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Job Description
A Vice President of Business Development at the YMCA drives revenue growth, corporate partnerships, and community engagement. This position leads strategic fundraising, corporate wellness programs, and membership sales to ensure long-term sustainability and is the main point of contact for Strategic Innovation, leading new initiatives that drive early growth for strategy.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive leadership experience in fundraising, mission advancement, or nonprofit development.
- Demonstrated success in major gifts and relationship management.
- Experience supervising fundraising professionals and managing performance toward goals.
- Proven ability to work effectively with CEOs, board members, and high-level volunteers.
- Strong strategic thinking, communication, and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated success in corporate and foundation fundraising preferred.
- Commitment to the mission and values of the YMCA.
Essential Functions
- Identify service delivery opportunities, negotiate contracts, manage stakeholder relationships, and meet enrollment and financial goals.
- Partner with senior leadership to execute and continuously refine a comprehensive, association-wide business development strategy aligned with organizational priorities, the strategic plan and community impact goals.
- Cultivate a strong culture of philanthropy with community and business partnerships.
- Build and maintain relationships with local businesses and community partners.
- Advocate for and implement creative strategies that leverage new programs and partnerships, and foster community-centric solutions, and promote collaboration across the association and partners.
- Drive initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and deliver exceptional value to partners, participants and members.
- Generate actionable insights that guide strategic decision-making, enhance operational efficiency, and identify new growth opportunities. Present findings compellingly to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and driving a culture of informed decision-making.
- Develop and maintain KPI reports related to lead generation, conversion, and follow-up performance, and partner with leadership to address trends and improvement opportunities.
- Establish frameworks and operational infrastructure to ensure processes, contracting, and vendor relationships adhere to federal and state regulations.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Cause-Driven Leadership Competencies
- Philanthropy
- Volunteerism
- Developing Self & Others
- Communication & Influence
- Collaboration