Vice President & Chief Development Officer

Position Location:

Hospital for Special Care Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Work Shift:

First Shift Department:
Administration

We are dedicated to creating an environment of care and engagement that makes us one of the most desirable places to work, providing exceptional care to each patient each and every day!

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred in nonprofit management, business administration, healthcare administration, or a related field.
• Professional certification strongly preferred, including Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and/or Fellow of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (FAHP).
• Minimum of 8–10 years of progressively responsible nonprofit development experience, including at least 3–5 years in a director-level leadership role.
• Demonstrated success leading hospital-based or complex healthcare philanthropy programs, including capital campaigns, comprehensive campaigns, endowment growth, and major gifts.
• Proven, sales-oriented fundraising leader with a documented track record of securing seven-figure major gifts and significant corporate partnerships, using sophisticated solicitation, negotiation, and closing strategies.
• Experience partnering with CEOs and Board of Directors to set fundraising strategy and achieving ambitious philanthropic goals.
• Extensive experience across development functions, including major and principal gifts, planned giving, annual giving, corporate and foundation relations, grants, stewardship, special events, prospect research, and development operations.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, with experience forecasting revenue, managing budgets, and reporting outcomes to executive leadership and boards.
• Advanced proficiency with fundraising CRM systems (e.g., Raiser’s Edge/RE NXT or comparable platforms) and Microsoft Office tools.
• Exceptional leadership presence, communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, physicians, board members, donors, community leaders, and corporate executives.
• Highly developed relationship-building and consultative sales skills, with a consistent record of advancing prospects from qualification through close.
• Ability to cultivate long-term, trust-based donor partnerships.
• Strategic, analytical, and results-oriented leader with the ability to adapt fundraising strategies based on data, trends, and organizational priorities.

The VP, Chief Development Officer (CDO) serves as the organization’s leader for philanthropic fundraising strategy and execution. Reporting to the President and CEO, the VP/CDO provides leadership and operational oversight for all development and foundation activities, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, governance expectations, and long-term sustainability. The CDO functions as the organization’s principal architect and lead strategist for fundraising, working in close partnership with the CEO, executive leadership, and the Board of Directors to secure major, corporate, and transformational philanthropic support.

Serve as a member of the executive leadership team, integrating philanthropy into organizational strategy, capital priorities, and growth initiatives. Act as the primary staff liaison to the Board of Directors and designated committees (e.g., Foundation or Development Committees), providing pipeline reporting, performance metrics, and strategic recommendations. Align fundraising strategy with enterprise priorities and prepare the CEO and executive leaders for high-level donor and corporate solicitations.

Engage, coach, and mobilize board members, executive leadership, and physician leaders as effective fundraising partners through targeted solicitation planning and accountability frameworks.

Provide overall leadership for capital, comprehensive, and endowment campaigns, including feasibility studies, campaign planning, goal setting, prospect strategy, solicitation sequencing, and post-campaign evaluation. Lead the identification, cultivation,…