Assistant Vice President for Development
Wentworth Institute of Technology · Boston, MA · 2 mo ago
$165k–$185k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the gift officer team, spanning major gifts, leadership gifts, and industry, foundation, and government partnerships
- Carry a personal portfolio of major and principal gift prospects
- Partner with the Vice President and President on the university's most transformational donor relationships
- Hold the team accountable using pipeline data, portfolio metrics, and performance indicators, with a regular cadence of moves-management reviews
- Develop gift officers into Wentworth's next generation of advancement leaders through direct coaching
- Steward gift-acceptance and naming decisions across a 10-year Institutional Master Plan with naming potential at every level of the gift table
Qualifications
- 10+ years of frontline fundraising experience with a demonstrated history of closing major gifts
- Direct participation in a comprehensive campaign at the $50M level or above
- Experience managing a development team during a campaign
- Experience with principal gift strategies at the seven-figure level and above
- Strong working knowledge of moves management, pipeline development, and CRM systems such as Slate
- Ability to analyze fundraising data and use metrics to drive program decisions