Vice President, Philanthropy

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Vice President

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Heart & Stroke

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1963

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Non-profit • Healthcare Insurance

Heart & Stroke is a prominent Canadian organization dedicated to promoting heart and brain health. It focuses on advancing life-saving medical breakthroughs, supporting health education, and advocating for better healthcare policies. The organization provides information on heart disease, stroke, and healthy living, along with funding research and offering various ways for individuals to contribute, such as donations, volunteering, and participating in fundraising events like Jump Rope for Heart. Heart & Stroke also places a strong emphasis on addressing health inequities and supporting women's unique health risks. By driving research and health initiatives, Heart & Stroke aims to improve diagnosis, care, and support for heart and stroke-related conditions across Canada.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership and management for philanthropic development across Quebec • Lead the Quebec Development team and manage a portfolio of major donors and prospects • Secure significant gifts and support the Foundation’s strategic priorities • Contribute to organizational strategy and regional performance as a member of senior leadership groups • Develop multi-year philanthropic plans aligned with organizational priorities • Support annual major-gifts revenue and expense budgets and monitor financial results and projections • Build a pipeline of prospective donors and partners • Identify collaboration opportunities across major gifts, legacy giving, community fundraising, intermediaries, and third-party events • Cultivate, solicit, recognize, and steward major donors • Develop customized donor engagement approaches, proposals, and solicitations • Identify and qualify prospects through research, professional networks, staff, and volunteer referrals • Lead relationships with French-speaking major donors, particularly in Quebec • Negotiate gift terms, close solicitations, and ensure donor recognition and stewardship • Engage the Quebec Provincial Advisory Board in corporate philanthropy, sponsorships, and individual giving • Provide regular progress updates to the advisory board • Support board recruitment and succession planning • Communicate the Foundation’s mission, strategic plan, and funding priorities to donors and prospects • Collaborate with scientists, clinicians, and internal teams on compelling funding opportunities and donor meetings • Develop cultivation and solicitation strategies and direct the Development team • Coordinate fundraising approaches across teams • Develop and oversee annual donor stewardship and communications plans • Record donor, supporter, and volunteer interactions in the database within 48 hours • Collaborate with central Development teams on prospect research, information management, proposal development, donor communications, recognition, and stewardship • Ensure compliance with Foundation policies, procedures, Development standards, and professional conduct requirements • Contribute to annual planning, financial oversight, and monitoring of fundraising performance • Coach and develop team members, establish performance goals, and allocate resources effectively • Support fundraising volunteers and collaborate with Human Resources on recruitment and talent development • Achieve an annual major-gifts revenue goal of $1 million

🎯 Requirements

• University degree • At least 10 years of fundraising experience in a bilingual market • Demonstrated success soliciting and securing major gifts of $100,000 or more • Experience managing donor relationships from identification through cultivation, solicitation, recognition, and stewardship • Experience developing philanthropic plans, fundraising budgets, and monitoring financial performance • Experience recruiting, training, and collaborating with volunteers or fundraisers • Experience leading a major-gift campaign is an asset • Full bilingual proficiency in French and English, orally and in writing • CFRE designation and involvement in a relevant professional association are assets • Familiarity with AFP, CAGP, and APRA codes of ethics, policies, and procedures • Strategic thinking and attention to detail • Strong analytical skills and ability to use multiple databases • Excellent interpersonal, relationship-building, negotiation, written, and verbal communication skills • Experience preparing funding proposals, grant applications, letters, donor communications, and volunteer briefings • Ability to collaborate with volunteers, board members, donors, and internal stakeholders • Collaborative leadership and ability to coach and develop a team • Ability to balance strategic planning, team leadership, and direct donor engagement • Commitment to professional fundraising ethics and responsible donor stewardship

🏖️ Benefits

• Permanent, full-time position • Opportunities to contribute to cardiovascular and brain health research and public health impact • Professional development and talent development support • Collaborative work with researchers, healthcare professionals, volunteers, donors, and internal teams

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