Senior Vice President, Individual Giving

American Cancer Society•San Francisco, CA

35d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Vice President, Individual Giving serves as a senior regional leader responsible for executing individual giving strategies across an assigned geography, leading Market Leaders who oversee principal and major gift portfolios, frontline fundraising teams, and market-level performance. The SVP also maintains a select portfolio of ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high-net-worth (HNW) donors, directly driving identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship while serving as a senior representative of the American Cancer Society to secure transformational investments. This leader drives market alignment and integration across revenue streams and mission delivery, with success defined by accelerated revenue growth, strengthened principal and major gift pipelines, and the development of high-performing, donor-centric teams. This is a 100% remote role. The ideal candidate will sit in one of our major western market metro areas: San Francisco/Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Minneapolis, or Seattle.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Minimum of 10-12+ years of fundraising experience
8-10 years in a management role
Demonstrated leadership in driving fundraising results across diverse communities, with strong knowledge of regional mission delivery and income development strategies.
Expertise in principal gift strategy, portfolio management, and high-capacity donor engagement.
Skilled communicator who serves as a key representative to volunteer and staff leadership, effectively influencing diverse stakeholder groups.
Strong ability to drive alignment and collaboration across cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals.
Skilled in building high-performing, inclusive, and accountable team cultures.
Adept in relationship building, negotiation, and securing mutually beneficial outcomes.
Exceptional relationship management and influencing skills with donors, volunteers, and executive stakeholders.
Strong analytical and performance management capabilities, using data to inform decision-making and improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

Lead implementation of individual giving strategies across the region, translating national priorities into market-level execution to achieve principal and major gift revenue goals.
Recruit, coach, and manage Market Leaders who oversee frontline fundraising teams and are accountable for principal gift portfolios, major gift performance, and full market revenue achievement.
Lead, coach, and manage a geographically dispersed, national organization of specialized relationship fundraisers. Drive the cultural shift from a generalist coverage model to a highly focused, donor-centric relationship model, ensuring appropriate spans of control and rigorous portfolio management.
Ensure disciplined portfolio management and donor strategy execution across markets, supporting Market Leaders in driving cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of high-capacity donors.
Directly identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward a select, high-level portfolio of ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high-net-worth (HNW) individuals. Act as a senior representative of ACS in front of our most critical individual investors.
Lead cross-functional alignment across development channels, mission pillars, marketing, communications and operations to ensure a unified, market-based approach to revenue generation and mission impact.
Guide Market Leaders in leveraging CEOs Against Cancer chapters, Area Boards, and other volunteer leadership structures to advance market priorities, fundraising outcomes, and community influence.
Establish and monitor KPIs across markets, including revenue attainment, pipeline development, and donor engagement metrics; drive accountability and continuous improvement across teams.