Senior Director, Philanthropy Tech Platforms

MFS Investments; Brookline (MA); On-site; USD 228,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston seeks a Senior Director, Technical Services to lead platforms, infrastructure, integrations, and operations that support philanthropy systems. You will supervise engineers, define architecture, and ensure security, disaster recovery, and scalable delivery for CRM, online giving, and reporting.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of technical leadership, strong cross‑functional collaboration, and proven ability to translate complex needs into reliable solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data/Information Science, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Master's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Health Informatics, Cybersecurity, Data/Information Science, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Services function for Philanthropy Information Services, providing strategic and operational leadership for programmers, integrations, servers, hardware coordination, infrastructure, technical operations, web services, release management, disaster recovery, and technical standards that support philanthropy systems.
• Ensure reliable, secure, and scalable technical operations for CRM, online giving, Blackbaud Luminate, TeamRaiser, reporting platforms, email services, web services, custom applications, data movement, and other systems used across the Division of Philanthropy.
• Oversee technical design, development, and integration work, including APIs, data interfaces, custom applications, automation, database work, application upgrades, server migrations, technical documentation, testing coordination, and production support.
• Partner with Application Services and divisional stakeholders to translate business needs into technically sound solutions, clarify technical options and constraints, estimate effort, identify risks, guide implementation planning, and ensure a smooth transition from project delivery to operational support.
• Collaborate with central Information Services and institutional technology partners on infrastructure, security, hardware, access, disaster recovery, enterprise standards, procurement, vendor management, and compliance requirements affecting philanthropy systems.

Skills

Strategic technical leadership

Technical architecture & infra

Operations management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems / related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Blackbaud Luminate

TeamRaiser

Oracle database

Job description

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston seeks a Senior Director, Technical Services to lead platforms, infrastructure, integrations, and operations that support philanthropy systems. You will supervise engineers, define architecture, and ensure security, disaster recovery, and scalable delivery for CRM, online giving, and reporting.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years of technical leadership, strong cross‑functional collaboration, and proven ability to translate complex needs into reliable solutions