Executive Director, Transformational Philanthropy Communications

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Executive Director, Transformational Philanthropy Communications will spearhead BILH’s mission by shaping and overseeing the development of sophisticated, tailored donor proposals, stewardship reports, and strategic communications that resonate with high-net-worth individuals and key institutional donors. This role requires an exceptional writer and visionary leader who can distill complex, multidisciplinary organizational goals into clear, impactful narratives that inspire transformational gifts. The Executive Director will take responsibility for crafting comprehensive, customized presentations and proposals for prospective transformational gift donors, working closely with development officers, senior leadership, and program managers to ensure strategic alignment between donor interests and organizational priorities. In addition, this leader will direct cross-functional teams in gathering critical data, financial insights, and program details, transforming them into compelling, donor-focused communications that drive BILH’s success.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities including but not limited to:

Strategic Communications Leadership: Oversee and direct the development of tailored concept papers, proposals, presentations, and stewardship reports by collaborating with physicians, researchers, administrative leaders, and Development staff to meet the unique needs of transformational-level donors.

High-Impact Narrative Development: Craft compelling, strategic narratives that clearly articulate the health system’s philanthropic vision and priorities, inspiring significant donor contributions and transformational gifts.

Executive-Level Correspondence: Lead the creation and refinement of high-level talking points and correspondence for the President/CEO, Senior Leadership, Chair of the Board, and other key institutional figures, ensuring alignment with donor interests at prospect meetings and special events. Initiative Oversight: Direct the planning and execution of transformational giving initiatives, ensuring all communications are strategically aligned with the organization’s mission and effectively demonstrate the impact of gifts at this level.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build and sustain robust working relationships with internal teams to integrate critical data, financial insights, and program details into sophisticated, donor-focused communications.

Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and nurture relationships at all levels of the organization and with external partners to create a cohesive strategy that supports and enhances donor engagement efforts.

Performance Evaluation: Monitor and assess the effectiveness of communication strategies and donor proposals, implementing data-driven improvements to better align with evolving philanthropic and organizational priorities.

Market Insight and Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team by analyzing market trends, donor behaviors, and competitive landscapes to inform strategic communications and engagement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree preferred

Experience: 7-9 years related work experience required in preferably in the area of medical and/or science writing.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to engage and successfully utilize volunteers in achieving fund raising goals.
• Exceptional writing skills and ability to translate complex medical information for a lay audience.
• Tact, diplomacy and sensitivity to confidential data and personal information.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines. Willingness to adjust work schedule as needed to meet the demands of the position.
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or
• Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and
• maintain databases.Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.
• Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and priorities for functional area. May make recommendations for department policies, practices and programs. Manager or Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Written Communications: Ability to communicate complex information in English effectively in writing to all levels of staff, management and external customers across functional areas.
• Oral Communications: Ability to verbally communicate complex concepts in English and address sensitive situations, resolve conflicts, negotiate, motivate and persuade others.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
• Customer Service: Ability to lead operational initiatives to meet or exceed customer service standards and expectations in assigned unit(s) and/or across multiple areas in a timely and respectful manner.

• Work requires close attention to task for work to be accurately completed. Intermittent breaks during the work day do not compromise the work.
• Work is varied every day and the employee needs to be adaptable to respond to these changes and use independent judgment and manage priorities.
• No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions
• Close work (paperwork, visual examination), Color vision/perception, Visual monotony, Visual clarity, Conversation, Telephone

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects.
• Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally
• This job requires constant sitting, keyboard use. There may be occasional fine manipulation using one hand

 

 

Pay Range:

$156,000.00 USD - $229,000.00 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. 

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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