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Mayo Clinic · 1 day ago

Executive Engagement Director - Development

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$114K/yr - $165K/yr

4+ years exp

Mayo Clinic is a top-ranked healthcare provider dedicated to putting patient needs first while investing in employee growth and benefits. The Executive Engagement Director - Development will support benefactor engagement strategies and manage communications with institutional leaders to advance philanthropic outcomes.

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Responsibilities

Performs a range of functions in support of the Department of Development’s benefactor engagement strategies involving Mayo Clinic’s institutional leaders

This position ensures related operations and activities are effectively and efficiently presented and executed, with the highest attention to detail

Serves as a key point of contact with institutional leaders and Mayo Clinic Executive Office

Expertly manages information and decision-making processes internally and externally

Responsible for ensuring seamless communication, coordination, planning, briefing, and follow-up with institutional leaders related to their involvement in benefactor engagements

Takes an active leadership role to successfully initiate, assess, develop, implement, and monitor activities related to an institutional leader’s participation in a benefactor engagement, with a focus on high-complexity and top-of-pyramid assignments to advance Mayo Clinic’s philanthropic outcomes

Orchestrates, writes, reviews/edits, and distributes benefactor engagement briefings (in-person and written) and follow-up

Fosters relationships across the department and Mayo Clinic to optimally facilitate the assembly and collaboration of multidisciplinary contributors (development officers, communications, events, design, stewardship, etc.)

Leads project management of stakeholders, including identification of tasks, communication of expectations, and management of project schedules

Regularly provides transparent and up-to-date status information to partners and leaders while promptly managing issues, risks, and action items

Manages regular communications with leaders and supports planning of meetings with institutional partners and their respective teams

Recommends agenda, determines appropriate attendees, and provides oversight on next steps and internal communications

Maximizes strategic use of leader involvement, including pursuing opportunities for coordination within Development and amplification of leaders’ non-Development activities/travel

Leads the development and prioritization of benefactor engagement pipelines for assigned institutional leaders

Strategizes with Development leaders and fundraisers for one-off engagement requests that drive benefactor strategy and fundraising priorities

Proactively develops annual recommendations (events, travel to key markets, etc.) for assigned institutional leaders with the goal of advancing fundraising priorities and optimizing institutional partnerships

Serves as Development representative for Executive Office-sponsored external commitments and activities

Must have a strong understanding of fundraising priorities and proactively stay apprised of established and new institutional leaders who can effectively convey Mayo Clinic’s fundraising priorities, represent cutting edge research, and align with benefactor interests

Makes recommendations based on strong understanding of benefactor strategy, fundraising objectives, institutional leaders, program best practices, and department processes and policies

Ensures engagement goals are well-defined, align with fundraising objectives, and are successfully achieved

Manages issues, risks and action items

May directly supervise coordinators or indirectly supervise functional areas of responsibility

Exhibits servant leadership; instills direction, alignment and commitment to advance the department’s strategic plan and business objectives

Qualification

Fundraising knowledgeExecutive communicationProject managementOrganizational strategyInternal communicationsAttention to detailEditing skillsResearch analysisTechnological competenceOral communicationWritten communication

Required

Bachelor's degree in communications, business or health care field with six years of related experience OR a master's degree with four years of related experience

Seasoned professional with preferred experience in communications or business

Ability to work with executive leadership and under tight deadlines

Exposure to organizational strategy, including confidential and sensitive issues

Skilled at developing internal communications in addition to external messaging

Experience with project management

Exceptional attention to detail to include proactive calendar management

Demonstrated knowledge of fundraising preferred

Applicants must be capable of working collaboratively in a complex organization

Must have excellent oral, written and editing communication skills

Must have exceptional organizational skills and demonstrated ability to accomplish both broad, visionary assignments as well as complex, detailed projects

Project management background is preferred

Technologically competent in the use of relevant software: Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, etc

Employs research analysis and summarizes information to inform strategy; assists in creating plans of action; presents information, frames issues, recommends options or approaches

Provide best practice information and technical assistance to advise management on potential implications of business situations/actions and develops/recommends strategies on current/potential positioning

This position requires the flexibility to work weekends and evenings when necessary

Must perform duties independently and initiate judgement in handling a variety of programmatic issues

Overall responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating and delivering activities pertaining to assigned projects