Job Summary
Join Wisconsin Athletics in leading one of the most passionate and proud letterwinner groups in college sports - the W Club, home to over 10,000 living alumni. We're seeking a strong, seasoned strategic leader who can connect across generations, turn ideas into action, and bring initiatives to life. This leader will guide traditions like the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame, Homecoming, and lead the W Club board by engaging alumni in target markets, and welcoming them back to Madison to…
celebrate and honor the enduring legacy of being a Badger.
This position is about turning vision into reality through storytelling, relationships, and creating meaningful opportunities for letterwinners to stay connected for life. You'll help alumni celebrate their history while building a shared vision for the future, advancing priorities such as supporting a life changing student-athlete opportunity and building the brand of Wisconsin Athletics nationally. If you can inspire pride, foster connection, and carry forward the belief that Once a Badger, Always a Badger, we want you on our team.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
- Assists in the development of strategic planning initiatives and objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with the strategic plan
- Assists in the development and implementation of alumni relations goals and operating policies and procedures to promote alumni impact and fundraising activities in alignment with the strategic plan
- Serves as the subject matter expert regarding alumni campaign strategies and performance goals
- Develops, implements, and monitors communication and branding campaigns and programs
- Identifies, develops, and monitors staff performance and goals
