Talent and Operations Manager - University Development Team

Clemson University; Clemson, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Clemson University is seeking a Talent & Operations Manager to oversee operational processes, budgeting, and fundraising analytics for the University Development Team (UDT). The role coordinates football donor invitation logistics with internal partners and supports leadership decision‑making through robust reporting.

The position involves process documentation, team operational support, engagement activities, and collaboration with talent management for recruitment and onboarding of UDT

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
• Strong budgeting and reporting skills.
• Experience with fundraising analytics and reporting.
• Ability to develop and maintain process documentation.
• Proven ability to improve fundraising efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Football Process & UDT Events Liaison: coordinate donor invitation processes, game credentialing, communications, and logistics.
• Fundraising Reporting & Analysis: manage monthly fundraising reports and track key metrics to support leadership decisions.
• UDT Team Operations & Support: coordinate meetings, communications, events, materials, and documentation; support recruitment and onboarding.

Skills

Budget tracking

Fundraising reporting

Analytics

Operations management

Liaison/communication

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

**JOB SUMMARY:**Clemson University's University Development Team is looking for a Talent & Operations Manager to fulfill the duties outlined below. - Manages operational processes, procedures, logistics, and reporting for the University Development Team (UDT). - The role provides support in the areas of team operations, budget tracking and fundraising reporting & analytics. - It serves as the primary liaison for the football donor invitation processes, coordinating communications and operational logistics across internal partners. - Responsibilities include developing and maintaining process documentation, supporting initiatives for UDT, generating analytics and reporting to support leadership decision-making, and proactively identifying opportunities to improve team fundraising efficiency and effectiveness. - Other duties as assigned.**JOB DUTIES:**25% - Football Process & UDT Events Liaison: Serves as the primary liaison between the University Development Team and Advancement Events, ensuring effective communication and execution of the football donor invitation processes. Collaborates with internal partners, including college and unit leaders and events team members, to coordinate invitee identification, game credentialing, communications, waitlist management, and gameday logistics for multiple suites, while supporting continuous improvement of operational processes and the donor experience.30% - Fundraising Reporting & Analysis: Owns the monthly reporting cycle for UDT's fundraising reports. Proactively generating and analyzing reports and tracking key performance metrics. This includes pipeline, opportunity, interaction, and gift data that supports leadership decision-making, data integrity and progress-to-goal tracking that ensures efficient and successful fundraising and team goal attainment. Manages the team budget tracking and reporting while improving the reporting process to ensure accuracy, consistency, and operational effectiveness.45% - UDT Team Operations & Support: Serves as a collaborative partner providing proactive operational support and solutions for UDT. Coordinates team meetings, communications, event logistics, and presentation materials that keep the team aligned, informed and focused on fundraising. Enhances operational efficiency through process improvement, documentation management, and the maintenance of resources and information across designated team platforms. Collects, analyzes, and disseminates team information, communications, and reporting data to support leadership decision-making, and team operations. Coordinates team engagement, employee recognition, and resource programs, including the management and distribution of related materials. Collaborates with talent management team and supports recruitment, onboarding and employee development processes for UDT personnel.**JOB CODE:**AH35**EMPLOYEE TYPE:**Regular FTE Staff **Minimum Requirements:** Bachelor's Degree and relevant program experience. **RESPONSIBILITIES:**JOB KNOWLEDGEFundamental working knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures and ability to apply in varied situations.SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIESSupervises Student workers onlyBUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIESDoesn’t provide input but is responsible for monitoring the departmental budget and may manage fund allocation**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:**Recognize or inspect visually: 10%Communicate, converse, give direction, express oneself: 10%Walk or move about: 10%**WORKING CONDITIONS:**Noise: %**WORK SCHEDULE:**Standard Hours:37.5**COMPENSATION INFORMATION:**Expected Salary Range$30K - $60KSalary is dependent upon several factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's previous experience, knowledge, skills and performance in accordance with Clemson's compensation guidelines.**ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL LEVEL:**Normal Operations - Required to follow emergency facility closure and modified operations directives, and not normally expected to work on-site during emergency situations.**JOB LOCATION:**Clemson, SC**APPLICATION DEADLINE:**October 9, 2026**MILITARY AND VETERAN:****Military Equivalency**: Clemson University is proud to allow educational equivalency for military technical certifications and trainings that directly relate to the job duties. **Veteran Preference:** South Carolina provides employment preference to eligible veterans for qualifying full-time permanent positions. To be considered, applicants must meet the minimum qualifications, have been discharged under honorable conditions, and indicate their veteran status in the application by uploading a DD-214 for confidential review. A request for Veteran Preference can be made via the application process. Please contact [e-mail] with any questions or issues.**CLOSING STATEMENT:**Clemson University is an EEO/AA employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to characteristics protected by applicable law including disability and protected veteran status.