Executive Director
Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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About the role
- You'll own everything: strategy, donor development, institutional partnerships, board management, grant operations, community presence, and the organizational infrastructure to support it all.
- You'll work in close partnership with the Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine leadership team.
- When you raise a dollar, you'll know exactly where it goes.
- Major gifts and individual donor strategy: identifying, cultivating, and closing relationships with high-net-worth donors who are aligned with the mission.
- Institutional partnerships: foundations, health systems, corporate sponsors, and civic organizations across Chicago and beyond.
- Grant development and management: building and maintaining a diversified portfolio of public and private grant funding.
- Board development: recruiting, activating, and stewarding a board that opens doors and brings resources.
- Indigent care fund: designing and managing the financial mechanism that gets uninsured patients the care they need, with zero friction.
- Brand and storytelling: turning Genesis's clinical track record into compelling narratives that move donors to act.
- Organizational infrastructure — building the team, systems, and processes to operate a high-performance nonprofit.
Requirements
- You've done this before.
- You know how to build a donor pipeline, close a major gift, and manage a board that's genuinely useful.
- You're motivated by the belief that access to care is a solvable problem.
- You understand both worlds.
- You lead with the mission, close with the data.
- You're Chicago-rooted or Chicago-ready.
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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