Senior Director Development - Foundation - Hybrid (Review Note Before Applying)

Houston Methodist • Houston, TX

228d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Houston Methodist, the Sr. Director Development position is responsible for directing the fundraising efforts for an assigned constituency within the Houston Methodist System. The Sr. Director qualifies donor prospects and cultivates relationships with them to philanthropically support the mission of Houston Methodist. The Sr. Director is also responsible for cultivating relationships with volunteer leaders, physicians, and key hospital leaders to support all Foundation capital and comprehensive campaigns. The Sr. Director position responsibilities include ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence and efficiency to accomplish strategic and operational objectives. In addition, this position is responsible for key metrics related to philanthropic activity in her/his assigned area of responsibility. This position may be responsible for leading a small team of fundraising professionals. In this area of responsibility, the Sr. Director is accountable for employee engagement, staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work related performance, and developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment. This position also ensures training, monitoring and operations initiatives are implemented which secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Five years of successful fundraising experience.
• Academic medical center and/or large university experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Directs, develops and implements strategic and operational/high level projects and processes either through independent/highly autonomous work or through the facilitation of work teams to enable the effective and efficient completion of objectives.
• Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, departments, and units to achieve business goals.
• Maintains a portfolio of high-level prospective donors to HM.
• Identifies, qualifies cultivates, solicits and stewards prospective major gift donors.
• Leads and coordinates with the Donor Relations and stewardship Department to support strategic enlistment and use of councils, volunteers and events for HM.
• Leads the fundraising efforts for at least one Houston Methodist department or Center of Excellence (COE), including the management of campaign activities.
• Oversees department operations, designated projects, schedules and activities as needed to ensure that goals or objectives are accomplished within the prescribed time frame.
• Drives department service standards and activities to impact department and/or system score for patient/customer-based satisfaction.
• Serves as the liaison to designated service lines or other key programs within the system.
• Develops an accelerated pipeline of giving targets according to Foundation goals.
• Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors and/or revises the department safety plan.
• Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes and information systems.
• Responsible for employee compliance to policies and procedures.
• Develops and manages department operational and capital budgets.
• Creates department strategies to achieve financial target and staffing needs.
• Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department operations.
• Drives change initiatives, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment.
• Develops and maintains relationships inside and outside of the organization that enhance the organization's ability to integrate donors and potential donors into the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees