Senior Philanthropy Manager - US Giving

GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY; United States; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Flexible working

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

Health & wellbeing programs

Job summary

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity seeks a Senior Philanthropy Manager - US Giving to lead our US fundraising strategy and secure transformational gifts from high-net-worth individuals, families and foundations. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on fundraising, managing a seven-figure personal portfolio and collaborating with our US Board and advisers.

You will help grow our US 501(c)(3) organisation, line-manage a Philanthropy Executive, and build influential connections with

Qualifications

• Significant experience securing six and seven-figure gifts.
• Experience fundraising within the US market, including relationships with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, foundations and advisers.
• Strong understanding of US philanthropy, including tax-efficient charitable giving and the role of 501(c)(3) organisations.
• Experience developing fundraising programmes or new markets, combining strategic planning with hands-on delivery.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with confidence engaging senior philanthropists, Board members and influential stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration and people management skills, with experience managing complex relationships and developing colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead our US Giving strategy, driving growth in principal gift income, strategic partnerships and our presence across the United States.
• Manage a portfolio of high-value supporters, securing six and seven-figure gifts and multi-year commitments.
• Support the development of our US 501(c)(3) organisation, working with US Board members, professional advisers and internal colleagues to establish effective fundraising operations.
• Build influential relationships and networks across the US philanthropic community, creating exceptional cultivation and stewardship opportunities.
• Develop compelling funding propositions with colleagues, clinicians and researchers.
• Line manage and develop a Philanthropy Executive, supporting a collaborative and high-performing fundraising culture.

Skills

Six and seven-figure gifts

US market fundraising

High-net-worth relationships

Relationship-building & influencing

Job description

Senior Philanthropy Manager - US Giving

Help us unlock the power of US philanthropy to transform the lives of seriously ill children.

Are you an exceptional philanthropy fundraiser with a track record of securing transformational six and seven-figure gifts? Do you combine outstanding relationship-building skills with an entrepreneurial mindset and the ambition to grow an international fundraising programme?

We're recruiting for a Senior Philanthropy Manager - US Giving to lead GOSH Charity's US Giving strategy and unlock the potential of philanthropy from the United States.

This is a unique opportunity to shape our US fundraising presence, maximise the potential of our US 501(c)(3) organisation and build influential relationships with high-net-worth individuals, family offices and charitable foundations.

You'll combine strategic leadership with hands‑on fundraising, managing a seven-figure personal portfolio, securing transformational gifts and working closely with our US Board and professional advisers. You'll also line manage a Philanthropy Executive and help connect American philanthropists, foundations and corporates with our ambitious fundraising priorities.

The salary for this position is £55,000 per annum and we operate a hybrid working policy of a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. Monday is a fixed in person Philanthropy team day.

Salary

In line with our EDI strategy and Total Reward policy, we calculate our salaries based on benchmarking data across the charity sector. To ensure fairness for existing staff and new joiners, we do not offer salaries above the advertised rate.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead our US Giving strategy, driving growth in principal gift income, strategic partnerships and our presence across the United States.
• Manage a portfolio of high-value supporters, securing six and seven-figure gifts and multi-year commitments.
• Support the development of our US 501(c)(3) organisation, working with US Board members, professional advisers and internal colleagues to establish effective fundraising operations.
• Build influential relationships and networks across the US philanthropic community, creating exceptional cultivation and stewardship opportunities.
• Develop compelling funding propositions with colleagues, clinicians and researchers.
• Line manage and develop a Philanthropy Executive, supporting a collaborative and high-performing fundraising culture.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Significant experience securing six and seven-figure gifts, with a proven track record of delivering ambitious fundraising targets.
• Experience fundraising within the US market, including relationships with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, foundations and advisers.
• Strong understanding of US philanthropy, including tax-efficient charitable giving and the role of 501(c)(3) organisations.
• Experience developing fundraising programmes or new markets, combining strategic planning with hands-on delivery.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with confidence engaging senior philanthropists, Board members and influential stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration and people management skills, with experience managing complex relationships and developing colleagues.

Experience in healthcare, medical research, higher education or international fundraising would be advantageous.

About the teamYou'll join our ambitious Philanthropy team, working with high-net-worth individuals, charitable foundations and influential supporters to secure transformational investment in research, innovation, capital and patient experience projects.

The team secures a significant number of £1m+ gifts and is at the forefront of delivering GOSH Charity's most ambitious fundraising priorities.

This is a particularly exciting time to join us. Alongside completing the £300m

Build It. Beat It. appeal for the world-leading Children's Cancer Centre, we're shaping our next major fundraising appeal around two strategic pillars: Best Chance and Best Childhood.

Recognised as one of the world's leading children's hospitals, GOSH cares for children from more than 90 countries. Its global reputation creates an exceptional opportunity to engage American philanthropists and grow transformational support for pioneering research, innovation and patient care.

Our growing US Giving programme will play an important role in this next chapter, helping give every seriously ill child the best chance, and the best childhood, possible.

DBS- note a basic DBS check is required for this role.

6th November 2026 Closing Date:

Closing Date:

Interviews:w/c 16th November

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A flexible approach to working arrangements.
• Access to our enhanced pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Access to various health and wellbeing schemes, including the employee assistance programme.

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About Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Every day, around 750 children and young people from across the UK are seen at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). At Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, we help the hospital go above and beyond for seriously ill children, enabling kinder and better treatments, bringing hope for children with the rarest and most complex illnesses, and making hospital a little bit easier and a lot more fun for the thousands of children who are treated at GOSH every year. Our staff raise vital funds to support ground‑breaking research, cutting‑edge medical equipment, and the creation of child‑centred facilities to help save more young lives, and essential support services that help save childhoods too.

Together, we can help give seriously ill children the best chance, and the best childhood, possible.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

We believe that GOSH Charity and the charity sector more widely should reflect the diversity of patients, communities, and society at large. We also know that having a more diverse and inclusive workforce will make us more innovative, challenge the status quo, and enable us to deliver more impact. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. In particular, we encourage applications from those who are currently under represented within the charity sector as they may be marginalised by race and/or ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, long-term health conditions, or socioeconomic status.

If you would like more information about our approach to inclusive hiring please see our Inclusive Hiring Page here. You can also find out more about our commitments to EDI within our EDI Strategy here

https://www.gosh.org/about-us/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-edi-strategy/

As a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible throughout the recruitment process. For more information on this please contact [e-mail]