Executive Director of Development

Executive Director Of Development

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction, leadership, and daily management to the staff of Yale New Haven Hospital Development Office.
• Serve as a key strategist for the development department, for overall goals and objectives as well as for maximizing relationships with current donors and cultivating new, diverse, untapped audiences of support.
• Assign and monitor prospect portfolios for the major gift team and the president.
• Craft compelling, highly tailored cases for support for unrestricted funding as well as for designated projects and programs in partnership with fellow executive team members, physicians, and finance leadership.
• Envision and create an annual magazine showcasing the work of Development through the lens of donor support strategically integrating the two hospitals while celebrating the individual culture of each community and its history.
• Grow annual fund giving building seamlessly on the dramatic growth that has been realized helping to further enliven unrestricted giving.
• Partners with physician leaders in clinical areas of excellence to expand a grateful patient pipeline of new friends of the hospitals.
• Make recommendations for the planning, mobilization and execution of a comprehensive campaign that addresses the funding needs identified by the President and aligned with the System strategic plan.

Fundraising Execution

Organizational Leadership

Team Leadership

Qualifications

Bachelors degree required, an MBA, MHA or equivalent advanced degree is strongly preferred.

Ten or more years of development experience with a proven track record securing six, seven and eight figure gifts.

Current knowledge of best practices in development generally and with an emphasis in healthcare philanthropy if possible.

Strategic experience across development in the nonprofit sector, including major gift fundraising, foundation relations, annual giving, legacy giving, board engagement and communication; experience leading capital campaigns.

Proven ability to map various revenue streams and understand the impacts and returns on investment, informing an organization-wide strategy and business plan.

Demonstrated analytical and strategic skills, with experience using data to support decision-making and creation of strategic fundraising plans.

Flexibility to create nuanced plans and objectives that adapt to the situation and / or partners at hand, while bringing to life an inspirational future for the organization made possible, in part, by a growing philanthropy program.

Special Skills

Accountability

Reports to the Chief Development Officer and Senior Vice President. In personal and job-related decisions and actions, consistently demonstrates the values of integrity (doing the right thing), patient-centered (putting patients and families first), respect (valuing all people and embracing all differences), accountability (being responsible and taking action), and compassion (being empathetic).

Complexity

Requires a high degree of analytic, project management, and organization skills needed to manage a complex set of technological tools and business intelligence program. Must have extensive knowledge of fundraising strategies and objectives and be able to provide strong leadership in making data-driven decisions.

Availability to work nights and weekends as needed.