Director of Development, Women's Health

Since 1952, Hoag Hospital (Hoag) has carried out its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service; people; physician partnership; strategic growth; financial stewardship; community benefit; and philanthropy. Hoag Hospital Foundation (HHF), the philanthropic arm of one of the top-ranked hospitals in California and the highest-ranked hospital in Orange County, seeks a driven and collaborative director of development (director) responsible for major gift fundraising for the Women’s Health Institute. This experienced fundraising professional will play a central role in building the pipeline of support for major, planned, and principal-level gifts to the Women’s Health Institute.

Building upon this upward trajectory and the momentum of the recently completed $760 million campaign, the director will be working within a metrics-driven, research-based, major ($100K+), principal ($5M+) and planned gifts program to engage, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward prospects, aligning donor interests with institutional priorities. The director will work closely with medical, physician and administrative leadership as well as assigned volunteers to support major gift fundraising programs at HHF. The director will report to the Executive Director of Development, Clinical Institutes.

To achieve Hoag’s ambitious goals, the director must be a driven, highly collaborative, and experienced professional who excels at major gift fundraising. The ideal candidate will possess a high degree of experience and knowledge of fundraising best practices within a large, complex, and fast-paced organization. The director must possess five or more years of progressively responsible fundraising experience in public health, health systems, higher education, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. The successful candidate will possess superior communications skills along with a high level of integrity and emotional intelligence to effectively engage and partner with key internal and external constituents. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter who operates with a sense of urgency and can demonstrate an established track record of increasing philanthropic revenue from diverse constituencies. Expertise within Orange County’s philanthropic community is desirable. A bachelor’s degree is required, master’s degree preferred. 

Rachel Ellenport is leading this search with Bryce Ervin, Emily Godamanna, Maureen Perry, Sarah Watkins, and Rebecca Lyons. 

Hoag Hospital Foundation does not discriminate in its employment policies and practices on the basis of factors such as race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Hoag complies with federal and state legislation and regulations regarding non-discrimination.