Sr. Associate Director Development Strategy

About the role

The Sr. Assistant Director of Development Strategy, in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, will serve as a key strategic partner to the Associate Dean and Senior Director of Development, supporting the execution of donor engagement strategies, campaign concepts, and development priorities across the Krieger School. Working in close collaboration with internal and external partners across KSAS External Affairs and Development and Alumni Relations, the Sr. Assistant Director will advance principal and major gift efforts through compelling storytelling and donor-facing materials — including proposals ($500K and up), leadership briefings, correspondence, and qualitative and quantitative principal gift data — that translate complex institutional priorities into content that inspires investment and deepens donor relationships in support of KSAS campaign goals.

The Sr. Assistant Director of Development Strategy is a leader responsible for the planning and successful launch of transformational projects at Johns Hopkins University. The Sr. Assistant Director will act as a partner to Development & Alumni Relations and Johns Hopkins Leadership in developing DAR-wide or institutionally impactful programs, as well as aid in the evaluation and stewardship of these programs once executed. The Sr. Assistant Director will be expected to work at a strategic level with leaders across Johns Hopkins.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership, academic departments and faculty chairs across Johns Hopkins University to identify and elevate funding priorities for inclusion in donor-facing materials.
• Write and design personalized proposals and case statement pieces for donors.
• Translate divisional, departmental, and/or faculty priorities into clear, compelling content for donors, alumni, and other external constituents.
• Collaborate on interdisciplinary principal gift strategy in close partnership with DAR leadership.
• Partner with and serve as a liaison to Marketing and Communications to ensure development materials reflect consistent messaging, branding, and visual standards, and to support the development of shared content and collateral.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Collaborate with Vice Deans and academic departments and faculty chairs across KSAS to identify and elevate school and departmental funding priorities for inclusion in donor-facing materials.
• Translate departmental and faculty priorities into clear, compelling content for donors, alumni, and other external constituents.
• Drive interdisciplinary principal gift strategy at levels up to $4.99M in close partnership with the Senior Director of Development and Associate Dean