Associate Director of Development - Donor Discovery

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

Job summary

Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences Development seeks an Associate Director of Development to identify, cultivate, and solicit donors, focusing on discovery. The role builds a major gift portfolio across academic clusters and coordinates with the Dean's Office and colleagues to secure philanthropic support for priority initiatives.

The ideal candidate will manage the discovery pipeline, foster new donor relationships, and leverage fundraising databases.

Qualifications

• Experience in fundraising or donor relations preferred.
• Familiarity with higher education fundraising is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify, cultivate and solicit new donors to H&S with focus on donor discovery.
• Build and manage a discovery-focused major gift portfolio across H&S academic clusters.
• Manage discovery pipeline and support Dean’s Office with special donor projects.
• Familiarity with fundraising databases and AI-enabled productivity tools is encouraged.

Skills

Donor discovery

Major gifts

Fundraising

Tools

Fundraising databases

CRM systems

Job description

Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences Development seeks an Associate Director of Development to identify, cultivate, and solicit donors, focusing on discovery. The role builds a major gift portfolio across academic clusters and coordinates with the Dean's Office and colleagues to secure philanthropic support for priority initiatives.

The ideal candidate will manage the discovery pipeline, foster new donor relationships, and leverage fundraising databases.