Executive Director for Annual Giving
- Employer
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Jan 6, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Development & Advancement
- Employment Level
- Administrative
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR ANNUAL GIVING
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Carnegie Mellon
University in the search for an Executive Director for Annual
Giving.
Reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Advancement
Communications and Marketing for University Advancement, the
Executive Director will serve as the strategic leader for annual
giving across Carnegie Mellon University. The Executive Director
will demonstrate extensive experience with executing visionary
annual giving programs at the university level that meet ambitious
quantitative objectives. Well versed in industry best practices,
the Executive Director will lead a central Annual Giving team
focused on direct marketing (mail and email), Telefund,
crowdfunding, and special initiatives, including Giving Tuesday,
for constituent groups including alumni, parents, faculty, staff,
students, and friends of the university.
The Executive Director will work collaboratively with other members
of the Advancement Marketing and Communications team, as well as
colleagues across the University Advancement division and in the
university’s colleges and schools. Serving as a strong
collaborative partner, advisor, and mentor to staff across the
university with annual giving responsibilities, the Executive
Director will be responsible for developing a transformative vision
for the program across the university to meet goals for increased
retention and acquisition of donors, and a strengthened pipeline of
donors, with emphasis on support from undergraduate alumni.
Carnegie Mellon University has been a birthplace of innovation
since its founding as an engineering and fine arts school in 1900.
It has soared to national and international leadership in higher
education and research, especially since 1967 when the Carnegie
Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute for
Industrial Research to form Carnegie Mellon University. CMU made an
early commitment to computer science and information technology,
where the university continues to advance discovery and impact. CMU
is renowned for its blend of technical rigor and creativity, for
its commitment to solving real-world problems, and for its strength
in interdisciplinary collaboration. Carnegie Mellon is ranked as
27th among global research universities, according to the Times
Higher Education World University rankings, 26th in U.S.
News and World Report, and 20th in The Wall Street
Journal/Times Higher Education U.S. College rankings.
Its alumni have earned distinction around the globe.
In a world that continues to struggle with bias and inequality of
opportunity, Carnegie Mellon University strives to better represent
the variety of the human condition, and to better support all
students, faculty, and staff. As a community devoted to rigorous
analysis and creative approaches to real-world problems, CMU has
both the tools and the responsibility to address these challenges.
It will continue to cultivate a welcoming culture, improve
programs, recruit and retain world-class talent, and become a
leader and champion for best practices. This is core to its
mission.
A bachelor's degree is required for this position with preference
for marketing, as is at least 7 to 10 years of related experience
and at least 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role in
managing annual giving programs within a university setting that
achieve quantitative goals. All applications must be accompanied by
a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters must be responsive to the
mission of Carnegie Mellon University and the position of Executive
Director for Annual Giving.
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