Vice President, Management

The role reporting to the President and working closely with the Board of Trustees,the Vice President for University Advancement provides strategic leadership for the University’s ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement goals. The Vice President will act as a close partner and advisor to the President and collaborate with the University leadership on crafting a strategy and execution plan to increase annualfundraising.

The Vice President is responsible for promoting Trine externally, developing strategicpartnerships across campus and throughout the donor community, creating multi-year strategies for new donor pipelines, meeting annual fundraising goals, enhancing currentsystems, recruiting and retaining top talent, and improving alumni outreach and engagement across all schools and programs.

The Vice President leads development and alumni relations efforts on behalf of the University and will build upon fundraising successes to lead a compelling and collaborative approach for fundraising moving forward. Responsible for subject matter expertise in philanthropy and alumni engagement, the next Vice President will keep the Trineleadership and Trustees up to date on current trends, issues, problems, and activities in order to facilitate and recommend policy positions concerning development and alumniaffairs.

With excellent communication and collaboration skills, the Vice President will develop strategies, set goals, and direct activities to achieve fundraising and engagement targets.

• Embracing a campus culture that is aspirational, flexible, and focused on constantprogrammatic improvement.
• Advancing Trine’s mission, vision, and short and long-term goals by working closely with the University’s leadership in all phases of advancement and campaign activities.
• Developing and implementing a vision for the Advancement division that will keep pacewith the rapid growth of the University.
• Supporting the University’s President on major strategic initiatives and donor engagement strategies.
• Creating, directing, administering, and continuously improving development strategies,which include campaign planning and execution, as well as major gifts and plannedgifts for operational, capital, and programmatic needs to advance the strategic direction of Trine.
• Supporting Trine’s mission by securing major philanthropic gifts from alumni, corporations,foundations, friends, and partners.
• Identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding donors and managing the University’sdonor recognition and stewardship strategy.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of Trine’s fundraising capabilities and keeping the University’sTrustees and senior management informed of developments that may require changes inpolicy, staffing, or organization. This includes monitoring, evaluating, and applyingperformance measurements for development operations, systems, and capabilities, both within the central advancement operation and among fundraising teams across a highlydiverse institution.
• Overseeing the creation of annual operating plans, including program priorities, fundraisinggoals, and detailed strategies for the accomplishment of objectives.
• Collaborate closely with various university departments to ensure alignment and compliance with institutional policies, state and federal regulations, and donor intent in the management and reporting of philanthropic funds and scholarships.
• Ensure effective use of advancement data systems to track engagement, measure outcomes,and inform strategy; use data-driven insights to optimize fundraising effectiveness.
• Seamlessly joining a successful senior leadership team that is focused on sustainedgrowth and continuous improvement.
• Traveling extensively to engage with current and potential donors to increase philanthropicgiving to the University.
• Leading and managing a strong, committed, and hard-working advancement team to ensure they have the resources they need to continue their success and fulfill their full potential
• Increasing and supporting the engagement of academic leadership, deans, and facultyin fundraising and other external resource development.
• Substantially expanding the donor base…