Senior Associate Director, Principal Gifts - University Advancement

Job description

Scheduled Hours 37.5 Position Summary: The Senior Associate Director, Principal Gifts partners with the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Principal Gifts to manage their portfolio of Principal Partner prospects and for WashU Medicine, including those with the capacity to make gifts of $5M+. The Senior Associate Director works collaboratively with advancement colleagues, faculty, students, and university staff, and plays a vital role in the effort to secure significant support for WashU Medicine priorities. The position requires experience, sensitivity, and diplomacy; understanding of the high-level relationship-building and strategies involved in securing complex gifts; and talent in guiding projects. The Senior Associate Director proactively facilitates the implementation of strategy to engage high level prospects through a variety of efforts to cultivate and steward donor support. The Senior Associate Director reactively responds to urgent requests to meet the same objectives when unexpected opportunities for donor engagement arise. With a broad, sophisticated understanding of the university’s strengths and in-depth knowledge of institutional priorities, the Senior Associate Director...