Since our founding in 1924, we've cut cardiovascular disease deaths in half, but there is still so much more to do. To overcome today’s biggest health challenges and accelerate this progress, we need passionate individuals like you. Join our movement, be part of the progress, and help ensure a healthier future for all. You matter, and so does the impact you can make with us.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Development Director in Chattanooga, TN. The senior director is a player/coach responsible for coordinating, planning, and implementing strategies and resources necessary to achieve campaign goals and objectives for our Greater Chattanooga campaigns, while supervising a fundraising staff and holding staff and volunteers accountable to their goals.

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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As Senior Development Director you will be responsible for:

• Achieving assigned revenue goals by developing and maintaining relationships with corporate and community partners.
• Ensuring your team meets/exceeds annual revenue goals for the market.
• Driving new business development by soliciting sponsorships and generating participant income through developing year-round business and cultivation plans.
• Driving peer-to-peer fundraising by supporting corporate partners and team leaders effectively.
• Recruiting, orientating, and managing c-suite volunteer leadership based on nationally established methodologies.
• Leading your team in the identification, cultivation and recruitment of C-suite and executive volunteer leaders.
• Owning the efforts of building volunteer leadership committees.
• Maintaining an ongoing pipeline of potential sponsors, donors, and volunteer leadership to advance our mission.
• Developing and implementing a plan of revenue growth through key fundraising events, strategic market partnerships and philanthropic donors.
• Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating assigned fundraising event(s) according to standard methodologies and event timeline.
• Confirming detailed, timely and accurate data entry of relevant information.
• Collaborating with other staff and volunteers as needed to promote and support local initiatives and to optimize event market strategy.
• Coaching and mentoring your direct reports to ensure their success.

In this role, you will report to our Executive Director and will lead fundraising staff to meet the revenue goal for the Chattanooga market. Daily travel within the market is required.

Want to move your resume to the top so that you can become a “Relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives”? Here are some of the requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• At least 4 years of experience in fundraising, outside sales or in a nonprofit organization in a similar capacity.
• At least 2 years of experience in management capacity, preferably fundraising staff.
• Knowledge and skills in fundraising principles, practices, and techniques
• Ability and experience recruiting, training, and encouraging top-level donors and volunteers
• Excellent listening skills, including verbal and non-verbal communication, active listening, negotiating, problem-solving and decision-making
• Highly effective organizational skills, time management, responsibility, leadership, and motivation
• Ability to work outside of standard hours which may involve some evenings and/or weekends
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout assigned geographical territory in Greater Chattanooga and Georgia.

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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