Senior Program Manager/ Foundation and Corporate Strategy

American Red Cross • Washington, DC

21h • $95,000 - $105,000 • Remote

About The Position

Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better. When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work. Where Your Career is a Force for Good! The American Red Cross is currently seeking a Senior Program Manager to support our development partners in their fundraising efforts. Candidates for this position can reside anywhere within the US. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The Fundraising Programs and Segment Strategy unit is the central office through which high-quality, consistent fundraising programs and platforms are created that reflect the organization’s fundable strategic opportunities. It is also the primary office through which individual, corporate, and foundation donor strategies are developed to maximize fundraising at the local, regional, national, and global levels. The Senior Program Manager for Foundation and Corporate Fundraising Strategy will play a critical role in advancing our national fundraising goals, with a primary focus on foundation fundraising and a secondary responsibility for corporate fundraising. The successful candidate will serve as the organizational expert on foundation fundraising and drive progress towards the national foundation fundraising target. They will work directly with fundraising teams across the country to support their foundation fundraising efforts, providing resources, tools, and best practices. They will also provide surge capacity to support large, multi-program corporate ask strategies and proposals within assigned divisions and share trends and insights on corporate giving to inform strategy. Experience in foundation and corporate fundraising is necessary. Experience with Foundation and Corporate Benefits and strategies, such as stewardship, and fundraising program design preferred.

Requirements

• Educated: Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Skills & Abilities: Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the program or service.
• Demonstrated ability in creating presentations and developing training modules.
• Excellent oral and communication skills, including training and presentations.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Develop project plans, budgets, and strategies to achieve organizational goals.
• Demonstrate analytical and decision-making skills to develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.
• Intermediate level proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work on a team.
• Travel: Travel may be required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with foundation and corporate fundraising principles and techniques.
• A high degree of organizational, analytical, and project management skills, including the ability to anticipate risks, analyze and manage data, problem solve, and develop strategic and creative solutions.
• Motivation, strong initiative, and ability to foster collaboration across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple perspectives to achieve program goals.
• Ability to perform and thrive under pressure in a rapidly changing and multidimensional environment.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate fundraisers’ development of multi-program, custom or complex fundraising strategies and proposals, focusing on large asks ($250K + asks foundation donors and 1M+ asks corporate donors)
• Provide leadership and facilitation for monthly Foundation RPO and Grant Writer Cohort calls, ensuring best practice sharing.
• Offer coaching and support to fundraisers and priority regions as identified by Division Fundraising Vice Presidents.
• Lead strategy and management of custom stewardship and benefits execution, in accordance with the Foundation and Corporate Benefits Matrixes, including custom stewardship reports and benefits for Mission Leader level donors.
• Lead the successful development, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of major gift fundraising packages.
• Serve as an organizational subject matter expert in foundation giving, with additional focus on corporate giving strategies.
• Design and deliver in-person and virtual trainings to enhance fundraising capabilities.
• Work closely with fundraisers and internal program owners to maximize large fundraising opportunities.
• Create and maintain fundraiser-facing and donor-facing guidance and communication for assigned program areas, posted to One Source.
• Collect and analyze data, identify trends and areas of need and/or improvement, and develop recommendations for program improvement.
• Develop reports for management review.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including occasional direct international with donors and leadership volunteers.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year, based on the type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprise of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees