Director Philanthropy - Alaska

Providence Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Hybrid work schedule

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Providence Alaska is seeking a Director of Philanthropy to lead major gifts and planned giving across Alaska ministries. You will manage donor engagement strategies, oversee a portfolio of major gift prospects, and drive collaboration with caregivers, volunteers, and board committees to advance fundraising goals.

The role requires a track record in securing seven-figure gifts, building teams, and shaping strategy within a healthcare philanthropy context.

Qualifications

• 10 years of demonstrated experience in this specific work.
• 7 years of fundraising development work experience which includes successful major gift and/or grants experience, successfully securing and managing individual gifts and grants of $1 million plus.
• 5 years of employee management experience including success leading professionals, support staff, and volunteers to achieve short and long term professional goals, preferably in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership of major and planned gifts programs for the Region.
• Develop single and multi-year fundraising targets.
• Prepare an annual major gift plan to achieve revenue targets in consultation with Foundation colleagues, emphasizing growth in major giving.
• Ensure prospects capable of major gifts are cultivated, solicited and stewarded effectively.
• Offer leadership to philanthropy officers, including recruitment, evaluation, training, and coaching.
• Maintain high-quality major gift materials, proposals, and applications aligned to donor or funder needs.
• Document major gift processes and keep procedures up to date.
• Build structures for meaningful stewardship of major donors.
• Monitor and maximize major donor retention.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Major gifts

Fundraising strategy

Donor engagement

Portfolio management

Staff coaching

Board governance

Donor stewardship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Nonprofit

Master's degree (preferred)

CFRE certification (preferred)

Tools

Donor CRM systems

CRM software

Job description

Description

Calling All Esteemed Leaders! Are you a philanthropy leader who excels in major gifts, planned giving, donor engagement, and fundraising strategy? Do you thrive in environments where relationship building, leadership development, volunteer engagement, and mission-driven philanthropy come together to support meaningful healthcare initiatives? If so, we invite you to explore this leadership opportunity with Providence.

The Role

Under the direction of the Region Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Director of Philanthropy directs the major gift (including planned gift) programs across all Alaskan ministries. Develops and manages activities across all Alaskan ministries that will directly result in prospect identification, engagement, and successful solicitations.

The Director guides major giving donor engagement strategies and maintains a portfolio of donors. The Director participates in the management of relevant board committees involving caregivers and volunteer leaders as appropriate. The Director cultivates caregiver and volunteer leadership support and utilizes their expertise to increase major giving to the Region.

What You'll Do

• Under the direction of the Region Chief Philanthropy Officer, provides strategic leadership of major and planned gifts programs for the Region.
• With support from the Region Chief Philanthropy Officer, develops single and multi-year fundraising targets.
• Prepares an annual major gift plan to achieve revenue targets in consultation with Foundation colleagues, with an emphasis on increasing major giving to the Foundation and ensures the quality and quantity of major gift activity in the Region.
• Using sophisticated fundraising methodologies, reports and measurements, ensures that prospects capable of major gifts are cultivated, solicited and stewarded in a meaningful, appropriate, and deliberate manner.
• Provides support and leadership to ensure the highest level of productivity for philanthropy officers, including recruitment, hiring, evaluating, training, and coaching, and providing a structure for collaborative, consistent, and supportive donor development as a team.
• Ensures that all major gift materials, proposals and applications are of the highest quality, effective, share a consistent message, and appropriate to the donor or funder.
• Responsible for documentation and up to date procedures for major gift processes.
• Builds and manages structures that ensure individualized, meaningful and appropriate stewardship for major donors.
• Monitors and maximizes major donor retention.
• Uses appropriate interpersonal skills to guide others to accomplish objectives, facilitates teamwork, participation and cooperation.
• Develops and manages a portfolio of major gift prospects with emphasis on prospects who require a multi-discipline approach.
• Assures timely performance evaluations that reflect validated competence and quality standards.
• Develops and promotes talents of the team and succession planning.
• Counsels staff appropriately and is competent in conflict management.
• Maintains discretion and confidentiality as professionalism and common sense dictate to accomplish the Providence Mission.
• Implement care/services that recognize age/diversity specific needs/issues of customers served.
• Performs competencies as identified by the competency focused system process.

Competencies

• Communicates and fosters an atmosphere of open communication to achieve focused goals within the Mission, Vision, and Core Values of Providence.
• Communications are designed, implemented and effective to ensure workflow processes and procedures are centralized.
• Embraces team-based culture.
• Functions in highly-matrix organizational culture.
• Capable of leading through influence.
• Understanding and flexibility of unique dynamics.

What You'll Bring

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Nonprofit, or other related major; or equivalent education/experience.
• Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Nonprofit, or other related major (preferred).
• Coursework/Training: CFRE (preferred).

Experience & Expertise

• 10 years of demonstrated experience in this specific work.
• 7 years of fundraising development work experience which includes successful major gift and/or grants experience, successfully securing and managing individual gifts and grants of $1 million plus.
• 5 years of employee management experience including success leading professionals, support staff, and volunteers to achieve short and long term professional goals, preferably in a healthcare setting.

Professional & Leadership Capabilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Why Join Us?

• Major & Planned Giving Leadership: Lead major gift and planned giving programs across Alaska ministries while advancing regional fundraising priorities.
• Donor Engagement & Stewardship: Develop and execute strategies that strengthen donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and retention.
• Team & Volunteer Partnership: Support philanthropy officers, caregiver leaders, volunteer leaders, and board committees in advancing fundraising goals and philanthropic impact.
• Mission-Driven Impact: Help secure transformational philanthropic support that advances Providence's Mission and improves the health and well-being of the communities served.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

The full pay range is listed in accordance with applicable law. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications, experience, organizational compensation alignment, and the approved hiring department budget for the position. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation and benefits.

PLEASE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY: At Providence we believe in the importance of human connection and the impact of in-person collaboration towards team cohesion and caregiver engagement. Further, we want our leaders to live in or near the communities we serve. Therefore, leaders applying for this role will be required to work a hybrid schedule, which consists of three days onsite, two days remote and live within a reasonable commuting distance to the ministry or service area they support and lead.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amou