Senior Manager, Events

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn); Anchorage, Northern (AK, KY); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Cancer Society is seeking a fundraising leader to direct strategy, planning, and execution of a $400,000+ event portfolio. This role drives revenue through donor, sponsor, and volunteer leadership engagement, delivering high-quality event experiences while moving constituents through the donor pipeline for long-term impact.

Travel is required for portfolio staffing; a Bachelor's degree and 2 years of fundraising experience are required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success driving revenue through relationship building and volunteer engagement.
• Strong project management and event execution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective relationship-building, influencing, and communication skills.
• Strong customer and donor experience orientation.
• Ability to analyze performance and adjust strategies to meet goals.
• Strong knowledge of community and constituent engagement.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and work through others to achieve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Builds and manages relationships with donors, sponsors, volunteers, and community partners to achieve revenue goals and grow engagement.
• Leads planning and execution of event fundraising activities, including logistics, budgets, vendor coordination, and experience delivery.
• Develops and executes strategies to grow revenue, participation, and donor pipeline within assigned portfolio.
• Aligns event participants and partners to broader organizational engagement opportunities to deepen long-term impact.
• Monitors performance against goals, adjusting strategies to optimize revenue and ROI.
• Coordinates cross-functional partners to ensure successful event delivery and brand alignment.

Skills

Donor relations

Project management

Analytics

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Donor experience

Strategic thinking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

At the American Cancer Society, we'reworking to end cancer as we know it, for everyone.Our employees and 1.3 million volunteersare raising the bar every single day. We are a culture comprised of diverse backgrounds and experience, to better serve our communities.

The people who work at the American Cancer Society focus their diverse talents on our lifesaving mission. It is a calling. And the people who answer it are fulfilled.Responsible for leading the strategy, planning, and execution of a $400,000+ event fundraising portfolio. Drives revenue through donor, sponsor, and volunteer leadership engagement while delivering high-quality event experiences. Actively manages relationships and moves constituents through the donor pipeline to increase long-term engagement and impact.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Builds and manages relationships with donors, sponsors, volunteers, and community partners to achieve revenue goals and grow engagement.40%
• Leads planning and execution of event fundraising activities, includinglogistics, budgets, vendor coordination, and experience delivery.20%
• Develops and executes strategies to grow revenue, participation, and donor pipeline within assigned portfolio.15%
• Aligns event participants and partners to broader organizational engagement opportunities to deepen long-term impact.10%
• Monitors performance against goals, adjusting strategies tooptimizerevenue and return on investment.10%
• Coordinates cross-functional partners to ensure successful event delivery and brand alignment.5%

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree

Years of experience: 2 years successful experience in fundraising and relationship development

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY:

• Demonstrated success driving revenue through relationship building and volunteerengagement.
• Strong project management and event execution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Effectiverelationship-building, influencing, and communication skills.
• Strong customer and donor experience orientation.
• Ability to analyze performance and adjust strategies to meet goals.
• Strong knowledge of community and constituent engagement.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and work through others to achieve outcomes.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

Travel varies depending on the portfolio assignment andeventstaffing model

Must be able to attend evening and weekend meetings,eventsand programseither remotely or in-person depending on the portfolio assignment

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Some lifting may be neededas part of event set up activities

The starting rate is $73,000 to $75,000. The final candidate's relevant experience/skills will be considered before an offer is extended. Actual starting pay will vary based on non-discriminatory factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, experience, skills, specialty, and education.