Senior Major Gift Officer, Penn Engineering

Hybrid Eligible

School Eng & Applied Sciece - 107 Towne

Full time

JR

University Overview

The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.

As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America's Best Large Employers in 2023.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

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Senior Major Gift Officer, Penn Engineering

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Major Gifts Officer Senior

Job Description Summary

Penn Engineering's world-acclaimed faculty, state-of-the-art research laboratories and highly interdisciplinary curricula offer an experience that is unparalleled. Innovation and technology drive every program and transform the fundamentals of what future engineers are learning. http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Penn Engineering is seeking an accomplished, strategic, and collaborative development professional to serve as a Senior Major Gift Officer covering international territories. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with and contribute to a highly successful development and alumni relations team, an engaged Dean and Board, and a committed and involved community consisting of alumni, parents, faculty and friends.

As part of a team of experienced fundraisers, the Senior Major Gifts Officer reports to the Director of Development. This position manages the identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of assigned prospects with the giving ability of $100,000 and above.

The position will focus primarily on Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, and China) and India, with other potential regions assigned, and is responsible for designing, planning, and implementing a major gifts plan that proactively extends the reach of Penn Engineering internationally to expand Engineering's prospect base and build the donor pipeline. The role is also responsible for developing and maintaining regional knowledge, including an understanding of fundraising practices, philanthropic trends, and cultural norms that influence donor engagement in assigned markets.

At the Senior Major Gifts Officer level, the role carries a higher degree of independence in developing and executing fundraising strategies, managing complex prospect relationships, and advancing high level cultivation and solicitation efforts. The position represents Penn Engineering in key international markets and works closely with School leadership, faculty, volunteers, alumni, and colleagues across the School and the University to advance institutional priorities.

The position requires the willingness and ability to travel extensively throughout the year, sometimes for up to two weeks at a time, and to varied countries in a single trip. Availability to work some weekends and evenings is also required.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

+ Manage a top-tier portfolio of approximately 150 donors and prospects, executing comprehensive moves management-including identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship-to develop and advance a robust pipeline of high-level gift prospects.

+ Develop strategies for and conduct identification, qualification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship visits with donors and prospects with giving capacity ratings of $100,000 or more.

+ Meet mutually agreed-upon annual goals for core role responsibilities, including donor and prospect visits,…