Associate Vice President for Development

Job Details

Job Location:

Palm Beach Atlantic University
- West Palm Beach
- West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: 4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage:
Up to 25%

Job Category:
Fundraising
- Development

In support of the university's mission and objectives, the Associate Vice President for Development serves as a strategic partner to the Executive Vice President (EVP) for Advancement in leading the university's comprehensive fundraising program. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for the Development division while fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and donor-centered philanthropy. This position leads fundraising strategy, campaign execution, stewardship, operational excellence, talent development, and cross‑campus partnerships while maintaining a select portfolio of leadership‑level prospects and advancing institutional priorities.

• Provides visionary leadership to the development team by building a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and donor‑centered fundraising.
• Oversees overall development and philanthropic efforts at PBA including prospect research, gift services, donor relations, donor communications, grants, gifts‑in‑kind, foundation and corporate relations, major gifts, planned gifts, campaign activities, and donor‑supported scholarships.
• Monitors goals across all areas and the overall fiscal year fundraising goal.
• Establishes clear expectations, measurable goals, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for every functional area measuring both fundraising outcomes and leading indicators of success.
• Develops team members as leaders and performers through coaching, mentoring, and regular accountability meetings, including by guiding them to meet established goals within their roles and departments.
• Evaluates and advances organizational effectiveness regularly and continuously improves systems, workflows, and fundraising strategies.
• Identifies areas where goals are not met to develop improvement plans within systems and departments.
• Partners across academic and administrative units aligning philanthropic priorities with institutional priorities.
• Builds strong relationships and maintains regular communication with the Provost and Deans.
• Monitors fundraising performance, strategic plan KPIs, accreditation reporting, budgets, and operational effectiveness; advises team members on the development of reports for EVP and other leadership.
• Engages donors in cultivation and stewardship activities and promotes the curation of meaningful donor experiences to be executed by the team.
• Leads giving society strategies and collaborates with the team on ideation and execution of strategies.
• Manages relationships with scholarship‑centric donors ensuring proper accounting of scholarship funds including regular reporting and stewardship.

• Maintains a portfolio of approximately 25–35 leadership‑level prospects, consistently moving relationships to a meaningful, proactive solicitation and hitting target fundraising goals for leadership prospects within the portfolio.
• Supports the EVP and President in principal and transformational gift strategies.
• Leads stewardship and engagement strategies for leadership giving societies.
• Ensures donor strategies and moves management are documented and executed consistently by team members.

• Partners closely with the EVP to execute God‑Sized Dreams Campaign initiatives, translating institutional priorities into measurable fundraising strategies.
• Provides strategic leadership in coordination with EVP and campaign consultants for campaign planning, execution, naming opportunities, reporting, and campaign communications.
• Ensures campaign reports are regularly updated to track success against goals.
• Oversees the production of proposals and donor agreements for top‑tier campaign donors, ensuring that all activities are accurately reflected and tracked in the donor CRM.
• Oversees campaign prospect research for use by campaign leadership…