Advancement Programs Director
Core
Shape the future of alumni and donor engagement, build loyalty at scale, and design connected supporter journeys from alumni engagement through to major gifts.
Role type
Senior leadership director for advancement programs and lifecycle engagement
Builds
Strategic frameworks, segmentation models, data reporting systems, and supporter experience journeys for alumni and donors
Domain
Higher education advancement and philanthropy
Deliverable
dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Lifecycle strategy, loyalty program design, CRM-driven engagement, data and insight translation, stakeholder influence, team leadership, strategic planning, segmentation, performance evaluation
Preferred skills
Commercial judgement, change management, complex institution navigation, marketing and digital partnership
Technologies
CRM systems, data analytics platforms, segmentation tools
Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership for supporter journeys and lifecycle engagement; establish strategies and standards for communications, events, and stewardship; define segmentation, data, and reporting requirements; represent advancement priorities to central marketing and senior leaders; develop a first-year strategy mapping audiences and cohorts.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership