Senior Director of Development , University Development and Alumni Relations

Senior Director of Development (0463U), University Development and Alumni Relations #89440 About Berkeley

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University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) increases support for and enhances knowledge of UC Berkeley through communications, public outreach, and fundraising. The department is responsible for centralized fundraising and donor engagement and works to strengthen unit development offices by consulting and partnering with campus fundraisers. University Development and Alumni Relations also handles a range of central activities and services encompassing events, communications, stewardship, prospect development, gift management, database management, and more.

Within UDAR, the Principal Gifts & Strategic Initiatives (PGSI) team works with members of the campus community to build and advance life-long relationships between principal gift donors and Berkeley. We assist Berkeleys chancellor and other campus leaders in engaging these individuals as partners, according to their interests and expertise, with the universitys mission and priorities. By doing so, we help the worlds leading philanthropists achieve their dreams through partnerships with the university, and we help advance Berkeleys highest goals and aspirations.

When Berkeley marked the successful conclusion of the Light the Way Campaign, exceeding our $6 billion goal to raise $7.37 billion, it was the largest campaign total in history for any public university and for any university without a medical school. As we look to the future, it is now more important than ever to build relationships with alumni and friends who have the dedication and capacity to make a transformational difference s position will be part of a high-performing team of fundraisers and development professionals who play a vital role in transformational philanthropic partnership with the campus.

The Senior Director of Development is an expert fundraising professional in UDAR in the area of principal gifts, responsible for developing and delivering fundraising programs that support the highest priorities of the University and the Chancellor. This position manages a portfolio of the most influential, complex and/or highest rated donors to campus and serves as a campus leader in building and stewarding donor relationships and crafting solicitations strategies based on campus priorities, donor capacity and interest.

The Senior Director of Development qualifies, cultivates, solicits and stewards high net-worth individuals.…