Phoenix Children’s Foundation is seeking an experienced leader who brings a strong fundraising background, including senior leadership experience overseeing and/or leading philanthropy efforts within a similar organization/institution. The Vice President, Individual Giving is ideal for an entrepreneurial, thoughtful, and experienced advancement professional. The Vice President will partner closely with the SVP/ Chief Development Officer and will lead and manage a team of 25 professional fundraisers with an annual department revenue goal of $45M+. He/She will lead by example in the strategic, thoughtful engagement of donors and donor prospects and will bring intelligence and creativity to their cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies. This individual will engage both current donors and build relationships with prospective donors. This is a role for individuals with demonstrated experience closing six-, seven-, and eight figure gifts. In addition to management responsibilities, this individual will carry a robust personal portfolio.
Education
The preferred candidate is a strategic thinker with excellent leadership skills and is a proven leader of businesses and people. They will have a demonstrated track record of conceptualizing and launching new products and ideas while consistently delivering revenue results through an effective performance-driven culture. This leader will have the experience and ability to evaluate business challenges and opportunities and develop a successful strategy and plan. Ideal candidates are metrics and data-driven in their approach to managing the business and hold teams accountable and adjust quickly when appropriate. The successful candidate is adaptable, able to reprioritize and shift gears quickly, and is comfortable in a fast-paced, results-focused environment.
Phoenix Children’s Foundation supports Phoenix Children’s mission to advance hope, healing and world-class health care for children and their families in Arizona and beyond.
We offer many ways to support patients and families, including joining a giving group, attending a Phoenix Children’s event or finding an inspiring hospital program to support. Together, we can ensure children and families in Arizona have the best pediatric care now and in the future.
We achieve great things, thanks to you
Over the past 40 years, Phoenix Children’s has expanded from a single hospital into a nationally recognized pediatric health system, offering care in over 75 pediatric subspecialties across more than 40 locations throughout the state.
In 2024, Phoenix Children’s was named one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals for the 14th consecutive year. The health system also earned recognition as the top children’s hospital in Arizona for the fourth consecutive year, and it is home to nine Centers of Excellence.
Through the generosity of Arizona’s giving community, Phoenix Children’s can continue to build on these achievements by investing in the physician-scientists who are shaping the future of pediatric medicine; fostering discoveries that improve the quality and length of children’s lives; establishing ground-breaking destination programs that attract patients from around the world; and driving innovations that give ill and injured children hope beyond their wildest dreams.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Phoenix Children’s is part of the Children’s Miracle Network. Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals ®️️ raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals that support the health of 10 million kids each year across the U.S. and Canada. Donations go to local hospitals to fund critical lifesaving treatments and health care services, along with innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, child life services that put kids’ and families’ minds at ease during difficult hospital stays, and financial assistance for families who could not otherwise afford these health services.
When we improve the health of all children and allow them the opportunity to reach their full potential, we also improve our communities for years to come. Together, we can change kids’ health. Together, we can change the future.