We're hunting for a Director of Principal Gifts, someone who's ready to be part of the best ranked children's hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will lead the long-term strategy, vision, and execution of the principal gifts fundraising program to drive transformational support for the organization's top priorities. To manage a portfolio of assigned, qualified prospects and donors, to ensure their retention as continuing donors to the organization, with the goal of securing at least $10M annually. To guide and advance a team of fundraising professionals who manage principal gift-level prospects to ensure successful cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of key prospects to achieve principal gift fundraising goal. To cultivate and identify state, national, and international philanthropists whose funding interests align with those of the company.

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Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Lead and execute strategy for Principal Gifts program.
• Lead principal gift fundraising activity and determine best strategies and programming to achieve annual team goal.
• Determine and lead execution of overall program strategy for key cultivation and solicitation initiatives.
• Take active leadership role in advancing principal prospect giving strategies/proposals.
• Create metrics for principal gift and mid-level fundraising programs to drive performance of team.
• Manage key relationships with internal leaders/relationship managers.
• Develop and advance Principal Gift team members.
• Raise at least $10 million annually in gifts and commitments.
• Lead collaborative engagement with other teams in the department to help drive and support processes and programs that impact the Office of Philanthropy's ability to effectively secure, retain and grow funds from donors.
• Record and manage donor/prospect data, activity, management, and movement in fundraising technology system.

Skills & Requirements

• Required bachelor's degree
• Required 15 years of fundraising experience and 5 years of leadership experience with a preferred 10 years of major and Principal Gift Fundraising experienceSince 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S.News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. We have also created the nation's first HMO for children, established the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is also academically affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

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