Campaign Director

Florida Institute of Technology

11d

About The Position

The Campaign Director is a strategic, results‑driven fundraiser responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing Florida Tech’s Empower Tomorrow comprehensive campaign. This role participates in cross‑functional efforts—major gifts, annual giving, community engagement, corporate/foundation relations, planned giving, communications, finance, and events—to maximize donor engagement and philanthropic impact. The Campaign Director collaborates with the VP of Philanthropy to develop the campaign strategy and infrastructure, manages timelines and budgets, drives data‑informed decisions, and ensures disciplined follow‑through on cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, recognition, and pledge fulfillment. The role partners with Florida Tech senior leadership and the Campaign Cabinet to accelerate fundraising toward aspirational goals and to implement processes that enhance productivity and efficiency across the campaign.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Communications, Marketing, Nonprofit Management, or related field); advanced degree preferred.
• 5–8+ years of progressively responsible fundraising experience (experience in higher education preferred), including major gifts and capital/comprehensive campaign execution
• 3+ years’ experience in campaign management preferred); track record of planning and achieving short‑ and long‑term goals

Responsibilities

• Campaign Strategy, Planning & Governance: Manage the comprehensive campaign plan (phasing, goals, case for support, timeline, budget, milestones, metrics), aligned with Florida Tech’s mission and fundraising priorities. Establish and facilitate the Campaign Cabinet; coordinate agendas, task assignment, and decision logs; provide regular progress analyses to leadership. Build and refine campaign infrastructure, processes, and dashboards to implement priorities, measure outcomes, and create efficiencies across teams.
• Pipeline Development, Portfolio Management & Gift Strategy: Lead prospect identification, qualification, and segmentation across alumni, parents, friends, corporations, and foundations; partner with advancement services and gift officers to build robust pipelines. Drive customized cultivation and solicitation strategies for principle and major gifts, including coordinated visits, proposals, and presentations; coach staff and volunteers on best practices. Develop donor relations matrices and tailored engagement plans for high‑value donors and affinity segments.
• Campaign Communications, Collateral & Recognition: Collaborate with Marketing/Communications to enhance campaign collateral, service‑line and initiative funding narratives, and multi-channel content (print, web, email, social, video). Ensure brand alignment and message cadence. Coordinate leadership briefings, volunteer toolkits, and talking points; maintain a cyclical messaging strategy that demonstrates donor impact. Implement stewardship plans, naming/recognition policies, and gift acknowledgment processes in partnership with Advancement Services.
• Data, Analytics, Reporting & Pledge Management: Maintain campaign dashboards (activity, pipeline, dollars raised, pledges, redemption rates, donor retention); deliver weekly/monthly analytics to drive course corrections. Monitor pledge redemption; partner with Advancement Services and Finance to ensure timely recording, reconciliation, and compliance with gift acceptance and campaign counting policies. Ensure accurate data entry and hygiene into Raiser’s Edge and other necessary systems for portfolio tracking and reporting.
• Cross‑Functional & Volunteer Leadership: Serve as a collaborative coach and mentor to colleagues in coordination with the VP of Philanthropy; convene regular check‑ins to share insights, track progress, and adjust strategies. Recruit, brief, and support volunteer leaders; manage meeting prep, follow‑up, and prospect review sessions. Partner with University Events & Protocol to design cultivation and recognition experiences that authentically connect donors to Florida Tech’s mission and impact.
• Stewardship & Planned Giving Coordination: Segment donors and create engagement calendars to convert sporadic donors to regular and major donors; elevate philanthropic priorities among key constituencies. Coordinate with gift officers to identify prospects, support gift proposals, and ensure appropriate documentation and follow‑through for complex gifts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees