The Senior Director of Donor Relations and Annual Giving leads donor stewardship, engagement, and annual giving efforts across the Network. Ensures donors are meaningfully recognized, informed, and connected to the impact of their philanthropy while strengthening participation, retention, and long-term loyalty.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead donor relations, stewardship, recognition, and annual giving strategies across a large, mission‑driven health system.
Ensure donors receive timely, meaningful acknowledgements and clear, compelling communication about the impact of their giving.
Grow donor participation and retention through strategic annual appeals, stewardship touchpoints, and engagement programs.
Partner with clinical and operational leaders to incorporate patient stories and outcomes that authentically demonstrate philanthropic impact.
Lead and mentor a high‑performing team focused on delivering an exceptional donor experience.
Collaborate with Development Department leadership and Network partners to ensure consistency, quality, and best practices in donor engagement.
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
Sitting for up to eight hours per day, up to two hours at a time. Walking for up to one hour per day, up to 15 minutes at a time. Involves frequent fingering, firm grasping, handling and twisting and turning. Occasional lifting and carrying objects up to 25 pounds. Occasional stooping, bending and reaching above shoulder level. Hearing as it relates to normal conversation. Seeing as it relates to general vision, near vision, color vision, peripheral vision and visual monotony.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
Proven experience leading donor relations, stewardship, and annual giving programs. Strong strategic thinking, relationship‑building, and communication skills. Ability to translate philanthropic impact into compelling, donor‑focused messaging. 10+ years of experience working within a complex organization such as healthcare, higher education, or a large nonprofit preferred.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!
Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $4 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only four-year medical school campus. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and over 50 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 500 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke’s, a member of the Children’s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley’s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital. The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.
