Senior Director, Development Foundation Relations

Join the transformative team at City of Hope , where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.


The Office of Philanthropy's vision is to support this life-saving work by being known institutionally and nationally as a model of excellence among elite fundraising programs. Recent recruitments of nationally and internationally renowned faculty offer advancement leaders new opportunity for partnership among philanthropy, research, and patient care.


Under the supervision of the Associate Vice President, Foundation Relations (AVP), the Senior Director of Development (SDOD) will help ensure the fundraising success of the philanthropic program by serving as a subject matter expert, a professional role model, and an identified team and program leader. In this capacity, the SDOD will develop relationships with, and proposals for, grant-making organizations to obtain funding. The SDOD will provide thorough, effective follow-up reporting and stewardship to funders.


The SDOD will contribute by employing and modeling key processes and programs that support an office-wide focus on collaboration, efficiencies and metrics-based performance outcomes, in addition to primary role responsibilities. Specifically, under the direction of the AVP, the incumbent will bring demonstrated expertise to bear in developing the larger foundation strategy and portfolio in alignment with City of Hope's priorities and will serve as the team lead for City of Hope Chicago. The SDOD will support this larger strategy by planning, directing, and implementing fundraising for foundation support of research, capital, endowment, and programmatic opportunities.


The SDOD will have demonstrated success in building the internal (staff, physicians, administrators) and external (grant-making representatives) relationships that are critical to a dynamic foundation fundraising program. The position requires the ability to work in a collaborative and consultative manner with these partners, including identifying cultivating, and solicitation prospective foundation donors. The SDOD will exercise consideration judgment in the preparation, management, and development of fundraising proposals. This position will also require exceptional organizational, analytical, writing, and editing skills.


The SDOD must understand the nature and peculiarities of foundation programs and the relevant administrative, legal, and financial regulations. A background in biomedical or scientific research is strongly recommended.


As a successful candidate, you will:

• Provide leadership to the Foundation Relations department in reaching its annual fundraising goals to support the strategic priorities of City of Hope.
• Meet annual fundraising activity and financial performance metrics.
• Serve as Foundation Relations team lead to support foundation grant-seeking for COH Chicago.
• Partner with faculty on a variety of fundraising initiatives and maintains and enhances collaborative relationships with City of Hope (COH) administrative offices and donors.
• Utilize research data to define strategic plans for solicitation of prospects.
• Prepare and present proposals to prospective donors and/or their advisors.
• Conduct and/or facilitate the development of donor meetings and/or donor cultivation events to inform donors/prospects of COH programs and to provide targeted information regarding gift opportunities.
• Partner and coordinate with other development officers on the identification and promotion of potential foundation donors.
• Provide leadership to the team effort of raising major foundation gifts by demonstrating accountability and adherence to metrics-based outcomes.

• Bachelor's Degree; one or more advanced degrees in biological sciences strongly preferred.
• Experience may substitute for subject area requirements.
• 5+ years in grant development and/or administration. Relevant education or related experience in biomedical sciences or health care may be substituted for part of this requirement. Experience in a complex medical or academic development setting encouraged.