Society Summary

SNMMI is an international scientific and medical organization dedicated to advancing nuclear medicine and molecular imaging - precision medicine that allows diagnosis and treatment to be tailored to individual patients in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Position Summary

The Donor Relations Manager is a mission-critical role contributing directly to the operational success and donor stewardship of SNMMI’s philanthropic portfolio and funding initiatives.

Reporting to the Senior Director, this individual will help build the infrastructure to convert SNMMI members and institutional partners into lifelong donors. The Donor Relations Manager serves as the bridge between "back-office" excellence and accuracy (iMIS data integrity, wealth screening, and grant tracking) and "front-facing" engagement (impact reporting, portfolio management, grant research, and high-level donor briefings). This role is essential for ensuring that every philanthropic dollar raised is tracked, acknowledged, and reported.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain distinct workflows for the SNMMI fundraising campaigns and initiatives, ensuring strict adherence to fund-specific gift restrictions and coding in iMIS.
• Lead the maintenance of donor records, "moves management" tracking, and the "solicitation calendar" to ensure donors are engaged and acknowledged timely and properly.
• Conduct monthly reconciliations with the Business Office to ensure fundraising reports for both funds align with organizational financial statements.
• Collaborate with program leads to gather milestones from Mars Shot-funded research, SNMMI-funded initiatives, and other philanthropic initiatives; translate these into compelling "Impact Updates" for major donors.
• Execute the end-to-end acknowledgment process, ensuring all donors receive high-quality, personalized tax receipts and thank-you communications within 48 hours.
• Manage the donor recognition tiers for funds, including digital and physical honor walls and donor rolls at the SNMMI Mid-Winter and Annual Meetings, and exclusive updates for Mars Shot and SNMMI Fund supporters and additional funding initiatives and priorities as we expand and grow our philanthropic portfolio.
• Utilize wealth-screening tools (e.g., WealthEngine/iWave) to identify "high-capacity" prospects.
• Prepare comprehensive "Strategic Briefing Memos" for the Senior Director and other leadership before high-level meetings, outlining a prospect’s giving history, research interests, and potential for SNMMI philanthropic engagement.
• Proactively manage a portfolio of annual and cumulative donors (up to $5,000), utilizing phone and email outreach and other approved methodologies to secure renewals and "step-up" gifts.
• Execute the digital and mail-based "add-on" campaigns during membership renewal cycles and end-of-year (EOY) campaigns focusing on the "Discovery. Imaging. Impact." narrative.
• Assist the Senior Director in tracking deadlines researching grants and funding opportunities and assembling support materials (bios, statistics, impact stories) for institutional grant proposals to foundations, industry, and healthcare systems.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications to ensure the "Donate" pages and printed materials for the campaigns and initiatives are accurate, current, and optimized for user experience; collaborate to ensure relevant and engaging social media presence.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Experience in a health-related association, nonprofit or academia strongly

• 5-7 direct experience in professional fundraising or donor relations
• Communications and Marketing experience is a significant plus.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a supervisory or mentorship role.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Deep understanding that the Mars Shot Research Fund requires meticulous reporting and high-level transparency.
• Ability to write with "clinical empathy" - balancing the technical nature of imaging science with human impact.
• Ability to pivot between high-volume annual fund tasks and high-detail major donor briefings without losing accuracy.
• Demonstrated success in donor stewardship, relationship management, and fundraising strategy.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret donor data and fundraising metrics.
•  Proficiency in iMIS or comparable enterprise-level CRM
•  Knowledge and proficient use of Wealth-screening tools (e.g., WealthEngine/iWave)
•  Excellent project management skills, including planning, execution, and evaluation.
•  Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including donor-centric storytelling.
• High level of attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to build and sustain meaningful relationships with donors, volunteers, and internal stakeholders.

Travel Requirements

• This position requires some travel, including up to 5-7 overnight stays for Annual or Mid-Winter Meetings. Additional travel may be required for donor cultivation and prospect engagement events.

Training & Tools

• Must be willing to learn SNMMI’s internal systems, including:
  • OSR (budgeting software)
  • iMIS Fundraising Module
  • CMS (Content Management System)