Assistant Director of Prospect Management

About the role

The Assistant Director of Prospect Management supports the philanthropic goals of the OHSU Foundation by driving prospect management and tracking, prospect identification, and portfolio management and analysis for assigned partners. This is a temporary position from August 2026 through January 2027.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic partner with assigned gift officer to optimize portfolios, strengthen prospect pools, and recommend strategies for outreach that encourage major and transformational gift relationships.
• Provide guidance related to best practices for portfolio management, serving as a collaborative partner and thought leader to fundraising staff.
• Collaborate with development officers, fundraising leadership, and other internal partners to understand portfolio needs; implement innovative solutions to address moves management and fundraising strategies.
• Partner with new gift officers to develop and establish new portfolios, and transition portfolios following development staffing changes.
• Develop and implement the tools necessary to keep a robust prospect pool that relates directly to the goals and targets of the assigned unit(s).
• Lead individual and group portfolio review meetings and strategy sessions.
• Cookbook system for prospects.
• Maintain and monitor prospect pool and forecast. Provide relevant and timely information and analysis to optimize portfolio(s).

Requirements

• You are customer service-minded and eager to understand and meet the needs of stakeholders.
• You have the ability to analyze, interpret, and synthesize information from a variety of sources to inform prospect strategy and portfolio assignment decisions.
• You have strong interpersonal skills and can build productive partnerships with a wide range of constituents, including Foundation colleagues, OHSU faculty and staff, alumni, donors, and volunteers.
• You understand development and major gift fundraising and how research and prospect management support fundraising efforts.
• You have experience collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating information and can apply that knowledge to support fundraising strategy.
• You understand multiple screening strategies and methodologies, including data mining, segmentation, and analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience with major and principal-gift level prospect strategy development, research, and prospecting.
• 5-7 years in a development research office and prospect management office or related experience, preferably in healthcare, higher education or complex non-profit environment.

Skills

• Proficient skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint; advanced skills preferred.
• Experience working in a relational database (Raiser’s Edge or Salesforce Affinaquest preferred).

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance.
• Pension program (The Foundation contributes 12% of your annual salary to a pension).
• 22 days of paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, 1 float holiday and 2 days of volunteer time off.
• Professional development dollars for each employee.
• Hybrid work allowance and much more!

Pay

Salary (Step I): $79,595 USD - $92,861 USD
Pay Salary is dependent on experience. Each salary band is broken into three "steps," which correspond with an employee’s experience/tenure, proficiency and performance in that specific role. New employees will typically start at step I of our pay band to allow for later growth, although more experienced candidates may be eligible to start at step II or III. The OHSU Foundation has a structured process for determining starting compensation, taking into account years of related experience, applicable skills, knowledge and abilities, market parity, and internal equity.

Schedule

Position is remote or hybrid-eligible with some travel to OHSUF on occasion/as requested.
Occasional hours outside of normal work hours for meetings or programs.
Prolonged use of a computer.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance.
• Pension program (The Foundation contributes 12% of your annual salary to a pension).
• 22 days of paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, 1 float holiday and 2 days of volunteer time off.
• Professional development dollars for each employee.
• Hybrid work allowance and much more!

Core Values

We want to emphasize that there is no such thing as the perfect candidate; candidates who do not have all of the required experience are encouraged to apply.

EEO Statement

The OHSU Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In keeping with our beliefs and values, no applicant will face discrimination or harassment on the basis of any protected class status, including color, age, current or future military status, disability (physical or mental), gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.