflected in all aspects of our work.
• Contributes on a daily basis to an environment where differences are welcomed and supported by embracing the perspectives of all.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Strong writing/editing skills.
• Experience with creating project budgets.
• Commitment to accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a dynamic team.
• Ability to change priorities in a high-volume environment.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments and meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• High level of energy, initiative, and creativity.
• Self-motivated, outgoing, and results oriented.
• Familiarity with software applications, including standard Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), with the ability to adapt and learn as these tools evolve.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree preferred
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Close $8-10M annually with a focus on mid-6-figure and 7-figure gifts.
• Manage and provide direction, leadership and guidance to a team of 3-5 foundation gift officers.
• Enhance and innovate foundation fundraising approaches to optimally leverage the dynamic environment of NYU Langone Health and the organizations priority areas.
• Strategically initiate and execute a full spectrum of foundation engagement activities in collaboration with institutional leadership, faculty, staff, gift officers, and other senior colleagues.
• Cultivate new relationships, initiate dialogue, and develop funding opportunities with national, regional, and local foundations with an emphasis on priority clinical, educational, and research initiatives.
• Steward current foundation donors to enhance existing relationships.
• Proactively suggest, advise, and conceptualize solicitation strategies and proposal preparation with Development gift officers, scientists and physicians based on established priorities.
• Maintain current knowledge of institutional priorities, programs, and events for informed, effective and productive prospect and donor engagement.
• In partnership with physicians, scientists, administrators, and other gift officers, produce, write, and edit grant proposals, letters of inquiry, concept papers, and reports in appropriate language for donors.
• Successfully manage the process of preparing and submitting proposals, letters of intent, budgets, and reports, meeting all donor/prospect deadlines.
• Work with leadership in the Office of Development, Office of Sponsored Program Administration (SPA), Office of Science and Research (OSR) to enhance the collaboration and leverage resources between offices.
• Document all development activity related to identification, cultivation, solicitation, and reporting/stewardship using the Trax database.
• Work closely with the Development and SPA post-award teams to comply with all grant terms and reporting.
• Provide necessary follow-up and stewardship.
• Meet both grantee and grantor deadlines after proposals are funded.
• Conduct foundation prospect research to identify viable prospects that complement the work of Development Prospect Management colleagues, physicians and staff at the Medical Center.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• financial security benefits
• a generous time-off program
• employee resources groups for peer support
• holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director