Prospect Development Analyst

Seattle University; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Seattle University is seeking a Prospect Development Analyst to support its fundraising pipeline through data-driven analysis and strategic insights. You will collaborate with major gift officers and Advancement leadership to identify, evaluate, and prioritize prospective donors, and to develop actionable intelligence for portfolio management decisions.

You will conduct prospect research, analyze wealth and engagement data, and design programs that inform fundraising strategies and donor

Qualifications

• Experience translating data insights into fundraising strategy.
• Ability to design and execute prospect identification projects.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills for leadership briefings.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison to major gift officers for discovery prospects and portfolio balance.
• Interpret policies and data to support relationship management and fundraising activities.
• Use Excel/Tableau/Power BI to provide descriptive statistics of gift officer portfolios.
• Advise on predictive modeling, wealth screening, and engagement data for prospect targeting.
• Create timely briefings on top prospects with analyses of capacity and motivation.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Project management

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Months Per Year: 12 Work Model: Hybrid Work Eligible

Seattle University will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. We embrace an intersectional framework for defining diversity in its broadest sense, including differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, generational history, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, political perspectives, geographic origin and physical ability. Seattle University strives to be a welcome, open and safe campus climate for all who learn, live and work at Seattle University.

Seattle University's Core Competencies

• Effective Team Collaboration: Works harmoniously with others towards a common goal, leveraging individual strengths to achieve shared objectives.
• Emotionally Intelligent Communication: Engages in a skillful exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings, verbally and non-verbally.
• Ethics and Integrity: Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to honesty, professionalism, and alignment with our Jesuit mission in all actions and decisions.
• Flexibility and Innovation: Embraces change, approaching problems with curiosity adaptability, and is committed to making a positive impact.
• Mindful Inclusion: Fosters mindful inclusion by consciously creating a workplace that celebrates differences, embraces cultural humility, and empowers uniqueness.
• Outcomes-Driven Orientation: Sets clear objectives, pursues excellence, and delivers measurable outcomes while upholding Jesuit Catholic values.

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Director of Prospect Development, the Prospect Development Analyst supports Seattle University's prospect research, identification, and portfolio management programs by providing data-driven analysis and strategic insights that strengthen the University's fundraising pipeline.

The Analyst partners closely with major gift development officers and Advancement leadership to identify, evaluate, and prioritize prospective donors. This role conducts prospect research, analyzes wealth and engagement data, and develops actionable intelligence that informs fundraising strategies and portfolio management decisions.

As part of the Prospect Development team, the Analyst contributes to building and maintaining a sustainable pipeline of philanthropic prospects. Through rigorous analysis, proactive prospect identification, and collaboration with development officers, this position helps ensure that Seattle University's fundraising efforts are informed by high-quality data, strategic insight, and effective prospect management practices.

Position Description:

Portfolio Management

• Serve as primary liaison to a group of major gift development officers to assess and meet their needs for discovery prospects, portfolio balance and time management.
• Orient development officers to research and relationship management policies and system procedures in the database; interpret the policies as needed.
• Interpret relationship management data for fundraisers compared to baselines, in regular meetings; troubleshoot ways for fundraisers to better capture their activity.
• Use software (Excel, Tableau, Power BI) to provide descriptive statistics of assigned gift officers prospect pools and portfolios in order to help with prioritizing prospects relative to specific fundraising needs.
• Recommend and assign new prospects to appropriate fundraisers/UA leadership, for discovery and cultivation, balancing portfolios by various data points as fits each constituency.
• Establish ways to monitor and seek feedback to ensure gift officers receive appropriate support and understand uses of prospect development data.

Prospect Identification and Analysis

• Work as an internal consultant to meet prospect identification goals for each assigned gift officer by initiating, performing and evaluating results of a variety of prospect identification projects that align with portfolio needs.
• Advise development officers on use of predictive modeling and wealth screening data.
• Design systematic, as well as one-time projects, to qualify and quantify segments of the university's prospect pool for multiple engagement purposes and campaign priorities, through the use of screenings, predictive models, and querying the database.
• Communicate clearly the process and results of data analysis projects in a variety of formats that support emerging cultivation strategies.
• Maintain an active and thorough knowledge of key university constituencies and institutional priorities.

Research of Identified Potential Donors

Create appropriate, timely, strategic briefings on top prospects for UA and University leadership and strategy sessions. Includes analyses of donor gift capacity, philanthropic motivation/interests, timing of gift, engagement with SU, and factors affecting wealth as well as identifying what critical informati