Director of Major Gifts - Khoury College

Job Summary

As the Director of Major Gifts at Khoury College, you will build and execute the college’s fundraising strategy. Reporting to the Executive Director of Interdisciplinary Advancement, you will work with faculty and advancement staff across the university to discover, identify, and nurture relationships with prospective donors, develop cultivation strategies, and solicit gifts. The role plans, organizes, and implements Khoury’s major gifts program for alumni, parents, and friends, managing a portfolio of more than 120 prospects and soliciting gifts ranging from $100K to $1M+.

• Lead the major gifts fundraising effort and serve as the college’s content expert for Advancement.
• Cultivate, solicit, and build relationships with alumni, parents, and friends.
• Strategize with faculty and colleagues on next steps for prospects across the college and disciplines.
• Solicit gifts in the $100K–$1M+ range.
• Advise faculty, fundraising colleagues, and administrators on alumni and parent areas of interest.
• Partner with Advancement teams—including corporate and foundation relations, leadership giving, international and regional giving, gift planning, and family philanthropy—to develop interdisciplinary donor strategies.
• Travel as needed to build relationships with volunteers, prospects, and donors.

• Discover new prospects and build a pipeline to support major gift fundraising.
• Develop and manage a portfolio of approximately 120 prospects.
• Establish region‑based plans for cultivating and soliciting alumni and parents in targeted areas nationally.
• Engage faculty strategically with prospects and maintain ongoing correspondence.
• Keep leadership and stakeholders informed of funding opportunities and trends.
• Travel to strategically identified regions to support prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Achieve annual fundraising and activity metrics set by the Executive Director.

• Maintain a high‑quality development process for active alumni, parent, and friend prospects and donors.
• Create call reports and maintain database records using Development Office systems (Ascend).
• Ensure data integrity of the prospect portfolio.
• Prepare monthly prospect progress reports for the Executive Director.
• Partner with the Stewardship team to ensure donors are appropriately recognized and supported.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 6–8 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years of demonstrated success in soliciting and closing six‑ and seven‑figure gifts for a nonprofit institution.
• Demonstrated experience cultivating and soliciting alumni, parents, and friends, and maintaining positive donor relationships.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a university Advancement team.
• Data‑ and metric‑driven mindset.
• Appreciation and understanding of the mission of Northeastern University.
• Ability to travel overnight and work evenings and weekends as needed.

• Familiarity with the technology industry.
• STEM or computer science‑related educational background.

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