Senior Director of Development, Major Gifts
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
Palo Alto, CA - United States
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health seeks experienced, innovative, and collaborative fundraising professionals to serve as key leaders on their major gifts team:
- Senior Director of Development, Major Gifts
- Director of Development, Mothers & Babies
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (LPFCH), in partnership with Stanford Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, unlocks philanthropy to transform health for children and families in Northern California – and around the world. Through fundraising and grantmaking, the Foundation drives scientific research, innovation, and policy change that will improve care, advance cures, and reform healthcare systems for this and future generations. Philanthropy supports clinical care, research, and education to improve the health of children and expectant mothers, locally and worldwide.
Senior Director of Development, Major Gifts
Reporting to the Vice President of Major Gifts and managing two or more front line fundraisers, the Senior Director of Development, Major Gifts will identify, cultivate, and solicit individuals, families, and family foundations with the philanthropic capacity to make gifts of $100,000 to $5M+ to the child and maternal health programs of Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford School of Medicine. Current areas of focus for this vertical include Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research, Medical Device Innovation, Mental Health, ENT, Immunology, Diabetes, GI, Ophthalmology, Stanford Parenting Center and the Stanford Medicine Teen Van. Through data informed analysis, additional medical sub-specialty areas may shift and emerge.
The Senior Director of Development, Major Gifts will have a Bachelor’s degree and at least seven years of experience successfully closing major gifts with progressively responsible fundraising and leadership responsibilities. The compensation range for the Senior Director will be $200,000-$225,000 annually.
Director of Development, Mothers & Babies
Reporting to the Executive Director of Development, the Director of Development, Mothers & Babies will partner with colleagues to lead a cohesive and comprehensive strategy to promote philanthropic support for programmatic priorities such as prematurity research, maternal-fetal medicine, reproductive endocrinology, and infertility. The Mothers and Babies also includes a major capital project to transform the hospital’s original building into a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to labor and delivery. You’ll maintain an active portfolio of donors and scale impact by supporting and activating Foundation colleagues, faculty, volunteers, and institutional leadership to raise funds for these preeminent programs.
The Director of Development, Mother & Babies will have a Bachelor’s degree and at least seven years of fundraising experience and a proven track record of success. The compensation range for the Director of Development, Mother & Babies will be $180,000 – $200,000 annually.
These positions allow the candidates to work a flexible and hybrid schedule. The candidates must be in the office or traveling to meet with donors at least two days per week. Due to the nature of fieldwork, the candidates will often be on-site more frequently. The successful candidates should live within a reasonable commute of the Palo Alto, California, office.
Please direct all nominations and inquiries for either role to the WittKieffer team at
[email protected]. Candidates should provide a resume and a letter of application that addresses the responsibilities and requirements described in the Leadership Profile. Application materials should be submitted by visiting clicking the buttons below.
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.