Senior Development Manager II

At the American Cancer Society, we're leading the fight for a world without cancer. Our employees and 1.5 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We actively seek candidates from diverse backgrounds including communities of color, the LGBTQ community, veterans, and people with disabilities. The greater the diversity of our people, the better we can serve our communities.

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.

Leads and executes a revenue portfolio driven by priority relationships, pipeline development, account management, events, and fundraising activities with accountability for a significant team income target of greater than $750,000 as well as mission and advocacy integration. Ensures goal achievement through the effective leadership, engagement, empowerment and mobilization of diverse partners, constituents, and volunteers.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead all aspects of event planning and execution for best-in-class fundraising Gala.
• Deliver exceptional experience for the donor and deepen their engagement with the mission.
• Accountable for the achievement and execution of a revenue target greater than $750,000 for a portfolio of priority relationships, account management, fundraising activities and events.
• Manages volunteer and customer retention, recognition, and pipeline development, with a focus on high impact relationships and key volunteer leadership roles.
• Leads the development of relationships and engagement of target partners, organizations, corporations, and individuals.
• Actively collaborates with all development team members, Marketing, Cancer Control, and ACS CAN staff to maximize success; leverages opportunities to expand engagement of constituents through the collaborative account planning.
• Develop trusted relationship with development team, vendors, venue, volunteers and all other constituents.
• Engages, recruits, stewards, trains and manages relationships with volunteers and customers to successfully execute fundraising plans and achieve revenue goals.
• Effectively and efficiently completes activities and meets target deadlines in order to execute successful events or fundraising activities.
• Implements best practices for revenue growth, adjusting to customer experience survey results and feedback; drives and encourages creativity and innovation resulting in new revenue opportunities.
• Monitors and advises on financial expenditures and progress to budget and takes appropriate measures to meet top and bottom-line goals ensuring a high return on investment.
• Engages the community to create relevant, best in class experiences for priority constituents including participants, teams, sponsors, cancer survivors and caregivers; ensures event and activity details are expertly executed.
• Ensures compliance with ACS policies, including employment, risk management, event …