Director, Corporate & Foundation Partnerships (Hybrid)

UW Advancement Careers; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

UW Medicine Advancement is seeking a Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations to lead fundraising strategies across UW Medicine and University Advancement. This senior role manages a portfolio of corporate and foundation prospects (and select individual major gifts) and collaborates with faculty, leaders, and colleagues to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward funders.

The position emphasizes developing annual fundraising plans, advancing institutional funding strategies, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in any field and five or more years of progressively responsible experience in institutional advancement, including experience in corporate and foundation relations or corporate social responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement fundraising strategies to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward corporate and foundation prospects with giving capacity of $100,000 or more.
• Manage a major gift and private foundation portfolio with 50–100 substantive donor contacts annually and raise $1.5–$3.5 million.
• Build and steward relationships with donors and UW Medicine faculty and leaders.
• Develop proposals, letters of inquiry, grant requests, and stewardship materials in collaboration with colleagues.
• Coordinate fundraising strategies across UW Medicine and University Advancement to maximize donor engagement.

Skills

Grant writing

Prospect research

Volunteer management

Strategic fundraising

Cross-team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

UW Medicine Advancement is seeking a Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations to lead fundraising strategies across UW Medicine and University Advancement. This senior role manages a portfolio of corporate and foundation prospects (and select individual major gifts) and collaborates with faculty, leaders, and colleagues to identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward funders.

The position emphasizes developing annual fundraising plans, advancing institutional funding strategies, and