Development Associate, Industry Partnerships - University Advancement

About the role

At Carnegie Mellon University, we do the work that matters to solve real-world problems. And at the Center for Business Engagement (CBE), we facilitate the connections that make that work possible. The CBE team works with both external industry and government partners and CMU faculty seeking to collaborate with those partners. We start and guide the conversations — with the right people — that lead to sponsored research partnerships, tech transfer, capstone projects, talent recruitment and much more. We are currently searching for a Development Associate, Industry Partnerships to join our team. This position serves as a strategic partner to corporate relations staff, providing comprehensive gift agreement administration, prospect management, and data-driven analysis support. This position plays a pivotal role in advancing the institution’s philanthropic and research priorities by overseeing corporate gift agreement processes, supporting prospect operations strategy development, maintaining data integrity, leveraging technology and analytics to inform fundraising efforts, and coordinating meaningful corporate communications and engagement activities. This role serves as a primary liaison between Research administration and Gift Administration to support sponsored research projects, implementing the conflict-of-interest policies and supporting the Office of Sponsored Projects export controls policies. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President, Business Engagement, this position will support the full corporate fundraising lifecycle by ensuring the accuracy and quality of constituent and fundraising data, preparing strategic materials for cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, and engagement activities. The role also contributes to the development and execution of initiatives that strengthen corporate partnerships and advance institutional fundraising goals by providing key data using not only Salesforce, but the other data collection systems through the office of research. This position sits at the intersection of two departments and leads the translation of both research and gift data to the institution as well as external partners, as needed. This role will also continue to support corporate partners in the implementation of the Salesforce across University Advancement. The ideal candidate is an organized, analytical, entrepreneurial and results-oriented professional with exceptional attention to detail and a strong commitment to service excellence.