Major Gift Manager

SSM Health Care St. Louis

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MO-SSM Health Mission Hill Until 8/22/2026 5+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted May 15, 2026 Last posted May 15, 2026
Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling.

MO-SSM Health Mission Hill

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

The Major Gifts Manager works with the Foundation President, consultant, and leadership team to design and implement a regionwide Grateful Patient Program (GPP). This position focuses on building lasting relationships with donors and prospects, with the goal of securing major and planned gifts to benefit SSM patients, programs, and services in the greater St. Louis area. The position is donor facing and emphasized face to face engagement. As the Grateful Patient Program is a new pilot initiative at SSM Health, success requires a skilled and experienced fundraiser. master’s degree is preferred. The Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) credential is desirable.

Preferred Skills:

  • Master's degree
  • Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) credential is desirable.
  • Experience with CRM Software- Blackbaud NXT

This role requires strong communication skills to interact effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including physicians, clinicians, leadership, patients, prospects, community members, and colleagues. The candidate must be able to quickly learn about complex programs and projects and clearly explain them to prospects and donors, both in writing and verbally. Candidates should have experience soliciting and closing gifts of $10,000 to $100,000.

Job Summary:

Responsible for developing strategies for the cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of donors with special focus on four and five figure multi-year gifts to support the foundations funding priorities. This position has a direct impact on the department’s reputation among donors, as well as impacts the financial and operational performance of the department.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

  • Oversees portfolio of 150-200 donors and prospects and participates in each step of the donor pipeline including: identification; qualification through research; cultivation; briefing; request for support; and prompt follow up, stewardship, and recognition.
  • Develops individual donor strategies, along with materials, to renew and upgrade donor gifts.
  • Collaborates with the Development Team to enhance relationships and create greater fundraising and outreach possibilities.
  • Participates in departmental portfolio review process and partners in maintaining an organized system for donor stewardship by updating constituent records, as appropriate.
  • Responsible for major individual gift fundraising and cultivating and soliciting prospects capable of gifts at the $10K+ level.
  • Utilizes broad knowledge of the principles of fundraising.  Participates in all aspects of the gift cycle: (1) initiates contacts with potential donors; (2) develops appropriate cultivation strategies for them; (3) moves potential donors in an appropriate and timely fashion toward solicitation and closure; (4) makes solicitations when appropriate; (5) maintains stewardship contacts with donors.
  • Understands the needs and interest of major donors in order to develop relationships between them and the foundation.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent years of experience and/or education

EXPERIENCE

  • 5 years’ experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs
  • Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
  • Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
  • Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
  • Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
  • Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
  • Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
  • Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS 

  • None

Department:

8783010033 Foundations

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

  • Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE). 

  • Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

  • Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members. 

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About this role

Summary

Develops strategies to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors for major gifts over $10,000.

Job title

Major Gift Manager

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

On-site at MO-SSM Health Mission Hill, no remote work

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

communicationdonor relationsCRM softwarefundraising

Preferred skills

master's degreeCFRECRM software-Blackbaud NXT

Specializations

donor relationsfundraisingmajor giftsplanned giving
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site