Associate Director, Development — Donor Discovery

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University in Palo Alto is seeking an Associate Director of Development within the School of Humanities and Sciences to identify, cultivate, and solicit new donors with a primary focus on donor discovery.

You will build a discovery-focused major gift portfolio across academic clusters, manage the pipeline with fellow fundraisers and the Dean's office, and support special projects that advance the school's fundraising priorities in collaboration with partners across the university.

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising and donor relations.
• Prior work in higher education or nonprofit fundraising preferred.
• Familiarity with fundraising databases and CRM systems is a plus.
• Ability to work with AI-enabled productivity tools is encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate, and solicit new donors to H&S.
• Manage a discovery-focused major gift portfolio across academic clusters.
• Collaborate with the Dean's office and other fundraisers; support special projects.

Skills

Donor discovery

Relationship building

Fundraising

Tools

Fundraising databases

CRM

Job description

Stanford University in Palo Alto is seeking an Associate Director of Development within the School of Humanities and Sciences to identify, cultivate, and solicit new donors with a primary focus on donor discovery.

You will build a discovery-focused major gift portfolio across academic clusters, manage the pipeline with fellow fundraisers and the Dean's office, and support special projects that advance the school's fundraising priorities in collaboration with partners across the university.