DepartmentARD Regional Advancement and Individual Giving (East Coastl)About the DepartmentAlumni Relations and Development (ARD) engages alumni (~220k), current students, parents, and friends of the University through intellectual, professional and social activities on campus, around the world and online. ARD raises $600 Million annually to support faculty and researchers, practitioners and patients, and students and programs across the University. Our work supports priorities in every division, school, department, and institute. The Regional Advancement and Individual Giving Team, comprised of four distinct regionally focused teams: West, Central, East, and Global, leads comprehensive and collaborative campus-wide strategies and programs that deeply engage the UChicago community with a focus on raising significant philanthropic support for the University's top priorities, academic units, and faculty and students. The team works closely with university and academic leadership, academic divisions, and colleagues across ARD, and is responsible for developing, executing, and coordinating the university's strategic regional advancement program with a goal of significantly growing philanthropic activity and building a robust and sustainable donor pipeline through curated meaningful engagement opportunities.Job SummaryThis role manages programs designed to meet University fundraising goals for contributed income. Serves as strategist of efforts to secure gifts and build relationships with alumni, faculty, administrators and organizations with potential to make gifts. Develops communication strategies for projects.Plans and implements strategies for a coordinated program of fundraising and engagement activities for the East Coast. Identify, cultivate and solicit alumni, parents and friends who have the capacity to make financial commitments $100,000 and up. Responsible for developing and implementing tailored engagement plans for a portfolio of assigned prospects.ResponsibilitiesIdentifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards alumni, parents and friends who have the capacity to make financial commitments of $100K-$4.9M to the University of Chicago.Develops and implements compelling engagement strategies to inspire high net worth individuals to maximize their philanthropic engagement with the University.Develops and manages a portfolio of major gift prospects (100-140), building philanthropic relationships benefitting a wide range of the University's nits, schools and divisions.Builds and manages a prospect pipeline that could yield as much as 24 major gift solicitations, and $3 million in booked gift commitments at steady state.Achieves personal fundraising and activity metrics around visits, qualifications, and solicitations.As a generalist fundraiser, builds knowledge and represents University history, programs, priorities, initiatives, and impact.Builds internal relationships with colleagues throughout Alumni Relations and Development and the University in support of advancement goals.Contributes to development and execution of regional philanthropic community building strategy. Develops regional expertise and serves as an advisor on regional engagement to internal partners. Serves as general representative of the University at alumni events and other regional activities.Provides scheduled and ad hoc updates to manager and senior leaders on progress and strategies and enter timely contact reports.Seeks opportunities for professional development that will enhance job performance including attending webinars, seminars, building networks within the University and with colleagues at peer institutions.Establishes fundraising goals and priorities based on department objectives, designs strategies to meet those goals, and monitors progress against goals.Identifies, analyzes, and qualifies donor interest to maximize giving. Helps with overall planning efforts for the University's most important prospects. Works independently to d