Assistant Vice Chancellor Development

Position Overview

The Assistant Vice Chancellor (AVC) for Development reports to the Vice Chancellor for Advancement and serves on the CU Boulder Advancement leadership team. Leveraging deep expertise in higher education, development, philanthropy, leadership, and management, the AVC pursues and achieves CU Boulder Advancement’s ambitious fundraising and engagement goals. Specifically, the AVC is responsible for strategic oversight, leadership, and goal‑setting for programmatic areas including parent giving and campus‑wide programs, industry and foundation relations, and the teams that support the twelve campus institutes.

The AVC also serves as the CU Boulder Advancement leader liaising with CU System to ensure the success of a campus‑embedded gift‑planning team, and coordinates with university and fellow Advancement leaders to support chancellor fundraising initiatives and comprehensive campaign strategy.

• Supports the development and oversight of fundraising and engagement strategies and operational plans for AVC alignment: parent giving and campus‑wide programs, chancellor initiatives, industry and foundation relations, campus institutes, and gift planning.
  • Oversees parent giving and fundraising for campus‑wide programs, including support for fundraising and engagement efforts for the Division of Enrollment Management, Division of Student Life, and Office of Undergraduate Education, with a focus on campus fundraising priorities, revenue productivity, and effective stewardship and engagement.
  • Partners with VC for Advancement to develop and deploy fundraising strategies for select Chancellor initiatives.
  • Oversees Advancement’s campus‑wide Industry and Foundation relations team leveraging campus, community, public‑private partner (P3), and government relationships to increase strategic partnerships and maximize support of CU Boulder’s key research and education areas.
  • Oversees the advancement teams supporting the twelve campus institutes, with a focus on campus fundraising priorities, revenue productivity, and effective stewardship and engagement.
  • Serves as primary CU Boulder Advancement leadership liaison to CU System Advancement’s Gift Planning team to ensure alignment with CU Boulder Advancement’s fundraising and engagement goals.
• Monitors and significantly contributes toward alignment and division‑wide fundraising and engagement goals.
• Focuses on achieving aligned outcomes by consulting with campus leadership, such as provost, vice chancellors, vice provosts, and other leaders engaged in the AVC portfolio, including the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation (Dean of the Institutes), Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Vice Chancellor for Student Life, Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Financial Services, and Director of Scholarship Services, among others.
• Aligns campus‑wide campaign efforts with unit‑specific efforts.
• In consultation with unit‑based leaders, establishes and adheres to annual operating budgets and ensures programs operate fiscally prudently and productively.

• Manages a small portfolio of principal gifts ($3M+) and major gifts ($50K+) prospects; the portfolio defined by the AVC.
• Identifies, leads, and pursues fundraising strategies aligned with institutional priorities and campaign goals.
• Partners with Advancement and campus leadership to define annual and multi‑year fundraising goals at the unit and campus level. Identifies opportunities to grow philanthropic revenue through integrated approaches.
• Pursues innovative development strategies, monitoring and deploying industry trends to maximize revenue opportunities for the campus.

• Manages and mentors advancement leaders overseeing units within AVC alignment (4–8 direct/indirect reports).
• Partners closely with campus and system leaders to provide direct reports, indirect reports, and liaison relationships with feedback, support annual performance review processes, identify career growth opportunities, recognize and reward productivity and alignment to campus/division/unit‑based…