As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Associate Vice President, Development (AVP) to lead our Heart Walk team in our Boston, MA office. This position is dedicated to our Heart Walk fundraising campaign and will lead a team of two direct reports. Lead corporate and individual fundraising for the Heart Walk campaign by identifying, cultivating, and closing $25K-$100K corporate and individual gifts. Demonstrate success through growth of peer-to-peer fundraising, acquiring new company teams, and developing a 15-person volunteer leadership committee that is invested personally and corporately. Strong experience in peer-to-peer fundraising preferred.

We offer a base salary with the potential to earn an incentive up to 25% of your base pay. The potential incentive is based on achieving certain revenue targets and triggers.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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The Associate Vice Present will plan, coordinate, staff, and advise the Boston market’s entire operation of the Heart Walk campaign initiatives. This includes mentoring and supervising assigned staff of 2 and collaborating with corporate and community leaders to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of fundraising efforts. Will work closely with the Vice President, Development, internal and external partners to ensure unified health and revenue efforts for the Heart Walk campaigns and serve in a player/coach capacity.

• Guide and direct assigned staff to reach fundraising goals. Accountable for hiring, directing, training, evaluating, and terminating staff under their supervision.
• Ensuring your team meets/exceeds annual revenue goals for the Boston market.
• Engage, recruit, and mobilize CEOs, corporate leaders, and community leaders to serve on Heart Walk volunteer leadership committees and chair the event to ensure fundraising and health outcome success. This includes encouraging personal and corporate giving of volunteer leaders.
• Lead existing and new sponsorships and relationships to achieve campaign goal through the cultivation, stewardship, renewal, and deepening engagement via frequent face-to-face meetings to retain and upgrade their financial dedication, according to the Heart Walk timeline and business plan.
• Lead coordinated planning processes for the Heart Walk’s health and revenue efforts for all functional areas. Actively involve, inform, and integrate with internal partners across the metro market, region, and association.
• Research, identify, and acquire companies to have Heart Walk teams. Empower employers toward establishing recruitment and monetary goals based on market potential and their role in achieving goals.
• Engage, recruit, and mobilize individuals to serve as conduits (team captains) to recruiting walkers.
• Develop and lead/monitor Heart Walk budget within span of control and internal business operations in accordance with policies, fiscal standards, and the approved operating budget.
• Prepares plans, documents, and communications for GAP (getting to goal) meetings, revenue projection updates, and other priority meetings as they arise.
• Coordinate with business operations to provide seamless donor and participant experience through event logistics excellence.
• Willingness to be a consistent student of the organizations best practices with commitment to executing.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to implement market strategies, build blended sponsorships and relationships with volunteers and other campaigns.

Want to help get your resume to the top? Take a look at the experience we require:

• University/College degree or equivalent experience, preferred.
• 5 years of relevant experience in fundraising, sales, or equivalent type experience. Management role; including the management of a sales/fundraising team preferred.
• Validated ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer cultivation and management.
• Consistent track record in exceeding sales/fundraising goals.
• Experience in recruiting, training and advising multiple staff in a team environment.
• Understand and navigate workplace cultures to achieve goals.
• Proven experience in building powerful partnerships with corporate leaders and senior level volunteers; interact and communicate clearly and concisely exchange ideas, facts and information.
• Proven track record to cultivate major donors, secure city-wide sponsorships, and recruit new companies and donors.
• Direct knowledge of special event fundraising tactics is essential.
• Display outstanding organizational, communication, negotiation, and social skills.
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills, including large and small group presentations.
• Ability to apply good judgment in decision making.
• Show proficiency in identifying and addressing challenges, with a focus on finding effective resolutions.
• Work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to do daily local travel up to 75%; requires access to reliable transportation at all times on an immediate basis.

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
  
  
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position. This position is incentive eligible based on achieving certain targets. 
  
  
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
  
  
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
  
  
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
  
  
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2028 Goal: Building on over 100 years of trusted leadership in cardiovascular and brain health, by 2028 the AHA will drive breakthroughs and implement proven solutions in science, policy, and care for healthier people and communities. The greatest discoveries in health must reach everyone where they are.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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