Senior Prospect Development Analyst

OhioHealth • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

Reporting to the Advisor – Prospect Development and Research, the Senior Prospect Development Analyst is an integral contributor to the prospect research and data analytics department for the OhioHealth Foundation. By conducting prospect research on current donors as well as identifying new donors, the Analyst informs and enhances fundraising strategies, contributing to pipeline development across the Foundation. This role focuses on detecting, verifying, and synthesizing information that is easily understandable by the end user.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in prospect research, donor cultivation strategy, development, or management within healthcare, higher education, nonprofit, or philanthropic institutions.
• Experience in fundraising strategies, donor relations, and managing donor pipelines.
• Demonstrated proficiency in using Blackbaud systems (preferably Raiser’s Edge NXT and ResearchPoint) and data analytics tools to drive decision-making and strategy.
• Ability to analyze, synthesize and organize data, and present findings in a comprehensible manner for different audiences.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to be detail-oriented and thorough; skilled at anticipating and preventing potential problems and handling a wide variety of tasks with efficiency and accuracy.
• Strong commitment to a quality work product.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate verbally, in writing and electronically.
• Effective interpersonal skills as evidenced in the ability to collaborate with a variety of constituencies.
• Demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, inclusion & diversity.
• Demonstrated skill in adapting to and performing work effectively in high-volume, high accountability, confidential environment with multiple and changing priorities.
• Effective organizational, logistical, time management and planning skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects simultaneously, prioritize and fulfill the functions of an office in a timely manner.
• Ability to self-motivate and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Assess necessary components of prospect research with internal and external resources, including but not limited to, gift capacity, relationships, stock holdings, and affiliation.
• Prepare briefing requests and deliverables, ensuring high-quality and comprehensive requests for events, gift officer travel, presidential and board requests, and gift review committees.
• Conduct due diligence background checks on potential donors to ensure alignment with the institution's mission and culture, and to mitigate any potential risks.
• Manage and track prospect research requests and complete in a timely manner.
• Lead prospect strategy, portfolio review, and moves management meetings with fundraisers to ensure comprehensive qualification efforts and healthy portfolio churn.
• Help interpret advanced data visualizations and predictive models to assist gift officers and enhance fundraising efforts.
• Utilize tools such as PowerBI to create dynamic dashboards and reports that provide actionable insights and support strategic decision-making in prospect identification and donor engagement.
• Follow standards for data entry, prospect tracking, and reporting to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance across the team.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in database management and analytics, building and documenting the database to support prospect development in partnership with the Sr. Database Administrator and Director, Foundation Operations and the Advisor, Prospect Development and Research.
• Oversee data hygiene practices for prospect research data points.
• Utilize prospect screening tools to ensure appropriate portfolio composition for all gift officers, collaborating with Foundation leaders to grow portfolio coverage.
• As the Foundation transitions into the next comprehensive campaign, support the development of priority-specific prospect pools and conduct in-depth research to identify and qualify potential donors, ensuring alignment with campaign objectives.
• Leverage advanced tools such as ResearchPoint, and Kindsight (formerly iWave)—to enhance prospect research capabilities and optimize campaign planning and execution.
• As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties.
• The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time.

Benefits

• We are a unique organization in the healthcare field.
• Our model system of facilities encompasses a wide scope of expertise and care.
• For professionals, we are a place where people committed to doing their best are given the tools and resources to accomplish our mission every single day.
• OhioHealth is recognized as a Great Place to Work CertifiedTM organization.
• The Great Place to Work® is a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures.
• This recognition is one measure of our success in achieving a part of our vision ̶ to be an organization "where people want to work."

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior