Senior Philanthropy Manager - Macmillan Ventures

Senior Philanthropy Manager – Macmillan Ventures
Contract type: Permanent
Full time: 34.5 hours, we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
Location: Hybrid between home and our London office (typically 1 day per week in office, plus travel for external meetings as required)
Salary range: £54,000 - £59,000 

Are you a high‑value fundraiser with a passion for innovation and impact? Do you have experience developing relationships with high-net-worth individuals and philanthropists who want to drive transformational change?

If you’re excited by the potential of venture capital, technology and philanthropy to reshape cancer care, this could be the role for you.

About us 

At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.

Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.

About the role

You will play an important role in helping Macmillan harness philanthropy to deliver our mission. Macmillan Ventures is our impact investing programme, backing the most promising technologies in the sector – from precision medicine to AI‑enabled diagnostics – by partnering with some of the most exciting start‑ups in the world to transform cancer care.

In this role, you will build and inspire a community of forward‑thinking philanthropists to provide the capital needed to power this work. You will help shape and grow Macmillan Venture Partners, positioning it as a compelling, high‑impact opportunity for philanthropists who want to combine charitable purpose with an interest in innovation and venture capital.

Working closely with a network of senior volunteers, investment professionals, entrepreneurs and technology pioneers, you will unlock new relationships, grow significant income and strengthen Macmillan’s position as a leader in philanthropic impact investing. This is a highly collaborative role at the intersection of philanthropy, innovation and cancer care.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop new and existing high‑net‑worth relationships in support of Macmillan Ventures.
• Deliver income against an ambitious multi‑million‑pound campaign target over the next five years.
• Steward and cultivate high‑value gifts (£50k to £1m+) from high‑net‑worth individuals with a strong interest in delivering Macmillan’s mission through innovation and venture capital.
• Contribute to shaping our Impact Investing proposition, working closely with the wider Philanthropy and Macmillan Ventures team to create a compelling case for support.
• Inspire and support a network of senior volunteers to expand our reach and grow support, particularly among investment professionals, entrepreneurs and technology pioneers.
• Work closely with the Stewardship and Operations team to drive a data‑led approach to fundraising, including prospect research, pipeline management and impact evaluation.
• Collaborate with Corporate Partnerships colleagues to ensure a joined‑up approach to cultivation and stewardship across the wider division.

About you

You will be an experienced high‑value fundraiser who brings:

• A track record of securing six‑ and seven‑figure donations from high‑net‑worth individuals.
• Experience of working with senior volunteers to grow networks and secure donations.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑management skills, with the confidence to lead relationships with successful, high‑profile donors.
• Experience of working across a large, complex organisation to deliver a great donor experience.
• Experience of using data and insight to drive fundraising activity.
  
  

In return, we offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
• Pension matched up to 7.5%
• 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
• Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
• Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
  
  

Recruitment process

Application deadline: 23:59 on Wednesday 17th June
First interview dates: Online interviews will be held on the weeks commencing 22nd and 29th June (exact dates TBC)

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

So we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team TATeam@macmillan.org.uk for advice and reasonable adjustments.

We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy here along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.