Job Description
The Assistant Dean for Development, reporting to the Associate Dean for Development, will lead a growing team of grateful patient and alumni gift officers, setting strategic direction and ensuring that ambitious fundraising goals are achieved. In this role, as a key driver of our institution’s premier donor strategies, they will pursue goal-oriented outcomes, demonstrate entrepreneurial and creative thinking, and cultivate a deep passion for the transformative impact of philanthropy on an academic medical center campus within an integrated academic health medical system. This position not only involves developing and implementing work plans to drive major and principal gift fundraising success and aligning efforts with institutional priorities but also providing guidance and oversight to a growing team. They will analyze performance metrics, prepare leadership reports, and recommend innovative strategies for growth. Additionally, they will develop a comprehensive faculty, staff, and leadership engagement program, collaborating with hospital leaders, department chairs, and directors of programs, centers, and institutes to encourage their involvement in fundraising activities and to foster a culture of philanthropy at the University of Maryland Medicine. Motivated by mission and energized by the opportunity to achieve ambitious goals, the Assistant Dean will bring a proven track record of cultivating a culture that values creativity, inclusiveness, and high performance.
UMB is a public university and constituent institution of the University System of Maryland. All employees are expected to work primarily physically within the State of Maryland.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Major & Principal Gifts Team Strategic Leadership
The Assistant Dean for Development, reporting to the Associate Dean for Development, will lead a growing team of grateful patient and alumni gift officers, setting strategic direction and ensuring that ambitious fundraising goals are achieved. In this role, as a key driver of our institution’s premier donor strategies, they will pursue goal-oriented outcomes, demonstrate entrepreneurial and creative thinking, and cultivate a deep passion for the transformative impact of philanthropy on an academic medical center campus within an integrated academic health medical system. This position not only involves developing and implementing work plans to drive major and principal gift fundraising success and aligning efforts with institutional priorities but also providing guidance and oversight to a growing team. They will analyze performance metrics, prepare leadership reports, and recommend innovative strategies for growth. Additionally, they will develop a comprehensive faculty, staff, and leadership engagement program, collaborating with hospital leaders, department chairs, and directors of programs, centers, and institutes to encourage their involvement in fundraising activities and to foster a culture of philanthropy at the University of Maryland Medicine. Motivated by mission and energized by the opportunity to achieve ambitious goals, the Assistant Dean will bring a proven track record of cultivating a culture that values creativity, inclusiveness, and high performance.
UMB is a public university and constituent institution of the University System of Maryland. All employees are expected to work primarily physically within the State of Maryland.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Major & Principal Gifts Team Strategic Leadership
- Leadership & Team Management: Provide strategic
leadership, mentorship, and oversight to a growing team of major
gift officers focused on fundraising from grateful patients,
alumni. Oversee the budget for frontline fundraising efforts.