Director of Major Gifts

Scion Staffing, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

Leadership opportunity

Engage with donors

Impactful healthcare missions

Job summary

Scion Nonprofit Staffing is conducting a search for a Director of Major Gifts for a leading nonprofit healthcare organization, based in Houston, TX with hybrid work and remote flexibility for donor meetings.

The Director will manage a portfolio of 75–120 high-capacity donors, personally soliciting six- and seven-figure gifts, and will oversee major gifts, annual fund, and events programs while coaching a fundraising team toward ambitious revenue goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success securing significant major gifts (six- and seven-figure).
• Experience growing a major gifts portfolio and forecasting fundraising revenue.
• Experience coaching fundraising professionals and driving revenue outcomes.
• Experience engaging high-net-worth donors, trustees, and volunteer leaders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, relationship-building, and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Personally manage a portfolio of 75–120 major gift prospects and donors.
• Develop and execute strategic fundraising plans with revenue goals.
• Build relationships with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and foundations.
• Lead, coach, and manage a fundraising team toward donor goals.
• Expand major gifts, planned giving, and events programs.
• Oversee fundraising events, sponsorships, budgets, and donor cultivation.

Skills

Major gifts

Portfolio management

Donor cultivation

Leadership

Moves management

Forecasting

CRM experience

MS Office

Tools

CRM databases

Microsoft Office

Job description

Scion Nonprofit Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Director of Major Gifts for a leading nonprofit healthcare organization. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Houston, TX, with flexibility to work remotely while meeting with donors and visiting local sites, along with occasional office visits.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Director of Major Gifts will lead philanthropic revenue generation and strategic fundraising initiatives, personally managing a portfolio of high-capacity donors while securing significant six- and seven-figure commitments. This role will oversee major gifts, annual fund, and events functions, coaching a team toward measurable fundraising goals while strengthening donor relationships and expanding new revenue opportunities. The ideal candidate is a results-driven fundraising leader who combines hands‑on major gift solicitation experience with strategic planning, pipeline development, and a passion for advancing meaningful organizational initiatives.

PERKS

• Competitive compensation package with a salary budget of up to $160,000, based on experience and qualifications.
• Hybrid work flexibility with opportunities to work remotely while engaging with donors throughout the Houston area.
• Leadership opportunity to shape and grow major gifts, planned giving, annual fund, and special events programs.
• Meaningful opportunity to support impactful psychiatric treatment, research, and education initiatives.
• Collaborative leadership environment with opportunities to coach and develop fundraising professionals while working alongside senior development leadership.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Personally manage a portfolio of approximately 75–120 qualified major gift prospects and donors, cultivating, soliciting, negotiating, and closing significant six- and seven-figure philanthropic commitments.
• Develop and execute strategic fundraising plans, including annual revenue goals, donor pipeline strategies, prospect qualification, and accurate revenue forecasting.
• Build new relationships with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, family foundations, grateful patients, trustees, and other prospective philanthropic partners.
• Lead, coach, and manage a team, establishing performance expectations, monitoring fundraising results, and supporting successful solicitation strategies.
• Develop and expand major gifts, grateful patient, planned giving, and other strategic growth programs while strengthening donor retention, stewardship, and long‑term giving.
• Provide strategic oversight of fundraising events, including sponsorship development, revenue goals, budgets, donor cultivation, and overall financial performance.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated success personally securing significant major gifts, including six- and seven-figure philanthropic commitments, through prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, negotiation, and stewardship.
• Strong experience managing and growing a major gifts portfolio, developing donor pipelines, implementing moves management strategies, and accurately forecasting fundraising revenue.
• Proven leadership experience coaching and developing fundraising professionals, managing performance expectations, and driving measurable revenue outcomes.
• Experience engaging high‑level donors, trustees, board members, and volunteer leaders to advance fundraising objectives, along with developing strategic donor cultivation and stewardship initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, relationship‑building, and strategic planning skills, with proficiency in CRM databases, fundraising research, and Microsoft Office applications.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The salary budget for this position is up to $160,000, depending on experience and qualifications. Additional benefits information will be shared during the interview process.

Scion Nonprofit Staffing is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that has enacted fair chance, arrest, or conviction based employment ordinances, Scion Nonprofit Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non‑biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.