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're hiring an Executive Director in Denver, CO. This position serves in a pivotal leadership role in the community, working with the highest-level executives in the Denver area, and is responsible for staffing the volunteer Board of Directors and encouraging volunteer engagement and development.

This is an office-based position with a hybrid schedule in a fast-paced environment, with the primary responsibility of driving revenue to support our mission.

The role provides strategic direction and management to a committed group of fundraisers and support staff. It holds overall responsibility for the revenue goals of our Heart Ball, Heart Challenge, and Go Red for Women campaign. As part of encouraging an engaged community, the Executive Director will participate in community and corporate functions that enable networking and the generation of new contacts to support the Association's mission and fundraising efforts.

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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Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to accomplish results through strong volunteer recruitment and management.
• Achieve revenue/fundraising goals and hold staff and volunteers accountable.
• Secure corporate donations through participating in and leading top-level sponsorship asks.
• Cultivate major donors, securing large corporate sponsorships (of $100,000 or more), and identifying and securing foundation gifts.
• Collaborative approach when working with other internal partners, such as our Health Strategies and Youth Market Teams, to help drive specific cause initiatives in defined markets.

Application Deadline - This position will remain open until 09/18/26. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of successful experience in non-profit fundraising, volunteer management, or similar experience.
• 5 years of managerial experience, ideally with a sales team or fundraising team in a similar organization.
• Direct knowledge of special event campaign fundraising tactics.

• Experience recruiting, engaging, and activating executive-level corporate and medical volunteers

• Demonstrated track record in building effective teams of staff and volunteers, and in setting and achieving aggressive goals on a sustained basis.

• Ability to influence others to action through creating a shared vision and sense of ownership and personal accountability.

• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation, and training. Skill in written communications, to include clear and concise narrative reports, evaluations, and similar narrative pieces.

• Ability to read, comprehend, and analyze revenue metrics, as well as fundraising reports. Skill in the use of spreadsheet/database analysis.

• The ability to travel locally daily requires access to reliable transportation at all times, on an immediate basis.

• Basic knowledge and skill with Microsoft Office used for word processing, email, presentations, and spreadsheets.

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• Compensation – The expected pay range is $130,000 to $160,000. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range. 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 through annual salary planning and incentive programs; 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.  Heart U 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 Association 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.

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