Senior Vice President, Planned Giving

American Chemical Society•Chicago, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At the American Cancer Society, we're working to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Our employees and 1.3 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We are a culture comprised of diverse backgrounds and experience, to better serve our communities. The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled. Fosters a culture of philanthropy within the organization. Assures the organization’s corporate culture, systems and procedures support fund development through planned giving and vice versa. Leads staff and volunteers to institutionalize planned giving philanthropy and fund development within the organization. As part of the senior leadership team for the OCDMCO, work closely with CDMCO, colleagues within OCDMCO and business lines, regional staff, senior leadership, professional staff and volunteers and regional development related staff to develop and implement a development strategy for the organization that is compatible with enterprise-wide priorities. This includes; planned giving engagement in campaign planning, structure, discipline and implementation for planned giving and relevant spaces, including expectancies, probate, real estate, donor advised funds and inclusive of development resources and alignment. Align between the mission departments and development related teams across the organization to include seamless incorporation of planned giving and supporting the development strategy. Plans, coordinates and assures implementation of strategies to develop/engage planned giving donors and beyond and investments to support and drive growth for the organization. Assures development and maintenance of appropriate systems through development resources, including but not limited to leadership, board, volunteer and donor management, research and cultivation, gift processing and recognition. Maintains accountability and compliance standards for donors and funding sources.

Requirements

Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree
Minimum 15 years fundraising experience in a professional leadership position
Builds effective teams - Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
Collaborates - Builds partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
Courage - Steps up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.
Drives engagement - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
Ensures accountability - Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
Strategic mindset - Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies
Win Together - Represents the organization’s cultural beliefs and strives to create an environment that is supportive and reflective of the cultural beliefs in daily performance. Work for Team ACS and refuse to be divided over differences.
Short- and long-term planning and evaluation

Nice To Haves

Preferred Degree: Master's Degree
Certificate(s) or License(s): CAP, CSPG, CFRE

Responsibilities

Manage a regional planned giving team that includes Regional. Vice Presidents, Planned Giving Directors and a Regional Specialist. Give proper guidance to this team’s performance.
Support/Build a team of professional staff, establishing and implementing a strategic agenda, administering the initiative office and budget with a focus on department goals, global priorities, roll-up fundraising goal, and portfolio development of the staff under management.
Provide leadership, management and direction for executive reporting via and per the direction of the CDMCO to the SLT and Board related to the complete function and overall proforma of the planned giving product line that supports the organization strategy and the overall strategic direction, alignment and integration of the business line.
Assure proper planning, including goal setting, strategy identification, benchmarking and evaluation to support Planned Giving and Probate & Trust Management, sound fiscal operation of development function, including timely, accurate and comprehensive development of charitable contributions, income and expense budgets, reporting, monitoring and implementation.
Oversees all aspects of Planned Giving operations, including gift processing (in concert with Shared Services), prospect and donor histories, and fundraising reporting, including the probate & trust management process to efficiently and effectively account for one of largest revenue sources at ACS. Work with both our internal and external partners to ascertain that all estate gifts are timely accounted for and collected.
Keep informed of both planned giving and general developments and innovation in philanthropy as well as the general fields of management and the not-for-profit sector; including board(s) on current trends, issues, problems and activities in order to facilitate policy making related to planned giving, gift acceptance etc. Recommends policy positions concerning planned giving and acceptance of planned gifts and restrictions related to development.
Work collaboratively with Principal Partnerships, Regional Major Gifts and other team members which has an enterprise wide vision for the global American Cancer Society.