Senior Director, Corporate and Individual Giving

TGen has joined forces with the City of Hope to accelerate the speed with which scientists and medical staff convert research discoveries into cures for patients.   The alliance is based on a simple premise: City of Hope provides a state-of-the-art clinical setting in which to advance genomic breakthroughs made by TGen. It is a collaboration that plays to the strengths of each organization. City of Hope is a pioneer in the fields of bone marrow transplantation, hematologic malignancies, select solid tumors, and diabetes. TGen, meanwhile, is a leader in applying genomic analysis and bioinformatics to cancer drug development. Together, they are transforming the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Raising the philanthropic resources to fuel this leading-edge research, exquisite and compassionate clinical care, and the advancement of biomedical education and training is a vital component of the TGen-City of Hope model of success. Our two philanthropic foundations collaborate on philanthropic goals and the Chief Development Officer of TGen Foundation reports to the Chief Philanthropy Officer at the City of Hope. Our shared culture is one of collaboration, accountability, and activation.
The TGen Foundation’s, as part of the Office of Philanthropy (OOP) and City of Hope team, vision is to support this life-saving work by being known institutionally and nationally as a model of excellence among elite fundraising programs. Each member of the OOP is a stakeholder in City of Hope’s work, with personal accountability for their role in building a successful future of delivering new cures, treatments, and education. To this end, we invest in our staff through the Team Activation Program (TAP) initiative. This initiative increases the effectiveness of our team through focused transparency and accountability, building trust within teams; training and development; celebrating innovation and risk-taking; enhancing team communications, and removing roadblocks to maximize activation. The TAP initiative ensures that the OOP is poised to move quickly, effectively, and efficiently to maximize opportunities on behalf of the TGen Foundation and City of Hope.

Position Summary

The Senior Director of Corporate and Individual Giving (SD-CIG) will contribute to this vision by bringing an institution-wide perspective in contributing to the creation of programs and strategies to drive institutional success. In this strongly self-driven role, the SD-CIG will share responsibility for cultivating and instilling a culture of excellence throughout TGen Foundation and the OOP, as well as support key processes and programs that support an office-wide focus on collaboration, efficiencies, and metrics-based performance outcomes. 

The SD-CIG will actively support a donor experience model and work collaboratively across the TGen Foundation- OOP to ensure that donor experience is a cultural value. By providing expertise and serving as a leader for key TGen corporate and individual giving efforts, the SD-CIG will be a partner in creating our vision of being known institutionally and nationally as a model of excellence among elite fundraising programs. Specifically, this position is responsible for building, leading, growing, and stewarding a national donor program with the goals being to raise direct revenue and fuel a sustainable national corporate and individual donor pipeline. 

This program will build on City of Hope’s rich, 100+-year-old history of national outreach to donors. TGen’s corporate and individual giving programs will be highly integrated with City of Hope’s overall donor pipeline efforts. These efforts are focused on identifying individuals who are interested in financially contributing to advance TGen’s and COH’s critical work in cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, and infectious disease research as well as a model of compassionate care that can inform institutions world-wide. The SD-CIG serves as a role model for TGen and OOP team members, participating in the creation of a

forward-thinking culture and its associated change management, as well as providing strategic insight and guidance regarding OOP fundraising programs and priorities.

Please see the job posting for a full description of the position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s in business, philanthropy, or related field.

Experience may substitute for subject area requirements.

Minimum Experience: 

5-7 years in corporate relations, fundraising, development, marketing, and communications or related field in a non-profit environment. Confirmed knowledge and experience with local and national corporations, as well as individual donors. Demonstrated ability to hire, plan, train, manage, mentor, and discipline staff, as well as set priorities to direct others in maintaining established high standards of work production and ethics.