Sr. Donor Relations Manager in Dallas, Texas Overview As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career. We have an excellent opportunity for a Sr. Donor Relations Manager in our Mission Advancement department This position can be home-based. Responsibilities Responsible for leading and driving high-capacity donor and gift stewardship services and growing established relationships with donors and their representatives in collaboration with the primary donor relationship manager. Serve as a strategic project manager to ensure team’s fulfillment of grant/gift deliverables with donor happiness, recognition, and engagement as the primary focus. Responsible for developing, guiding, and executing processes and activities to ensure fulfillment excellence by monitoring projects led by implementation teams. Serve as the primary point of contact for servicing a portfolio of assigned relationships with active gifts in fulfillment. Lead the gap from gift award to fulfillment, including as a project manager as needed to ensure the project transitions efficiently from award notification to implementation and monitoring. Customize and develop high-quality interim and final project reports, leveraging project reports provided by the implementation teams. Lead and manage donor recognition with the relationship manager, Mission Advancement, and Marketing/Communications teams. Lead project tasks in Asana project management software, ensuring regular updates to clearly and actively communicate progress. Experience with Fundraising, Donor Stewardship, and/or Marketing. Decision-making ability to solve problems while working under pressure. Qualifications Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience. Five (5) years of relevant experience. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated report writing skills. Excellent in advanced PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Customer Relationship Management systems. Experience in grant writing and grant requirements. Ability to establish, manage, and provide progress updates on project management plans and timelines using software tools. Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and lead teams to achieve plan objectives. Ability to travel up to 25% local and overnight stay. Preferred Skills: Project Management Certification. Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed. Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. This position not a match with your skills? Click here to see other opportunities. EOE/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities Posted Date 2 days ago (11/13/2024 5:22 PM) Requisition ID 2024-14691 Job Category Individual&Institutional Giving J-18808-Ljbffr