Manager Dare to Dream Strategy and P2P Growth

How many people can answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" with the answer, "I help find cures for cancer." At Blood Cancer United, employees take our mission seriously. Whether you work in one of our regions, are an accountant at the national office or a specialist in our Information Resource Center, you work each day on making our bold goal a reality: to enable patients with blood cancer to gain more than one million years of life by 2040. Join us and give new meaning to the word, "job."
Summary: The Manager, Strategy & Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Growth supports overall campaign strategy, revenue performance, and growth for the Dare to Dream Campaign. This role helps translate direction into action by driving execution, strengthening performance, and ensuring consistency across regions and teams.
This role works closely with the Senior Director, Dare to Dream, helping shape strategy, drive performance, and lead execution across the campaign. The role also partners closely with the Manager, Dare to Dream School Engagement & Campaign Execution.
This role requires an experienced manager who can operate strategically while remaining flexible, innovative, and hands-on in a growing campaign environment.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Mission Integration
• Support delivery of a mission-focused Dare to Dream campaign
• Ensure mission messaging is reflected across campaign materials and experiences
• Connect fundraising efforts to impact and purpose
• Reinforce a positive and meaningful participant experience
Fundraising and Relationship Building
• Drive execution to support Dare to Dream revenue goals
• Support P2P growth through participation, engagement, and fundraising efforts
• Translate strategy into clear plans and lead day-to-day execution across campaign channels (P2P, Philanthropy, Business Partnerships)
• Monitor performance and identify opportunities to improve results
• Support reporting, tracking, and data visibility
• Partner with regions to drive pipeline, growth, and consistent execution
• Maintain clear communication and alignment across regions
• Support partnerships, sponsorships, and matching gift efforts
• Build strong relationships with internal teams and stakeholders
• Collaborate with the School Engagement Manager to align efforts
Volunteer & Internal Management
• Ensure volunteers have clear roles, direction, and support
• Support development and execution of volunteer engagement efforts
• Provide direction to temporary staff, ensuring work is organized, prioritized, and executed effectively
• Partner across teams to maintain alignment and progress
• Support development and execution of volunteer engagement efforts
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 4-6+ years of experience in fundraising, campaign execution, P2P programs, or related fields
Position Requirements:
• Ability to translate strategy into clear, actionable direction
• Strong focus on performance, results, and execution
• Experience analyzing data and using insights to improve outcomes
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work across teams and align stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
• Ability to lead through ambiguity while building structure
Work Environment & Physical Demands:
• Weekend & evening work may be required on occasion
• Travel: approximately 15–20%
• Work environment and physical demands are consistent with similar roles
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Employee Value Proposition:
As a valued member of Blood Cancer United, you are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. Our offerings include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; flexible spending accounts; a 403b retirement plan along with generous paid time off. In addition, we observe federal paid holidays throughout the year, and offer a wellness program and an employee assistance program.

We are excited to share the base pay range for this non-exempt, hourly paid position is $33/hr ($60K/yr) to $44/hr ($80K/yr). The offered compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, business need, market conditions, proficiencies, skills, education, and experience. Additionally, at Blood Cancer United we place a high value on internal pay equity and will consider the current compensation of similarly situated roles and direct team members. Base compensation is only one component of our Total Rewards program, which also includes an annual incentive plan and a competitive benefits package.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer
Blood Cancer United is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in its workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender, gender identity and expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, race, color, creed, national origin/ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic predisposition or information, physical or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Blood Cancer United seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission and where they will join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Blood Cancer United home. Blood Cancer United complies with all applicable laws which prohibit discrimination and harassment in the workplace, and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment supportive of all of our employees and the communities we serve.