Executive Director of Development, WVUCI

Job Details

Job Location:

Morgantown, WV 26507

Position Type:
Full Time

Job Category:
Health Sciences Campus/Medicine

The Executive Director of Development is the Chief Development Officer for the WVU Cancer Institute (WVUCI) and a key fundraiser for the WVU Foundation in the Medical and Health Sciences Office of Philanthropy. As the Chief Development Officer, this position exerts strategic leadership in engaging high‑potential prospects and volunteers to support the Cancer Institute’s priority funding objectives. The WVUCI is the region’s most comprehensive cancer treatment, research, and education facility, striving to become an NCI‑Designated Cancer Center.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Medical and Health Sciences Development, the Executive Director will lead a comprehensive, integrated development program and a team of three dedicated professionals, representing the WVU Cancer Institute in various venues and activities. The role partners with the Cancer Institute leadership and other hospital leadership to advance the institute’s mission.

• Philanthropic Leadership and Outreach Coordination:
  Lead and direct private philanthropic support for the WVU Cancer Institute, including leadership, major, annual, and planned giving. Coordinate outreach activities to identify and engage prospective donors through personal contact, electronic and social media, direct mail campaigns, and special events.

• Prospect Management and Personal Engagement:
  Identify, select, and manage a portfolio of 50 high‑potential prospects, focusing on leadership and major gift prospects with evaluated gift potential identified by the Foundation’s prospect research program. Emphasize face‑to‑face contact, including travel as needed, and meet quantifiable work objectives for each fiscal year.

• Program Development and Representation:
  Participate in the ongoing creation of the Foundation’s Grateful Patient, Families, and Friends Program, representing the interests of the Cancer Institute.

• Leadership Council
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with the WVUCI Leadership Council to focus on major gift prospect identification, engagement, and fundraising.

• Strategic Partnership and Reporting:
  Work closely with the Vice President of Medical and Health Sciences Development on prospect strategy, needs coordination, support functions, implementation, and progress reporting.

• Team Leadership and Relationship Building:
  Directly supervise team members, including two gift officers. Engage Cancer Institute and hospital leadership to raise private support, and develop collegial relationships with physicians, researchers, and staff.

• Fundraising Resource Optimization:
  Capitalize on all fundraising resources available through the Foundation to advance the Institute’s funding priorities and development program.

• Collaborative Fundraising and Donor Development:
  Coordinate fundraising activities and prospect management with colleagues throughout Medicine and Health Sciences and the University to develop multiple‑interest donors. Develop engagement and solicitation strategies with leadership and partners to increase productivity.

• Volunteer Engagement and Leadership Support:
  Identify, enlist, motivate, guide, and encourage volunteers to support the program, especially in major gift cultivation and solicitation. Align with the Leadership Council and lead current and future campaign committees.

• Interdependent Partnerships:
  Partner with the Office of Philanthropy and the Foundation’s central office in prospect management, communications, donor relations, corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, planned giving, and regional major gifts.

• Cultivate and Implement a Culture of Philanthropy:
  Foster a culture of…