Associate Director, Major Gifts (Hybrid Position/SF Bay Area)

The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health in the search for an Associate Director, Major Gifts.

Reporting to the Director, Major Gifts, the Associate Director, Major Gifts will join a dynamic team dedicated to raising resources to improve child and maternal health. The Associate Director will have a mixed portfolio of vetted donors along with the opportunity to qualify prospects in three to four pediatric subspecialties, building a robust pipeline of new revenue for the Foundation. Areas of focus may include otolaryngology, PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome), and potentially more, as new growth opportunities emerge through grateful patient work.

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health is the sole fundraising entity for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the child health programs at Stanford University School of Medicine. The Foundation is named for Lucile Salter Packard, who committed her life to the well-being of children. Lucile, along with her husband David (co-founder of Hewlett-Packard), were leaders in the development of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, which opened in 1991. In 1996 the Hospital merged with Stanford University Medical Center, and the Foundation was established as an independent public charity to ensure a source of dedicated funding and support for the health of children. Governed by a Board of Directors, all philanthropic dollars raised by the Foundation are directed to Packard Children’s Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine.

The Foundation focuses on two program areas: fundraising for Packard Hospital and Stanford School of Medicine and improving systems of care for children with special health needs. Philanthropy aims to support clinical care, research, and education to improve the health of children and expectant mothers locally and worldwide. This means providing the best pediatric and obstetric care available and allows scientists to pursue exciting new cures for childhood illness.

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health believes that a workforce comprised of people from different backgrounds and experiences makes it better at what it does. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that the Foundation team brings to its work and the workplace represents a significant part of not only its culture, but the Foundation’s reputation as well.

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health is in Palo Alto, California.  The Associate Director, Major Gifts is eligible for hybrid work, meaning working in the office or in person when needed and on average of eight days a month.

A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required for this position as is at least five years of experience in non-profit fundraising or sales. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health.

The salary range for this position is $130,000 to $160,000 annually.