Senior Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Operations (Hybrid - SF Bay Area)

The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health in the search for a Senior Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Operations.

Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Principal Gifts, the Senior Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Operations will serve as a liaison for the Principal Gifts team, driving the agenda for leadership meetings with the Dean of the School of Medicine, Hospital Chief Executive Officer, Department Chair of Pediatrics, Board leaders, and other key stakeholders. The Senior Director will partner with the Principal Gifts team leaders to determine team-wide goals and revenue forecasts, drive strategic team-wide portfolio analysis, and review and analyze assignment recommendations across the Principal Gifts team. The Senior Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Operations is eligible for hybrid work, meaning working in the office or in person when needed and on an average of eight days a month. The Senior Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Operations should reside in one of the following ten Bay Area counties: Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, San Francisco County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, Sonoma County, Solano County, or Santa Cruz County.

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 embraces all individuals and celebrates the unique differences each member brings to the team and community. Its approach to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is rooted in the Foundation's cultural touchstones and inherent in its work to encourage every employee to bring their best, most authentic self to work and to provide each of them the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health seeks a Senior Director, Principal Gifts Strategy and Operations with a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required for this position as is at least seven years of progressive responsibility in fundraising with a proven track record in major gifts or principal gifts and a strong understanding of constituent relationship management database systems, ideally Raiser’s Edge. The Senior Director, Principal Gift Strategy and Operations should possess competencies in leadership, collaboration, organizational skills, adaptability and flexibility, and judgement. 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 $185,000 to $205,000 annually.

The Foundation has a mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Policy, and all new employees must submit proof of their Covid-19 vaccination and booster vaccine at the time their employment commences. Alternatively, prior to commencing employment, new employees may request approval for accommodation for an exemption to the policy as permitted by law.

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