Principal Gifts Strategy Leader | Senior Development Exec

University of Texas; United States; Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of Texas at Austin seeks a Senior Executive Director of Development for Principal Gift Strategy to lead strategy across campus and coordinate principal gift fundraising efforts. The role will manage multiple managers and guide fundraising across colleges, schools and units.

The position focuses on setting ambitious gift targets, driving donor engagement, and delivering reliable forecasts while mentoring senior fundraisers and maintaining a small personal portfolio.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years as a successful manager of major gift or principal gift fundraisers and/or programs
• 6-8 years’ experience closing $1M+ gifts year over year with full-cycle donor strategy
• High degree of emotional intelligence
• Demonstrated tenacity, adaptability and earned trust across campus
• Ability to drive results
• Effective communications skills (written, verbal, interpersonal)
• Strategic and creative thinking with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Project management skills
• Ability to travel frequently to visit prospects and donors
• Experience with VIP, Raiser’s Edge or similar CRM

Aufgaben

• Develop the Principal Gift band strategy with development leadership.
• Set year-over-year growth fundraising targets and track progress to goals.
• Build on past fundraising performance and pursue new pipeline opportunities.
• Translate institutional fundraising targets into Principal Gift band expectations for senior leaders.
• Collaborate with PRM for band goal setting.
• Coach gift officers toward solicitation success and monitor principal gift solicitations.
• Deliver a consolidated forecast using consistent stage definitions across units.
• Explain forecast variances and recommended actions to fundraising leadership.
• Lead regular pipeline reviews and create action plans with owners and deadlines.
• Coordinate donor strategy and warm handoffs when opportunities move between bands.
• Develop gift officer training for principal giving strategies.
• Support portfolio management and model fundraising expectations.
• Participate in governance and metrics discussions to set future standards.

Jobbeschreibung

University of Texas at Austin seeks a Senior Executive Director of Development for Principal Gift Strategy to lead strategy across campus and coordinate principal gift fundraising efforts. The role will manage multiple managers and guide fundraising across colleges, schools and units.

The position focuses on setting ambitious gift targets, driving donor engagement, and delivering reliable forecasts while mentoring senior fundraisers and maintaining a small personal portfolio.