Vice President, Philanthropic Strategy

# Vice President, Philanthropic Strategy Richmond, VA 23219## Overview Salary Range$ - $ Salary Position Type Full Time Education Level4 Year Degree or Equivalent Experience

Travel Percentage None## Description
** Position Description
** The VP, Philanthropic Strategist, serves as UNOS' senior subject matter expert for philanthropic strategy, institutional funding partnerships, strategic partnerships, donor governance, and philanthropic risk management. This role is responsible for shaping the long-term direction of UNOS' philanthropic capability while ensuring funding activities advance organizational priorities without compromising public trust, institutional independence, or regulatory integrity.

Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer, this position operates as a highly autonomous enterprise advisor and strategic authority. The VP, Philanthropic Strategist provides expert guidance to executive leadership, the Board of Directors, Legal, Finance, Compliance, and other senior stakeholders regarding philanthropic strategy, donor engagement, governance frameworks, funding acceptance standards, and reputational risk. The role serves as the organization's leading expert in philanthropic strategy and is expected to influence organizational direction through expertise, judgment, thought leadership, and strategic partnership development.

Success requires balancing opportunity development with governance stewardship, ensuring philanthropic activity strengthens the organization's mission, strategic flexibility, and credibility while protecting against actual or perceived donor influence. The role is expected to establish frameworks, standards, and operating principles that guide philanthropic activity across the organization while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and the Board.
** Key Responsibilities
**** Enterprise Philanthropic Strategy & Vision
*** Define and continuously evolve UNOS' long-term philanthropic strategy and operating framework.
* Serve as the organization's principal advisor on philanthropic trends, institutional funding opportunities, donor governance, and strategic funding priorities and partnerships.
* Establish multi-year philanthropic roadmaps aligned with organizational priorities and mission objectives.
* Identify emerging philanthropic developments, funding trends, and strategic opportunities that may affect UNOS.
* Establish performance measures that evaluate the strategic value and organizational impact of philanthropic activity.
* Shape organizational perspectives on the role of philanthropy in advancing mission-focused outcomes.
** Institutional Funding & Strategic Partnerships
*** Lead strategy development for complex institutional, foundation, and mission-aligned philanthropic partnerships.
* Establish engagement strategies for high-impact funding opportunities requiring executive and Board involvement.
* Build senior-level relationships with foundations, institutional funders, philanthropic advisors, and mission-driven funding organizations.
* Provide strategic guidance regarding donor portfolio development, relationship prioritization, and long-term funding strategies.
* Represent UNOS within philanthropic, nonprofit, public-health, research, and foundation communities as appropriate.
* Develop partnership approaches that strengthen funding opportunities while preserving independence and public trust.
** Governance, Ethics & Organizational Stewardship
*** Establish enterprise standards governing donor screening, funding acceptance, stewardship, donor influence, and philanthropic risk management.
* Serve as the internal authority on philanthropic ethics, governance considerations, reputational risk, and donor non-influence principles.
* Evaluate highly…