Vice President of Philanthropy

Intermountain Health • Dayton, OH

8d • $120 - $185 • Onsite

About The Position

The Vice President of Philanthropy (VPP) is a senior system-level philanthropy executive who serves as a key strategic and operational leader for the Intermountain Foundation. Reporting to the health system’s Chief Development Officer and Foundation President, this role functions as a trusted deputy and leadership partner, helping guide and grow the performance, with emphasis on alignment, measurement, and overall effectiveness of the Foundation’s major gift fundraising enterprise. The system VPP has primary responsibility for leading regional and system-level fundraising performance, providing direct management and mentorship to the Foundation’s Region Vice Presidents, the Vice President of Strategic Services, and Corporate Relations and Planned Giving functions. The role is designed to strengthen leadership capacity, accountability, consistency, and outcomes across fundraising teams while reducing operational span for the Chief Development Officer and Foundation President. In addition to guiding fundraising leaders and teams, the system VPP personally manages a portfolio of principal and transformational gift prospects and donors, partnering with executive, clinical, and volunteer leaders to advance Intermountain Health’s philanthropic priorities. This position has enterprise-level responsibility across the Foundation’s regional and strategic fundraising functions, and plays a central role in strengthening and simplifying fundraising execution, leadership effectiveness, and measurable results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Ten (10) or more years of progressive experience and success in professional philanthropy/fundraising and systems development with leadership of teams and system emphasis.
• Demonstrated success securing major and/or principal gifts and managing complex donor relationships.
• Five (5) or more years of experience leading senior fundraisers, fundraising managers, or multi-level teams.
• Proven ability to drive accountability, performance, and consistency across geographically distributed or matrixed teams.
• Experience using CRM systems and fundraising data to manage performance and inform decision-making.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively with executives, clinicians, donors, and community leaders.
• Clear understanding of, and experience in implementing and maintaining major gift program infrastructure to manage, measure, incentivize, and support large major gift campaigns within a matrixed organization.
• High level of integrity, judgment, discretion, ownership, team-rooted, and motivational presence, and ability to manage sensitive information.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree and/or related professional credential.
• Experience in healthcare philanthropy, hospital or health system foundations, academic medicine, or another large, matrixed, mission-driven nonprofit environment.
• Experience partnering with senior executives, physician leaders, boards, and volunteer leaders to advance philanthropic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Reports directly to the Chief Development Officer and Foundation President
• Directly supports and manages the outward facing fundraising teams including: Region Vice Presidents and their major gift fundraising teams, Vice President of Strategic Services (which includes annual giving, mid-level giving, and fundraising events), Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations and their team, and Executive Director of Planned Giving and their team.
• Maintains a personal portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects.
• As a senior-level team resource, continually gathering, understanding, systemizing, implementing and mentoring contemporary/best fundraising practices and evaluative measurement protocols – particularly as they relate to effective pipeline building and major gift programming.
• Partners closely with Foundation leadership, executive leadership, and clinical partners.
• Requires travel as needed to support donor engagement, team leadership, and organizational priorities.
• Partner with the Chief Development Officer and Foundation President to advance the Foundation’s fundraising vision, priorities, and performance goals.
• Serve as a senior leader for the Foundation and may act on behalf of the Chief Development Officer and Foundation President as delegated.
• Provide day-to-day leadership to regional and system-level fundraising functions with a focus on execution, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
• Translate enterprise fundraising strategy into clear goals, systems, expectations, and action plans for regional and functional leaders.
• Continually assess and evaluate the systems, metrics, and landscape that represent contemporary, best-practice major gift success to include enterprise-wide activity metrics, incentive planning, budgeting, etc.
• Support the continued growth and maturity of a vibrant, high-performing healthcare philanthropy organization serving both local and system priorities.
• Directly manage, coach, and support Region Vice Presidents, the Vice President of Strategic Services, the Executive Director of Gift Planning and the Executive Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations.
• Establish clear expectations, performance standards, and consistent management practices.
• Foster a supportive culture of collaboration, accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and shared success across geographically distributed teams.
• Establish operating rhythms that improve visibility into fundraising activity, progress toward goals, and team performance.
• Partner with data, systems, and operations leaders to improve CRM discipline, prospect management, reporting accuracy, and use of analytics.
• Use performance data to identify opportunities, address gaps, and improve fundraising outcomes.
• Oversee Regional Philanthropy Teams, Strategic Services, Gift Planning, and Corporate and Foundation Relations toward respective and collective revenue goal attainment.
• Manage a portfolio of principal and transformational gift prospects and donors.
• Personally cultivate, solicit, and steward significant philanthropic investments aligned with Intermountain Health priorities.
• Partner with the Chief Development Officer and Foundation President on select top-tier donor strategies and enterprise-level opportunities.
• Represent the Foundation with professionalism, credibility, discretion, and strong executive presence.
• Support engagement with volunteer leaders, advisory groups, boards, and campaign partners, as appropriate.
• Evaluate and promote the presence and visibility of reporting Vice Presidents among their respective stakeholders and care site teams.

Benefits

• Annual Pay for Performance (AP4P) Plan
• Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up-front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment.

What This Job Offers

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