Associate Director, Major Gifts
Core
Qualify, cultivate, and solicit major gift prospects ($250K–$1M+) for Northeastern University across designated geographic regions and subject areas.
Role type
Associate Director, Major Gifts (front-line fundraiser and content strategist)
Builds
Major gifts and interdisciplinary strategic funding opportunities for a research university
Domain
Higher Education / Development
Required skills
Major gift solicitation, prospect portfolio management, strategic cultivation, relationship management, regional planning, data-driven prospecting, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
Higher education fundraising, cultural institutions, healthcare, complex nonprofit experience
Technologies
Ascend (development data management system)
Responsibilities
Build and manage a portfolio of 120+ high-capacity prospects; Develop tailored cultivation and solicitation strategies; Travel to designated regions to solicit gifts; Partner with faculty and colleagues on interdisciplinary opportunities; Create regional development plans; Maintain data integrity in the development system; Achieve annual fundraising goals and activity metrics
Seniority
Mid-Senior Level, hands-on IC