Senior Vice President - Metro Boston

American Heart Association What's your motivation? Opportunity. Creativity. Contribution. It's all part of working for the American Heart Association---where you can contribute professional growth with personal fulfillment. So if you're considering a rewarding career, consider the American Heart Association. We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Vice President Metro Boston market in our Framingham, MA office.The Senior Vice President Metro Boston reports to the Chief Development Officer, of the Founders Affiliate and oversees the Boston Board of Directors, a team of 10-15 staff members and a field campaign fundraising goal for $5-$10 million dollars.MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIESThe responsibilities of the Senior Vice President include driving revenue growth, volunteer management, staff management, and organizational leadership. Some of the responsibilities in these areas include:Driving Revenue Growth'Market Revenue: o Increase overall market revenue by implementing and setting Best Practices. o Drive new business recruitment. Aggressively grow the number of new corporations supporting the work of the American Heart Association. o Engage top employers, Fortune 1000 companies, and major medical institutions in strategic partnerships with the American Heart Association. o Drive sponsors to be fully engaged partners with the American Heart Association. Examples of full engagement include: Participating in all events Workplace Giving Opening doors for media opportunities Engaging their employees with American Heart Association educational activities' Sponsorship revenue: o Serve as the lead staff on all significant sponsorship asks in the market. o Engage potential national sponsors in a relationship with the American Heart Association.' Planning, Integration and Execution of Cause: o Lead in integration and execution of cause initiatives to raise funds and further awareness. o Drive all sponsors in the market to activate their sponsorships aggressively. o Develop plans for cause initiatives being executed in the Greater Boston marketVolunteer Management' Best Practices in Recruitment: o Achieve Best Practices in volunteer recruitment - committee structure in place 18 months prior to event. o Recruit top-level volunteers from the area's major employers o Serve as lead staff for top volunteers for the market's largest events o Regularly recruit new high-level volunteers to join the American Heart Association through boards, committees, or events.' Board Activation: o Recruit and manage a high-level board of directors of 15-20 top volunteers in the corporate and medical community o Increase the value of revenue generation of your board members o Provide overall staff support to a local Board of Directors. The result should be a group with sufficient community influence and personal affluence so that ample funds can be raised to assure the viability of the American Heart Association.Staff Management' A Player Team: o Build/Maintain a team of A player staff. o Hire, supervise, and train all corporate development staff for the Greater Boston market o Promote diversity and professionalism in the workplace. o Promote American Heart Association/American Stroke Association inclusiveness value internally and externally.' Staff Development: 75% of time engaged in staff development through personal participation in field customer activities to include top level sponsorship solicitation, identification and recruitment of business and community leaders, and short and long-term goal setting meetings. o Work as a player/coach to both directly secure revenue and coach others to do so o Drive execution through gap analyses and other management strategies o Hire and coach staff to become the future leaders of the organization. A Senior Vice President and Executive Director's success is reflected in part by how many of his/her employees become managers of priority areas. o Responsible for working with specialized staff domiciled in the office. Coordinates approaches to constituencies in the community. o Creates a trusting, team-oriented climate in which communication is open, staff help each other, conflicts are quickly resolved, newcomers are supported, agreed-on standards are observed through self-discipline, and where interdependent collaboration is understood to be required for success. o Provide input on performance evaluation for all staff in the Metro Boston marketOrganizational Leadership' National Leadership: o Meet regularly with other top Senior Vice Presidents and Executive Directors as well as national staff leadership to establish best practices for top metropolitan areas o Work with other top ten markets to share key learnings and opportunities to ensure significant revenue growth in all top markets.' Affiliate Leadership: Participate as member of Affiliate Senior Staff Team and provide market leadership in integrating all functional areas. Key leader in implementing organizational priorities including cultural competence, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.Please review the experience section below to see if you meet the qualifications for this position.Attracting talented, committed employees means offering a competitive benefits package, ongoing professional development and training, and a diverse and inclusive environment in which to work and grow. And we do. To apply for this position or to see other opportunities with the American Heart Association please visit www.americanheart.org/careers We no longer accept mailed, faxed or e-mailed resumes. Please apply for positions directly through our website. Only those candidates deemed most qualified by the hiring manager will be contacted to interview. EOE M/F/V/D 1. Bachelors degree or equivalent experience and training with heavy emphasis on management, administration, health or related field 2. Significant experience (5-10 years) in the American Heart Association or similar organization in positions of progressive responsibility in administration, fund raising, community programs and community organization.3. Demonstrated skills and success in sales or fund raising.4. Ability to recruit, manage, train, coach, lead and evaluate high level volunteers and staff for appropriate utilization.5. Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data, complete appraisal of field situations, develop alternatives and apply decision-making skills to a field organization.6. Demonstrated skills in written and oral communications, including large and small group presentations, group facilitation and training and writing clear, concise narrative reports and evaluations.7. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement organizational goals.8. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple priorities.9. Ability to read, comprehend and analyze numerical goals and fundraising reports.10. Demonstrated administrative and leadership ability, with particular skills in budgeting, management, and group dynamics. 11. Skill in making oral presentations to large and small groups. 12. Ability to identify, recruit, train, orient, organize, and manage high profile volunteers.13. Ability and willingness to travel and work nights, weekends, etc., as required.14. Satisfactory background checks including consumer credit, motor vehicle, and criminal history.