Director of Development - Meritus College
Core
Lead the fundraising strategy to launch a new not-for-profit online college, building a startup-style advancement function for working adults.
Role type
Director of Development (Startup/Higher Ed)
Builds
A new higher education institution and its fundraising infrastructure
Domain
Higher Education / Nonprofit Fundraising
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Higher ed fundraising, building new programs from scratch, accreditation knowledge, proposal development, pipeline management, stakeholder engagement
Preferred skills
Startup mindset, entrepreneurial fundraising, academic model design
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Identify and cultivate new funding relationships with foundations, corporations, and individual donors; lead proposal development and translate college outcomes into fundable narratives; manage the full donor cycle from outreach to stewardship; build the advancement function and partner with academic/operations teams to gather impact data
Seniority
Director, founding team