Stewardship Manager (Tulsa, OK

VISION:

Transform the university through the power of generosity.

Unite donor passions with university priorities to elevate the impact of Oklahoma State University.

The Advancement Operations team contributes to the mission by translating and operationalizinghigh level strategy to ensure consistency, clarity, and accountability through intentional partnership with all OSU Foundation departments.

Develop and implement comprehensive stewardship strategies that strengthen donor relationships, enhance donor engagement and recognition, and support philanthropic growth through personalized stewardship activities, events, communications, and donor-centered initiatives.

• Manage and steward a portfolio of up to 100 donor households through personalized engagement, relationship-building, and stewardship activities designed to strengthen donor connection and long-term philanthropic support.
• Coordinate stewardship efforts related to gifts, ensuring timely donor recognition, follow-up communication, and meaningful stewardship touchpoints that enhance donor engagement.
• Prepare and manage designation anniversary reports that communicate donor impact and reinforce continued donor affinity and investment.

• Develop and execute unit-wide stewardship and engagement strategies for unmanaged donors to strengthen donor retention, increase donor connection, and create meaningful touchpoints across broader donor populations.
• Support stewardship initiatives designed to enhance donor understanding of philanthropic impact and deepen long-term engagement with the organization.
• Coordinate student-donor appreciation initiatives and related stewardship activities that foster meaningful connections between donors and student beneficiaries.
• Coordinate donor hospitality and engagement opportunities related to athletics, including football ticket invitations and suite hosting, to create personalized donor experiences and strengthen donor relationships.
• Assist with planning and execution of advisory board and volunteer group events in collaboration with the Development Operations Coordinator (DOC) and internal partners.
• Support donor-facing events and engagement opportunities that strengthen volunteer involvement, enhance donor relationships, and advance overall stewardship strategy.

Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing and communications, nonprofit management, humanities, or related fields required.

• Minimum of 2-4 years of professional experience.
• Experience in fundraising, stewardship, or donor relations preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite.
• Sense of humor and experience having fun!
• Effective Communication:Proactively ensures effective communication throughout the organization; makes relevant contributions to discussions and meetings, giving clear and concise explanations and sticking to the point; chooses language and communicationmethodto suit the audience, reframes and articulates to help others understand; asks questions to check understanding whendisseminatinginformation.
• Execution & Initiative:Motivates self and others to achieve the best results, displaying energy, drive and a desire to succeed; enlists the support of others as necessary to overcome resistance; supervises cross-functional project team execution on tasks to meet stated objectives; helps other employees’gain the skills and experience they need to contribute; proactively outlines milestones, outcomes and deliverables and effectively communicates them to internal and external stakeholders.
• Teamwork/Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Develops and nurtures formal & informal relationships with a wide circle of people beyond those involved in current activities, including potential donors, stakeholders, and information links; encourages collaboration among colleagues, departments and entire organization to achieve results; compromises, handles conflicts, seeks common ground, articulates own and others goals; stays focused on…