Manager Development Principal Gifts, Foundation - Administration, FT, 08:30A-5P

Baptist Health; Coral Gables (FL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Comprehensive health resources

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Job summary

Baptist Health in Florida seeks a Principal Gifts professional to drive major gift campaigns and cultivate relationships with high-net-worth donors. The role leads proposal development, collaborates with hospital leadership, and partners with frontline fundraisers to secure gifts ranging from $1M to $5M and beyond.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in fundraising or marketing leadership, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced nonprofit

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in fund-raising or marketing/sales leadership.
• Experience identifying, cultivating, soliciting and providing stewardship for major gifts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level correspondence.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong organization and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Drive principal gifts campaigns and identify high-value opportunities.
• Support frontline fundraisers with donor engagement and proposals.
• Develop case materials and messaging for strategic donor engagement.
• Collaborate with hospital leadership and volunteer leaders to advance philanthropic opportunities.
• Manage donor relationships from initial contact through long-term stewardship.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Relationship building

Discretion & confidentiality

Executive correspondence

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Technology proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

BA Degree of Arts

Tools

Databases

Spreadsheets

Presentation software

Job description

Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 26 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2025-2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 63 high-performing honors.

What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality. Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in.

Benefits

• Career growth and development opportunities, with clear pathways and ongoing support
• Comprehensive health and wellness resources that go beyond traditional benefits
• A wellness program that can help employees eliminate their medical plan deductible, reducing out-of-pocket healthcare costs
• Tuition reimbursement to support continued learning and advancement
• And so much more

Together, these benefits and others reflect our commitment to caring for our people, so they can build fulfilling careers with us while making a meaningful impact every day.

Description

Principal Gifts team is focused on driving philanthropic opportunities at/above $1 million. Partnes across BH to support strategic fundraising efforts. Funcitons as the central strategic hub connecting frontline fundraisers with institutional leaders and core Foundation services to advance the highest-value philanthropic opportunities. Shapes fundraising campaigns and guides engagement with hospital leadership, principal gift donors, and key volunteer leaders. Reports to the Sr Dir Principal Gifts and supports principal gift activity related to select fundraising programs. Helps execute the team‘s core services and ensures frontline fundraisers are equipped with high-quality materials and messaging. Works closely with gift officers to manage the opportunity pipeline for principal gift prospects and donors, with a focus on opportunities ranging from $1 to $5 million. Supports frontline fundraisers to solicit donations and cultivate relationships with donors to develop, secure, upgrade, and maintain gift income sources for the present and long-term financial support of the Foundation. Serves as a key resource for proposal development and case materials within their assigned areas to ensure consistent, compelling messaging in support of strategic donor engagement. Estimated salary range for this position is $74100.20 - $96330.26 / year depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelors.

Additional Qualifications

• BA Degree of Arts required.
• Minimum 5 years experience in fund-raising or marketing/sales leadership.
• Experience in identifying, cultivating, soliciting and providing stewardship for major gifts from individuals, foundations and corporations.
• Outstanding project management skills, with the ability to independently manage several projects simultaneously.
• Comfort when interacting with high-net-worth individuals, and an ability to maintain discretion and a high level of confidentiality when dealing with hospital supporters.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level correspondence.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, patience, persistence, enthusiasm, and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff at all levels of authority, board members, external partners and donors.
• Detail- and results-oriented with strong anticipatory instinct, a self-starter who takes initiative, demonstrates unfailing follow-through and approaches project management with a patient persistence mindset.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment.
• Adept with technology, including databases, spreadsheet, and presentation software.

Minimum Required Experience: 5 Years

EOE, including disability/vets