Senior Executive Director, Development Nashville

Location

Nashville, Tennessee Position Type Full time

At the American Cancer Society, we're working to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Our employees and 1.3 million volunteers are raising the bar every single day. We are a culture comprised of diverse backgrounds and experience, to better 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. The Senior Executive Director will be responsible for leading the Society’s fundraising activities for a market-based area, including management of a team of fundraising professionals. This role is responsible for the achievement of aggressive revenue targets through leveraging external relationships for corporate engagement, major gifts and fundraising events. This role is accountable for the engagement of executive leadership volunteers (Area Board, CEOs Against Cancer Chapters, event leadership teams) and driving integration with our mission pillars of Discovery, Patient Support & Advocacy. Accountable for an area that includes: * 1 large MSA, with limited activity in surrounding geography and secondary markets

* F1000 headquarters & large health systems

* A pipeline of individual wealth

* Corporate relations & philanthropy staff

* $500K+ event(s)

* $5M - $8M revenue accountability

**This is a 100% remote role; however the ideal candidate will reside within the Nashville, Tennessee area.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Drives aggressive revenue growth expectations through multi-faceted, multi-year corporate partnerships, individual and foundation major gifts, and mega events ($500K+). Leads with a growth mindset, setting and achieving ambitions year-over-year revenue goals. 20% * Leads donor-centric revenue generation directly, and through leadership of a team of fundraising professionals, leveraging volunteer engagement and relationship manag