Sep 6th, 2024
Georgia Tech Institute for Technology
Director of Development II, College of Sciences
( Georgia | On-site )
About the Organization
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Job Description
Position Summary
The Director of Development II, College of Sciences will be an experienced and successful fundraiser responsible for leading all development activities related to the College of Sciences, including planning and implementing a coordinated program of fundraising activities in support of the College’s and School’s philanthropic priorities. The Director will use advanced relationship building skills to identify, cultivate, solicit and steward major and principal gift individual prospects, and support the strategy for corporate and foundation prospects in collaboration with central development colleagues. This position will establish and effectively manage relationships with critical, high-profile prospects for the College of Sciences providing meaningful stewardship opportunities and reporting on the annual impact to endowment donors. The Director’s role will be to design and implement strategic fundraising plans in support of the Dean’s fundraising priorities and manage special events to involve and cultivate prospects, such as the bi-annual College Advisory Board meetings. In addition, the Director will collaborate with the Dean of the College, School Chairs, Director of Alumni Engagement, and other faculty and staff leaders within the College to further philanthropic relationships. Typically, this position solicits gifts in the range of $100,000 to $5 million and manages a portfolio size (average annual fundraising accountability) of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. This position will interact on a regular basis with major and principal donors and prospective donors, and may service complex fundraising markets or regions in collaboration with regional development colleagues. The prospect pool managed is up to 150 prospects, primarily residing in the state of Georgia and will collaborate closely with regional development colleagues on cultivating prospects outside the state. This position typically will advise and counsel: Deans, school chairs, faculty, academic unit and program leadership, College advisory board members, and other development officers. This position will supervise an associate director of development who holds fundraising expectations and a senior development assistant.
Contact email for applicants lgale@boyden.com