The Organization 

• Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree preferred. 
• A minimum of 10 years of fundraising experience, much of it leading a diverse staff, including management in all aspects of principal, major, planned, annual, capital, endowment, and event fundraising programs, preferably in a complex hospital system, academic medical center hospital, or children’s hospital setting. 
• Proven record of successfully increasing a fundraising organization’s performance, including execution of successful capital campaigns. This includes personal success at cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of principal gift prospects and donors. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written), require to build trust, gain respect, and develop meaningful relationships with donors and prospects, board members, administrators, volunteers, physicians, other caregivers and foundation staff. 
• Unique capability as a team leader to attract, develop, and retain a cohesive and exceptionally high-caliber team, which when coupled with the appropriate organizational structure and operating systems, maximizes the effectiveness of raising money across the Southern California region. 
• Analytical and organizational skills required to evaluate existing programs, conceive and implement new programs/strategies, as well as resolve complex and/or sensitive operational and interpersonal issues. 
• Proven success at working within complex integrated organizations to achieve internal consensus about the importance of philanthropy, resulting in collaborative efforts at fundraising. 
• Project management experience or the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. 
• Excellent organizational and group facilitation skills. 
• Excellent analytical skills. 
• Ability to compile and disseminate diverse information. 
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite is required.