Description
ABOUT THE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION:
Founded in 1991 by patients, for patients, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) is the oldest and largest nonprofit healthcare association in the world dedicated to the pulmonary hypertension community. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, chronic, and life-threatening disease of the lungs for which no cure currently exists. Our mission is to extend and improve the lives of those affected by PH. To achieve our mission, PHA engages people with PH and their families, caregivers, healthcare providers and researchers worldwide who work together to advocate for the PH community, provide support to patients, caregivers and families, offer up-to-date education and information on PH, improve quality patient care, and fund and promote research. Our employees are entrepreneurial, creative, dedicated, passionate professionals, who are all working together to extend and improve the lives of those affected by PH. We seek mission-driven, talented professionals to join our team to advance our mission and improve the quality of life of those who live with this disease. Join our PHight!
ABOUT THE POSITION:
The Major Gift Officer plays a critical role in increasing philanthropic support for PHA and serves as a trusted ambassador for the organization’s mission. This position is responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major donors and prospects, aligning their interests and passions with opportunities to make a transformational impact on the pulmonary hypertension community. Through strategic portfolio management and a strong understanding of both the science and art of fundraising, the Major Gift Officer helps ensure that donor engagement is data-informed, highly personalized and grounded in relationship-centered best practices. This role is instrumental in inspiring donors to give, retaining them as long-term partners, and meaningfully upgrading their giving and involvement over time. The Major Gift Officer also helps foster a broader culture of philanthropy across PHA by championing donor-centered thinking and reinforcing the importance of philanthropy as a shared organizational responsibility.
Success in this role requires exceptional listening, empathy, emotional intelligence, and relationship-building skills, along with the ability to engage donors and families with authenticity, compassion, and purpose. Because PHA serves a rare, progressive, and life-altering disease community, the Major Gift Officer must bring sensitivity and empathy to every interaction, honoring the lived experiences of patients, caregivers, families and supporters while helping them connect their philanthropic goals to meaningful opportunities for impact. The Major Gift Officer must also be highly collaborative and able to work effectively with executive leadership, board members, volunteers and cross-functional staff to develop compelling giving opportunities and deliver exceptional donor experiences. By communicating PHA’s vision with clarity and heart, and by ensuring donors feel deeply connected to the mission and valued in their partnership, this role helps strengthen donor loyalty, expand philanthropic investment and advance PHA’s ability to serve all those affected by pulmonary hypertension.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Manage a portfolio of 150 major gift prospects ($10,000 and above).
- Serve as the primary relationship manager for assigned portfolio, developing and implementing a written strategy for each donor, and recording all meaningful interactions in the database.
- Seek out appropriate programmatic updates and plans to create proposals, asks and impact reports. Individual goals and plans for each person in that portfolio will be driven by each donor’s particular interests within PHA and communications preferences.
- Communicate with prospects through virtual and face-to-face cultivation, solicitation and stewardship meetings; ensure that each major donor and prospect has a clear strategy and timeline for cultivation, solicitation and stewardship.
- Develop and grow a robust major gift pipeline through proactive prospecting, referrals, relationship mapping, donor research, and other strategic acquisition efforts to identify and engage new major gift prospects.
- Provide strategic and organizational support to leverage PHA leadership (CEO, VPs Board members) engagement with major gift prospects and donors, including preparing briefing materials, identifying relationship opportunities, coordinating outreach and follow-up and helping maximize leadership involvement in cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship efforts.
- Manage donor information in iMIS database with discretion, entering donor contacts and constituent data as obtained, reviewing donor reports and ensuring the overall integrity of donor data.
- Ensure proper donor recognition in appropriate publications.
- Promote planned giving to donors as appropriate.
- Represent organization at fundraising events as needed.
- Respond to donor-related inquiries and correspondence as needed.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Working conditions are normal for a remote office environment. Work requires frequent travel.
Salary and Benefits Summary
- Annual salary range is $78,000 - $85,000
- Minimum 3 weeks paid annual leave (15 days); all federal holidays (11+ days); and 4 personal days plus office closure for Holiday break (5 days at end of year).
- Two weeks of paid sick leave.
- Choice of free or subsidized medical, dental and vision plans for employees and dependents.
- Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance and life insurance.
- Employer 403b retirement plan contribution at 4.5% after first year of employment with immediate vesting.
- Annual stipend for professional development.
- Flexible working hours and fully remote work environment.
OUR CORE VALUES: All PHA staff members are expected to embrace and demonstrate excellence in the following:
- Commitment to mission-driven work centered on those affected by pulmonary hypertension: We foster cooperation, coordination, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to achieve accurate, timely, and successful work putting the patients' interests first.
- Respect for one another and members of the community: We embrace and celebrate differences and individuality.
- Effective and open communications about needs and goals: We set expectations for clear, respectful, and timely communications with colleagues, members of the community, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Compassion and empathy towards others: We seek to understand and relate to one another, engage in active listening, respond with kindness, offer assistance and positive feedback.
TO APPLY:
Please apply online through this link: Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Applications received without a cover letter will not be considered. We look forward to receiving your application, but no phone calls please.
DISCLAIMER:
The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities, or requirements. The Pulmonary Hypertension Association, a 501(c)3, nonprofit organization, is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). For more information about PHA see: www.PHAssociation.org
Requirements
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience managing major gift level donor relationships with demonstrated success throughout the major gifts cycle – from identification to closing – for gifts of $10,000 and above.
- Ability to conceive, plan and execute a major gifts program.
- Strong analytical and strategic skills, with the ability to interpret donor data and fundraising metrics to uncover opportunities, inform strategy and drive major gift growth.
- Knowledge of complex gift structures
- Skilled at working both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required; experience using iMIS or other databases.
- Superior interpersonal skills, ability to communicate professionally both verbally and in writing and attention to detail.
- Excellent relationship building and networking skills.
- Strong multitasking and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated passion for fundraising and commitment to mission.
- Ability to travel frequently.
- Experience working in a healthcare environment preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Strong commitment and adherence to PHA values.
