Director Initiatives

How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At Blood Cancer United, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our bold goal a reality: to enable patients with blood cancer to gain more than one million years of life by 2040.

Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."

Blood Cancer United is a mission centric, locally delivered and nationally powered organization, relentlessly pursuing cancer cures. To help achieve this mission, the Director, Growth Initiatives is a frontline fundraiser responsible for identifying, cultivating, securing, and retaining groups, particularly within the collegiate space, to advance fundraising and mission-driven activities. This role serves as a strategic thought partner and hands‑on implementer of cultivation, engagement, and stewardship strategies designed to deepen relationships, grow participation, and achieve sustainable revenue and mission impact.

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• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree preferred.
• Eight or more years of fundraising or sales experience, including demonstrated success engaging leaders and achieving fundraising or revenue goals.
• Strong background in constituent recruitment, relationship management, cultivation, and stewardship.
• Experience using a constituent relationship management system, preferably Salesforce, and proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in negotiation and solution‑oriented problem solving.

• Execute a comprehensive fundraising plan, including targeted strategies for constituent cultivation, recruitment, and stewardship; conduct meaningful outreach to prospective constituents, fundraising groups, and external leaders to secure participation and support.
• Build and manage a robust prospect pipeline in partnership with the Vice President and key stakeholders by identifying new opportunities through multiple channels and preparing compelling materials to acquire and retain fundraising groups.
• Engage external leaders across functions to develop mutually beneficial collaborations aligned with partner objectives and Blood Cancer United goals; identify and optimize value propositions that drive mission impact and sustainable revenue growth.
• Provide expertise, guidance, modeling, and coaching to regional teams in developing and executing account strategies, managing high-level volunteer groups, driving revenue‑generating activities, and maintaining fiscal controls.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Vice President in developing plans for assigned products and initiatives, including communications, timelines, implementation approaches, and performance measures.
• Lead and complete national campaign projects, including tool development and updates, data collection and analysis, training support, and other national initiatives.
• Provide high-level expertise across the collegiate space to expand participation, strengthen strategic partnerships, and support campaign and mission funding needs.
• Represent Blood Cancer United with credibility, professionalism, and mission alignment, exemplifying the One Blood Cancer United mindset and setting a standard of excellence for peers and stakeholders.
• Achieve annual revenue targets by creating, implementing, evaluating, and adjusting personalized fundraising and account strategies.
• Produce forecasts and projection reports by evaluating recruitment and fundraising activity, fundraising efficiency, community engagement, campaign satisfaction, and overall campaign performance.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of Blood Cancer United's mission, programs, and organizational priorities and support broader organizational initiatives. Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Advanced knowledge of fundraising, sales, pipeline development, moves management, account strategy, and constituent stewardship.
• Proven ability to create deep and meaningful prospect pipelines and develop strategic plans that convert opportunities into sustained participation and revenue.
• Ability to lead individuals or cross-functional teams in pursuing and securing major opportunities through thoughtful account strategy, high-level relationship development, and organization-wide thinking.
• Strong…