Assistant Vice President for Development
About The Position
The Vice President for University Advancement, Derek Berger, seeks a senior development leader to lead the gift officer team through The Campaign for Wentworth, a comprehensive campaign organized around four priorities: student access and success, next-generation learning, campus spaces, and unrestricted support through the Wentworth Fund. The campaign is currently in its quiet phase, with a public launch planned for 2029 and completion in 2031, and this is the campaign the next AVP will carry to the finish, contributing to the strategy, prospect readiness, and leadership giving that position it to go public, then leading the team toward the close. The AVP serves as the Vice President's senior partner on fundraising strategy. The team has produced back-to-back record fundraising years; what this role adds is reach. The AVP engages at a level of seniority that generates opportunities the team can develop and close, and converts an untapped industry pipeline built through more than fifty years of co-op relationships in life sciences, technology, construction, and real estate.
Requirements
- 10+ years of frontline fundraising experience with a demonstrated history of closing major gifts
- Direct participation in a comprehensive campaign at the $50M level or above
- Experience managing a development team during a campaign
- Experience with principal gift strategies at the seven-figure level and above
- Strong working knowledge of moves management, pipeline development, and CRM systems such as Slate
- Ability to analyze fundraising data and use metrics to drive program decisions
Responsibilities
- Lead the gift officer team, spanning major gifts, leadership gifts, and industry, foundation, and government partnerships
- Carry a personal portfolio of major and principal gift prospects
- Partner with the Vice President and President on the university's most transformational donor relationships
- Hold the team accountable using pipeline data, portfolio metrics, and performance indicators, with a regular cadence of moves-management reviews
- Develop gift officers into Wentworth's next generation of advancement leaders through direct coaching
- Steward gift-acceptance and naming decisions across a 10-year Institutional Master Plan with naming potential at every level of the gift table
Benefits
- comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- retirement plan participation
- generous leave
- the full range of university benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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