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Director of Advancement, Siteman Cancer Center - University Advancement

Washington University in St. Louis, Clayton, Missouri💼 Full-time💰 $84,200–$84,200🗓 2026-04-22 → 2026-07-31

Core

Raising private support for cancer research, education, and community programs by identifying, cultivating, and securing major gifts from individual donors, grateful patients/families, organizations, and faculty.

Role type

Director of Advancement (Major Gift Fundraising)

Builds

Private support for Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine research and community priorities

Domain

Academic Medicine / Cancer Research / Non-profit Fundraising

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Major gift fundraising, prospect identification, donor cultivation, donor stewardship, grant writing, strategic planning, relationship management, financial analysis, public speaking, HIPAA compliance

Preferred skills

Medical school fundraising experience, grateful patient fundraising, complex academic environment navigation, performance benchmarking, strategy execution, audience articulation, matrixed environment collaboration

Technologies

Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

Proactively work with faculty to identify new prospects and coordinate fundraising strategies; Develop and maintain a portfolio of major gift prospects and donors; Develop a comprehensive understanding of research, teaching, and patient care components to articulate the case for support; Perform other duties as assigned.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership & execution

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