Senior Vice President, Development

Overview

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We're hiring a Senior Vice President, School Engagement for our Southwest Region
. The location is flexible to locations within the Southwest region (Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming).

Reporting to the Regional Associate Executive Vice President, the Senior Vice President (SVP), School Engagement is responsible for leading the operational planning and execution of the Association’s School Engagement programs for the Southwest region. The principal responsibility is to securely position the region for sustainable growth in unrestricted and total revenue. This includes managing the School Engagement team in establishing, developing, evaluating, and managing the infrastructure and talent necessary to consistently achieve bold revenue goals while systematically and effectively strengthening the region’s overall fundraising capacity by driving effective collaboration across revenue streams and achieving overall region- and association-wide goals.

We have a fast-paced sales environment with the primary responsibility of driving revenue in support of our mission. We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incentive up to 25% of your base pay. The potential incentive is based on achieving certain revenue targets and triggers.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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The job application window is expected to close November 21, 2025.

• As a member of the Southwest Region Senior Management Team, the SVP will lead, develop, and implement a comprehensive strategic plan to include a robust development strategy to produce aggressive growth in primarily unrestricted revenue, with the expectation that revenue goals are met and exceeded on a sustainable basis. This includes leading and managing School Engagement, ensuring full alignment with and consistent execution of the organization's mission and goals, and effectively collaborating with colleagues across the region and the organization to identify and maximize cross-functional/cross-market opportunities.
  
  Oversees management of geographically distributed team to ensure overall campaign goals are achieved/exceeded.
• In coordination and aligned with National Lead and internal partners, leads Southwest School Engagement to successful achievement of identified goals and objectives through ensuring effective leadership recruitment and engagement, superintendent/district recruitment and engagement, school acquisition and retention, corporate sponsorship, revenue collaboration, and mission impact. Establishes and develops effective working partnerships with Executive Directors and staff and volunteer leads through effective, regular communication and presence, availability, and accessibility across divisions.
• Demonstrates the Association leadership competencies and employs effective management techniques in the sourcing, recruitment, selection, supervision, management, and leadership of staff to appropriately develop and engage staff to achieve organizational objectives. Creates and fosters a professional work environment that promotes and values collaboration, trust, teamwork, empowerment, professionalism in which…