Stewardship & Recognition Director

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

3d•$107,400 - $150,400

About The Position

The Stewardship and Recognition Director provides strategic leadership for benefactor relations strategies to advance Mayo Clinic’s fundraising priorities, administer complex gifts and deepen key relationships. This role leads and oversees the stewardship and recognition lifecycle for large and transformational gifts within their portfolios, ensuring an exceptional, innovative, high-touch customized benefactor experience while honoring benefactor intent and advancing institutional priorities. Ensures all stewardship and recognition strategies are grounded in a cultivation mindset, intentionally designed to strengthen relationships, deepen engagement, and support long-term philanthropic partnerships. This may include developing benefactor-specific pre-gift and post-gift stewardship and recognition strategies; operationalizing new large and/or complex gifts in partnership with funding area stakeholders; and ensuring accountability, allocation oversight and timely impact reporting in alignment with benefactor intent. Partners closely with Development staff, including gift officers, to proactively plan and manage benefactor relationships, align expectations, and support solicitation and stewardship strategies throughout the gift lifecycle. Acquires and maintains knowledge and fluency of Mayo Clinic’s business strategy, fundraising strategy and top fundraising priorities, and translates this knowledge into informed stewardship and recognition recommendations for department and executive leadership. Contributes to solicitation strategies for complex gifts and reviews gift agreements. Leads through influence and convenes interdisciplinary teams, including campaign administration, events, communications, creative, digital, data and technology services, finance and facilities to implement creative and innovative ideas that advance excellence, improve operational practices, and enhance the benefactor experience. Leads problem solving and decision-making activities; develops documentation for stewardship and recognition best practices, processes and procedures; and delivers training to colleagues. Maintains and promotes an enterprise perspective in all activities.

Requirements

Strategic leadership for benefactor relations
Administer complex gifts
Deepen key relationships
Oversee stewardship and recognition lifecycle for large and transformational gifts
Develop benefactor-specific pre-gift and post-gift stewardship and recognition strategies
Operationalize new large and/or complex gifts
Ensure accountability, allocation oversight and timely impact reporting
Partner with Development staff and gift officers
Acquire and maintain knowledge of Mayo Clinic’s business strategy, fundraising strategy and top fundraising priorities
Contribute to solicitation strategies for complex gifts
Review gift agreements
Lead through influence
Convene interdisciplinary teams
Lead problem solving and decision-making activities
Develop documentation for stewardship and recognition best practices, processes and procedures
Deliver training to colleagues
Maintain and promote an enterprise perspective

Responsibilities

Provides strategic leadership for benefactor relations strategies to advance Mayo Clinic’s fundraising priorities, administer complex gifts and deepen key relationships.
Leads and oversees the stewardship and recognition lifecycle for large and transformational gifts within their portfolios.
Ensures an exceptional, innovative, high-touch customized benefactor experience while honoring benefactor intent and advancing institutional priorities.
Ensures all stewardship and recognition strategies are grounded in a cultivation mindset, intentionally designed to strengthen relationships, deepen engagement, and support long-term philanthropic partnerships.
Develops benefactor-specific pre-gift and post-gift stewardship and recognition strategies.
Operationalizes new large and/or complex gifts in partnership with funding area stakeholders.
Ensures accountability, allocation oversight and timely impact reporting in alignment with benefactor intent.
Partners closely with Development staff, including gift officers, to proactively plan and manage benefactor relationships, align expectations, and support solicitation and stewardship strategies throughout the gift lifecycle.
Acquires and maintains knowledge and fluency of Mayo Clinic’s business strategy, fundraising strategy and top fundraising priorities, and translates this knowledge into informed stewardship and recognition recommendations for department and executive leadership.
Contributes to solicitation strategies for complex gifts and reviews gift agreements.
Leads through influence and convenes interdisciplinary teams, including campaign administration, events, communications, creative, digital, data and technology services, finance and facilities to implement creative and innovative ideas that advance excellence, improve operational practices, and enhance the benefactor experience.
Leads problem solving and decision-making activities.
Develops documentation for stewardship and recognition best practices, processes and procedures.
Delivers training to colleagues.
Maintains and promotes an enterprise perspective in all activities.