Associate Director, Planned Giving

The Planned Giving team at MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking an Associate Director, Trusts, Estates and Planned Giving to join the Individual Giving team. The Associate Director will heavily prospect for Planned Giving donors in a designated travel territory, conceptualizing highly customized cultivation strategies for individual constituents and stakeholders to personally secure philanthropic gifts in excess of $100,000 for the institution's fundraising priorities. This specialized content expert maximizes charitable contributions through a deep understanding and application of appropriate, donor-aligned planned giving vehicles. In partnership with Major Gift colleagues, this gift officer will also assist Major Gift officers with strategy development in support of opportunities for planned and blended gifts. Additionally, this development professional will be highly adept in matching donor interests with institutional fundraising priorities. Key Functions Stakeholder Engagement (50%) : Display the ability to qualify, cultivate and solicit new donors to the institution. Display social awareness, professional etiquette, and the ability to interact and build rapport with donors, faculty and institutional leaders. Collaboration and Teaming (20%) : Actively partner with donors, peers, faculty, and divisional leadership on donor strategy development, donor strategy execution and other projects. Consultation with Critical Evaluation (20%) : Provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders utilizing subject matter expertise. Use critical evaluation skills to interpret information and make business decisions and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders. Perception and Attentiveness (10%) : Accurately assess interests of prospective donors; organize and present information in thoughtful and engaging ways, constantly shift between multiple activities and sources of information, maintain situational awareness, institutional awareness and adeptly navigate cross functional prospect teams in support of donor engagement, solicitation and stewardship plans. EDUCATION : Required: Bachelor's degree. Experience : Required: Five years direct fundraising experience. Preferred: Six or more years of professional experience in portfolio-based fundraising with experience securing six figure major gifts, preferably in a medical center setting. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.

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