Chief Philanthropy Officer - Saint John's Health Center

Description

Calling all Esteemed Leaders! Saint John's Health Center Foundation (SJHCF) is seeking a visionary, resultsdriven Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO) to shape and advance a bold, comprehensive philanthropy strategy that fuels medical excellence, innovation, continuous improvement, and compassionate patient care.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a highly respected organization with a deeply engaged Board of Trustees, a strong and growing donor pipeline, and significant momentum for philanthropic growth. The CPO will play a pivotal leadership role in building upon this foundation-driving transformational impact and expanding the reach and influence of philanthropy in service to the Saint John's community.

The Role:

Reporting to the President & CEO of Saint John's Health Center Foundation, the Chief Philanthropy Officer serves as the senior executive responsible for designing, executing, and overseeing an integrated, enterprisewide philanthropy strategy aligned with SJHCF's mission, values, and longterm strategic priorities.

The CPO is a champion for philanthropy and a key member of the senior leadership team, responsible for fostering a culture of generosity, stewardship, and partnership across the organization. This leader will guide the continued evolution of a unified, highperforming, and agile foundation-leveraging best practices, technology, and datadriven insight to deliver sustainable, transformative philanthropic results.

Working closely with the Board of Trustees, health center executives, physicians, foundation colleagues, donors, volunteers, and community stakeholders, the CPO will inspire philanthropy, deepen engagement, and ensure SJHCF is positioned for longterm growth and impact.

What You'll Do:

Strategic Vision & Enterprise Leadership

• Develop and lead a comprehensive, integrated philanthropy strategy aligned with organizational priorities, community health goals, and growth to $50M annually.
• Integrate philanthropy teams, systems, and processes into a cohesive, highperforming enterprise with shared goals, benchmarks, and accountability.
• Provide strategic fundraising counsel to clinical institutes, service lines, and volunteer leaders, including Board and committee development.
• Assess and strengthen infrastructure to maximize growth opportunities, including grateful patient fundraising, donor pipeline development, and capital and transformational campaign planning.
• Monitor philanthropic trends and innovations and continuously evolve strategy using best practices.

Relationship Building & Collaboration

• Build trusted relationships across a complex, matrixed organization and with external partners.
• Serve as a compelling communicator and storyteller who inspires, aligns, and builds trust.
• Collaborate with hospital, foundation, physician, and institute leadership on short and longterm strategic planning and fundraising priorities.
• Motivate donors, volunteers, and teams around missiondriven goals.
• Bring a confident, authentic leadership presence that resonates within Saint John's Health Center and the broader community.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Build, lead, and retain a diverse, highperforming philanthropy team through coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Clarify expectations, provide ongoing feedback, and develop team capabilities to achieve ambitious organizational goals.
• Lead through change with transparency, resilience, optimism, and integrity.
• Model valuesaligned leadership and ensure appropriate handling of confidential information.

Donor Engagement & Stewardship

• Manage a personal portfolio of 50+ donors.
• Build strong, effective partnerships with the Board of Trustees.
• Cultivate and steward relationships with major donors, principal donors, foundations, corporate partners, and community stakeholders.
• Oversee donor engagement strategies including recognition, impact reporting, and personalized stewardship.
• Represent SJHCF at key philanthropic events and public forums.

Operational Excellence & Financial Stewardship

• Establish consistent policies, procedures, metrics, and performance standards across all philanthropic activities.
• Lead datadriven fundraising efforts that build robust donor pipelines and diversified revenue streams.
• Ensure development programs are compliant, ethically sound, and aligned with financial best practices.
• Partner with Finance and Operations/IT to optimize systems, reporting, and infrastructure.
• Develop, manage, and monitor philanthropy budgets; hold self and others accountable for results.
• Identify growth opportunities, manage risk, and continuously improve programs to exceed organizational and donor expectations.

Communication & Advocacy

• Partner with the Foundation President and Marketing to develop clear, compelling, and consistent messaging.
• Serve as a visible ambassador for Saint John's Health Center Foundation internally and externally.
• Engage Board members, senior leaders, physicians, caregivers, volunteers, and donors to strengthen alignment and trust.
• Articulate a compelling case for healthcare philanthropy and celebrate philanthropic impact across Saint John's.

What You'll Bring:

Core Leadership Capabilities

• EnterpriseLevel Leadership: Proven success leading and scaling comprehensive fundraising operations and achieving ambitious revenue targets.
• Strategic Fundraising Excellence: Deep expertise across major, principal, capital, annual, and planned giving, with a record of closing seven and eightfigure gifts.
• Relationship & Influence Mastery: Exceptional ability to build trusted relationships with donors, boards, physicians, executives, foundations, and corporate partners.
• Strategic & Analytical Acumen: Ability to leverage data, financial discipline, and market insight to prioritize opportunities and measure impact.
• Healthcare & Academic Fluency: Strong understanding of healthcare systems, clinical priorities, and institutional philanthropy dynamics.

Professional Experience & Expertise

• Demonstrated success developing and executing integrated fundraising strategies that drive sustained growth.
• Mastery of donor pipeline development, portfolio management, and personalized stewardship.
• Experience investing in and optimizing philanthropy infrastructure, systems, and talent for longterm scalability.
• Strong partnership orientation with marketing and communications to articulate compelling cases for support.

Leadership Style & Personal Qualities

• Inspirational, emotionally intelligent leader who builds inclusive, highperforming teams.
• Compelling communicator and credible ambassador with executive presence and high ethical standards.
• Innovative, solutionsoriented, disciplined, and resultsdriven.
• Highly organized, resilient, and comfortable balancing strategic vision with handson execution.
• Deeply missiondriven with authentic passion for philanthropy and community impact.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (required) .
• Master's Degree (preferred) .
• 10+ years of professional fundraising leadership, including major gift programs and capital and/or comprehensive campaigns.
• 10+ years of experience managing large, sophisticated development teams across multiple functions.
• 5+ years of experience guiding capital or comprehensive campaigns (preferred) .
• 5+ years of experience with Blackbaud / Raiser's Edge CRM (preferred) .

Why Join Us?

• Lead transformational philanthropy: Shape the future of care at Saint John's Health Center.
• Partner at the highest levels: Work closely with an engaged Board, executive leaders, and physicians.
• Drive bold growth: Build toward $50M annually in philanthropic impact.
• Strengthen community trust: Expand the reach and influence of giving in service to patients and families.
• Serve a mission that matters: Advance compassionate, innovative, patientcentered healthcare.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

If you are a visionary advancement leader ready to drive enterpriselevel impact and inspire generosity in service to the community, we invite you to explore this exceptional opportunity.

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of three days onsite, two days remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.

Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Requsition ID: 420010

Company: Providence Jobs

Job Category: Fundraising

Job Function: Marketing/Public Relations/Community Affairs

Job Schedule: Full time

Job Shift: Day

Career Track: Leadership

Department: 7006 PSJHC FOUNDATION

Address: CA Santa Monica 2121 Santa Monica Blvd

Work Location: Providence Saint John's Health Ctr-Santa Monica

Workplace Type: On-site

Pay Range: $85.56 - $152.95

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.