Senior Gifts & Corporate Foundations Director (Hybrid)

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin seeks a Senior Director of Development for Principal Gifts in the College of Pharmacy. This in-person role will manage a large donor portfolio, drive principal gifts and collaborate with CDO and foundation relations to secure funding for new and existing programs.

Travel is frequent; candidates should demonstrate strategic fundraising leadership, strong communication, and a track record of closing multi-million dollar gifts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; proven ability to execute full-cycle donor strategy.
• High emotional intelligence and strong written/verbal interpersonal skills.
• Ability to drive principal gift and C&F funding results.
• Strategic, creative thinker able to work under pressure.
• Excellent project management and independence with collaboration.
• Willingness to travel frequently.
• Ability to maintain discretion, integrity, and professionalism.
• Experience building cross-college/discipline funding proposals.

Responsibilities

• Builds and manages a 70-80 donor portfolio for the College of Pharmacy.
• Qualifies, strategizes, relationship-builds and closes principal gifts.
• Aims to produce $3–5 million in principal gifts per year within 18 months.
• Collaborates with CDO and teams to engage corporations and foundations.
• Coordinates grant activities with faculty and university leaders.
• Prepares proposals and handles donor reporting and forecasting.
• Maintains fundraising database and documentation.
• Ensures broad campus funding opportunities to meet campaign goals.

Skills

Donor strategy

Emotional intelligence

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Project management

Travel availability

Discretion

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Fundraising databases

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin seeks a Senior Director of Development for Principal Gifts in the College of Pharmacy. This in-person role will manage a large donor portfolio, drive principal gifts and collaborate with CDO and foundation relations to secure funding for new and existing programs.

Travel is frequent; candidates should demonstrate strategic fundraising leadership, strong communication, and a track record of closing multi-million dollar gifts.