Job Information
Case Western Reserve University Executive Director for Medical Development in Cleveland, Ohio
POSITION OBJECTIVE
The Executive Director for Medical Development has primary responsibility to provide the strategic leadership of a comprehensive advancement program for the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's highest strategic priorities that impact the school's future and national reputation. The executive director is responsible for leading the national and international leadership gifts program, which includes major and principal gift strategies and opportunities. The executive director is responsible for the development of overall fundraising plans for the strategic priorities in alignment with the overarching strategies of the School of Medicine and the university's division of university relations and development. As an experienced development professional, the executive director is expected to engage in direct face-to-face cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of donors, and collaborate with university relations and development in developing strategies for the university's fundraising, alumni, annual fund and communications programs, and plan and implement initiatives for the medical school's highest priorities, national and international development, and major and principal gifts and the annual giving program.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Serve as a member of the executive management group of the School of Medicine's development and alumni relations office. Assist with the development and implementation of strategies and plans to fulfill the school's mission. (10%)
- Work in partnership with the vice dean for development and alumni relations to develop and execute strategies targeted at the highest-level donors and prospects for the School of Medicine. (10%)
- Provide leadership on fundraising plans and strategies for the School of Medicine's highest priorities including but not limited to scholarship, research funding, professorships, and specific inter-professional initiatives. (20%)
- Develop and implement a strategic plan for the national and international development program that will encompass all areas of principal gifts, major gifts, annual giving, foundation relations corporate relations, alumni relations, special events and communications. (15%)
Manage a discreet portfolio of high-capacity prospective donors to maximize gifts from the School of Medicine's individual and foundation constituents. (10%)
NONESSENTIAL FUNCITONS
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