Assistant Vice President and Chief of Staff

Department

BSD DEV - Development

Medicine and Biological Sciences Development’s mission is to inspire and facilitate philanthropy at the University of Chicago Medicine by building relationships with those who share its goals of advancing excellence in research, education, community, and patient care. We accomplish this mission through expertise, integrity, creativity, and collaboration.

Reporting to the Vice President & Associate Dean for Medical and Biological Sciences Development, the Assistant Vice President & Chief of Staff serves as a senior strategic leader for fundraising, operations, and organizational initiatives supporting UChicago Medicine’s philanthropic mission and the newly launched Chicago Minds Campaign. In addition to their own major gifts portfolio, the position manages teams and oversees core functions such as research, analytics, donor relations, outreach, and marketing, and leads affiliate hospital and international fundraising to expand engagement and success.

As part of the Executive Leadership Team, they collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to advance campaign goals, including participation on the Board of Trustees Development Committee. The role requires sophisticated leadership, strategic analysis, and relationship-building across the University, health system, and community to achieve ambitious fundraising and organizational objectives.

• Reporting to the Vice President & Associate Dean for Medical and Biological Sciences Development, the Assistant Vice President & Chief of Staff serves as a senior strategic leader for fundraising, operations, and organizational initiatives supporting UChicago Medicine’s philanthropic mission and the newly launched Chicago Minds Campaign.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Vice President, helping drive fundraising performance, campaign execution, principal gift strategy, and organizational effectiveness across MBSD. In addition to their own major gifts portfolio, the Assistant Vice President oversees core functional areas including: strategic research, analytics, & donor relations; outreach engagement; and marketing & communications.
• Leads and executes two critical components of the organization’s comprehensive development strategy: providing strategic direction and support to affiliate hospital fundraising programs and partnering with the medical center’s international programs to advance philanthropic engagement and growth. The Assistant Vice President will drive program development, foster collaboration, and identify opportunities to expand fundraising success across both areas.
• As a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), collaborates closely with senior university and medicine leadership, faculty, trustees, campaign volunteers, and advancement professionals to advance philanthropic priorities and support health and medicine’s goal of raising $2B during the campaign.
• Manages complex initiatives, builds high-performing teams, navigates a highly matrixed academic medical environment, and represents the Vice President in interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Participates on the UChicago Medicine Board of Trustees Development Committee.
• Collaborates with University Advancement, monitors progress toward meeting goals and achieving benchmarks, and analyzes data produced by their research and analytics team.
• Manages and executes other special projects on behalf of the Vice President in priority areas as requested, contributing strategy, critical thinking, and analysis, and may lead or participate on project teams, such as grateful patient programs and/or faculty training.
• Develops and maintains a broad understanding of the UChicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, and the broader University in order to represent the University to a variety of stakeholders. Holds a deep appreciation for its mission, its science, and its contributions to society; forming and maintaining productive and positive relationships with the EVP/Dean of the Medical Center, administrative staff of the University, and President of the UCM Health System, civic leaders,…