Description
Santa Clara University is hiring a Senior Director for Development for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics to manage and cultivate approximately 125 major-gift prospects, including alumni, donors, and friends. The role leads qualification, cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, planned-giving coordination, proposal development, CRM tracking, and performance reporting, while collaborating with university and center leadership. It requires a bachelor's degree, at least eight years of related professional experience, and three years of direct major-gift fundraising experience, with a verifiable track record of raising $1,500,000 or more annually. The position offers a hybrid work schedule with a 3:2 office-to-home ratio and requires frequent travel to constituent meetings.
