Senior Manager, Market Events

American Cancer Society; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

American Cancer Society in St. Louis seeks a seasoned fundraiser to lead the strategy, planning, and execution of a $400,000+ event portfolio, driving revenue through donors, sponsors, and volunteers while advancing long-term engagement.

The role emphasizes growing the donor pipeline and delivering high‑quality experiences, coordinating logistics, budgets, and cross‑functional teams to ensure brand alignment and impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 2 years fundraising experience.
• Proven success in donor and sponsor engagement.
• Strong project management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Builds and manages donor, sponsor, and volunteer relationships to meet revenue goals.
• Leads planning and execution of event fundraising activities, including logistics and budgets.
• Develops strategies to grow revenue, participation, and donor pipeline.
• Coordinates cross-functional partners to ensure event delivery and brand alignment.
• Monitors performance and optimizes revenue and ROI.

Skills

Donor relationship building

Event planning

Strategic fundraising

Donor pipeline development

Budget and ROI optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

At the American Cancer Society, we're working to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. Our employees and 1.3 million volunteers are 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.

The starting rate is $65,000 to $75,000 annually. 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.

ACS provides staff a generous paid time off policy; medical, dental, retirement benefits, wellness programs, and professional development programs to enhance staff skills. Further details on our benefits can be found on our careers site at: jobs.cancer.org/benefits.

We are a proud equal opportunity employer.