This role is responsible for shaping the culture of data-driven decision-making within the Development team. You will provide strategic insight into key analytical needs and opportunities, design and implement processes, tools, and reports, and enable access to actionable insights across the organization. As a thought partner to leadership, you will help drive fundraising strategies through analytics and foster collaboration across the Enterprise Data & Intelligence (ED&I) community.
Key ResponsibilitiesLead and Develop Talent
Recruit, mentor, and coach a high-performing analytics team. Provide guidance on policies, procedures, and communication to ensure a positive employee experience.
Strategic Resource Management
Partner with Development Analytics leadership and business leaders to prioritize analytical resources for strategic initiatives and projects.
Business Partnership & Insight Generation
Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure analytics informs new initiatives and sustains core business. Drive insights that influence technology and data roadmaps for analytics growth.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Facilitate workgroups to plan and execute pan-Development projects, leveraging expertise and organizational knowledge to achieve goals.
Data Design & Delivery
Oversee the creation of data sources, reports, and insights that analyze audiences, business functions, and key performance metrics.
Thought Leadership
Participate in strategic planning sessions, offering recommendations on data and analytics for new and existing initiatives.
Industry Best Practices
Implement best-in-class standards for data and analytics, including collaboration with external vendors and providers.
Advocacy & Communication
Champion analytics needs across enterprise working groups through clear, compelling communication.
Operational Excellence
Enforce policies and procedures that improve organizational effectiveness. Apply problem-solving skills to address issues collaboratively.
Representation
Represent ALSAC-St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in a manner that reflects positively on the organization and its mission.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (3+ years in analytics leadership)
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Expertise in data structures, definitions, and languages (e.g., SQL)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to simplify complex topics
- Proven ability to lead teams and foster collaboration
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure
- Strong interpersonal skills for communication at all organizational levels
- Team leadership and mentorship
- Cross-functional collaboration and business partnership
- Robust experience in developing business insights
- Technical mastery in SQL and understanding of data architecture
- Excellent communication and data visualization skills
- Be a data-driven thought partner with leaders across fundraising and analytics
- Help shape the culture of data-driven decision-making in the Direct Response division
- Learn from experts in donor acquisition and cultivation strategies
- Join a growing Enterprise Data & Intelligence (ED&I) team with career development opportunities
- Core Medical Coverage: (low cost low deductible Medical, Dental, and Vison Insurance plans)
- 401K Retirement Plan with 7% Employer Contribution
- Exceptional Paid Time Off
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Infertility Treatment Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Education Assistance
- Enterprise Learning and Development
- And more
ALSAC is an equal employment opportunity employer.
ALSAC does not discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.
No Search Firms:
ALSAC does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All resumes submitted by search firms to any ALSAC employee or ALSAC representative via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without being contacted and approved by our Employee Experience team and without a valid written search agreement in place will result in no fee being paid if a referred candidate is hired by ALSAC.
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What We Do
ALSAC is the largest healthcare-related charity in the United States. Founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas, our sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness needed to operate and maintain St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. While our headquarters can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, we have additional offices in more than 30 locations across the country and in Puerto Rico with positions in fundraising, marketing, digital, information technology, legal, finance and many other disciplines all supporting our lifesaving mission - Finding cures. Saving children. ®
At ALSAC, we believe in hiring the best and brightest from around the globe, and in 2020 we were named #1 on Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. With a concerted focus on diversity and inclusion, we value and respect the contributions of all of our employees. Our work environment encourages everyone to be their authentic selves as we strive together towards a day when “no child dies in the dawn of life.”
As we look to the future, we understand that we must be relentlessly innovative. Our work helps fuel the groundbreaking research and treatment at St. Jude and ensures that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
View our career opportunities at https://www.stjude.org/jobs/alsac.html and follow ALSAC across social media using @stjude.
To learn more about the research hospital, follow St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn. For specific career opportunities available through the hospital, visit www.stjude.org/JoinOurMission.







