Senior Director, Development

About MedicAlert

MedicAlert Foundation Canada is a national charity dedicated to protecting the lives of people living with chronic medical conditions, cognitive differences, and complex health needs. For 65 years, MedicAlert has been a trusted partner to families, first responders, and health professionals.

Today, MedicAlert is evolving to meet a changing health landscape—expanding its impact through innovation, community safety initiatives, and equitable access to essential health information. Philanthropy plays a growing role in enabling this work.

The Opportunity

MedicAlert is seeking a strategic, hands-on Senior Director, Development to lead and grow the organization’s philanthropy program at a pivotal moment. This is a builder role for an experienced fundraiser who thrives in a small-team environment and is equally comfortable shaping strategy and executing it.

The Senior Director contributes to organization-wide strategy, budgeting, and decision-making and serves as an external ambassador to donors, partners, volunteers, and key stakeholders.

Reporting to the President & CEO, the Senior Director serves as the organization’s most senior fundraising leader and is responsible for designing and scaling a comprehensive development program

This role is ideal for a senior fundraising professional who wants a leadership role, meaningful scope, executive partnership, and the opportunity to build and grow a high-performing philanthropy program.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Design and implement a multi-year development strategy aligned with MedicAlert’s mission and growth goals
• Act as external ambassador to donors, partners, volunteers, and key stakeholders and support senior volunteer engagement in fundraising
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the President & CEO on philanthropy strategy, donor engagement, and revenue opportunities
• Build a culture of philanthropy across the organization through active collaboration with marketing, communications, finance, operations and program teams to execute philanthropy program and meet targets

Major Gifts

• Personally manage and grow a portfolio of individual donors, families, and foundations giving $25,000+
• Lead donor research, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, partnering with the CEO on select major gift relationships
• Develop donor-specific engagement plans, proposals, stewardship and impact reporting
• Identify and upgrade mid-level donors into deeper philanthropic partnerships

Annual Giving, Mid-level & Monthly Giving

• Lead the development and execution of annual program strategy, including acquisition, renewal, retention, and reactivation
• Provide oversight and direction to internal teams and external vendors to improve performance across direct mail, digital, and tele fundraising campaigns
• Use data and performance insights to increase ROI, guide testing, optimization, and investment decisions.

Stewardship & Donor Experience

• Design and implement a stewardship program
• Ensure effective acknowledgement, reporting, and donor communications to ensure a high-quality donor experience
• Use donor feedback and data insights to continuously improve engagement and satisfaction

Planned Giving

• Maintain a simple, donor-friendly pathway for bequests and gifts of securities, with opportunities to expand over time as capacity allows

Operations & Data Discipline

• Supervise and support Development Associate, providing clear direction, coaching, and skill development
• Strengthen fundraising systems, CRM discipline, and reporting practices
• Ensure data integrity, accurate reporting, and strong collaboration with finance and operations

Qualifications

• Proven Success in securing major gifts, personally managing donor relationships and solicitations.
• Experience initiating and/or strengthening fundraising programs in mid-sized organizations
• Strong understanding of moves management, stewardship, and fundraising analytics
• Demonstrated experience with donor management systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative, accountable, and values-driven
• Experience in health, safety, or social impact sectors is an asset
• Bachelor’s degree required; CFRE or equivalent experience considered an asset

Why Join MedicAlert

We welcome candidates who are excited by the opportunity to build and lead a hands-on philanthropy function with significant scope, autonomy, and executive partnership.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of philanthropy at a national organization with a deeply trusted brand and a life-saving mission.

MedicAlert Foundation Canada is committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA). We encourage applications from candidates who may not meet every requirement but bring the experience, curiosity, and values alignment to succeed.

Application Process

To explore this opportunity, candidates are invited to submit a resume and cover letter to:

Cristhian Almeida
Human Resources Generalist
calmeida@medicalert.ca

This position will remain open until March 23, 2026. Candidate screening will begin on March 16, 2026, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

A full Candidate Brief is available upon request.