The Principal Gifts team is seeking an experienced Senior Director of Development, Principal Gifts to identify, cultivate, solicit, or arrange for the solicitation of individuals, families, and family foundations with the philanthropic capacity to make a gift of $10M+ for the Stanford School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics' and Stanford Children’s Hospital’s highest priorities. The Senior Director may manage one or more individuals based on the team’s needs and partner with faculty and hospital leaders to identify fundraising opportunities. The Senior Director of Development, Principal Gifts is eligible for hybrid work, meaning working in the office or in person when needed and on an average of eight days a month.  

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, 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.  

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health is the sole fundraising entity for Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and the child health programs at Stanford University School of Medicine. The Foundation is named for Lucile Salter Packard, who committed her life to the well-being of children. Lucile, along with her husband David (co-founder of Hewlett-Packard), were leaders in the development of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, which opened in 1991. In 1996 the Hospital merged with Stanford University Medical Center, and the Foundation was established as an independent public charity to ensure a source of dedicated funding and support for the health of children. Governed by a Board of Directors, all philanthropic dollars raised by the Foundation are directed to Packard Children’s Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. 

The Foundation embraces all individuals and celebrates the unique differences each individual brings to the team and community. Its approach to fostering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is rooted in its cultural touchstones and inherent in its work to encourage every employee to bring their best, most authentic self to work and to provide each of them the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

A bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of experience as a frontline major and principal gift fundraiser with progressively responsible fundraising and leadership experience and proven success with academic medicine and/or hospital fundraising and comfort raising numerous complex gifts is required for this position. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. 

The salary range for this position is $245,000 to $255,000. 

Note, the Foundation has a mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Policy, and all new employees must submit proof of their Covid-19 vaccination and booster vaccine at the time their employment commences. Alternatively, prior to commencing employment, new employees may request approval for accommodation for an exemption to the policy as permitted by law.

To apply for this position, visit: https://opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/1279.