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Senior Director
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Position Number: 5599971
Location: Lubbock, TX
Position Type: Development and Fund Raising

Senior Director
Lubbock
38744BR
Texas Tech Office of Advancement

Position Description
Manages and directs the day to day operations of a research center/institute or medium sized department. Plans, coordinates and supervises the operation and activities of the center/institute/department. Develops and implements policies and procedures, administers the budget, organizes tasks and sets priorities.

Major/Essential Functions

Utilize data-driven strategies to enhance annual giving operations, establishing and pursuing key benchmarks that prioritize the donor experience while building a strong pipeline for future major gift donors.
Collaborate with advancement and university communication and marketing teams to integrate university messages and initiatives into annual giving campaigns effectively.
Provide leadership and training for annual giving professionals in industry best practices, facilitating the review and analysis of appeal results to continually refine and improve fundraising strategies.
Evaluate and recommend new technologies to engage TTU's diverse constituent base effectively, enhancing outreach and donor engagement efforts.
Along with leadership, develop staffing strategies aligned with long-term annual giving goals, including phased additions of staff and programmatic enhancements to support growth of the annual giving program.
Provide leadership, oversight, and direction to the leadership annual giving team, ensuring portfolio creation and annual reviewal and establishing metrics to measure performance.
Maintain a portfolio focused on 50 leadership annual giving prospects.
Adhere to procedures and best practices in documenting donor interactions, annual giving, donor engagement, stewardship, alumni relations, events, gift processing, and utilizing the donor database.

Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required, master's preferred; Six years progressively responsible management experience. Additional education beyond Bachelor's may substitute for experience on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree
6 years of experience in higher education annual giving with a proven track record of successfully leading and managing teams to achieve fundraising goals.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret fundraising data, assess campaign effectiveness, and make data-driven decisions to optimize annual giving strategies.
Strong leadership skills with experience in hiring, training, mentoring, and motivating fundraising professionals to achieve high performance and foster a collaborative team environment.
Experience with donor databases, fundraising software, and digital tools - specifically Advancement RM by Affinaquest, Marketing Cloud, ThankView, Google Ads, and Asana.

Minimum Hire Rate
5298.83

To apply, visit workattexastech.com

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.