Senior Director of Development, Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy

Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. Caltech's extraordinary faculty and students are expanding understanding of the universe and inventing the technologies of the future, with research interests from quantum science and engineering to bioinformatics and the nature of life itself, from human behavior and economics to energy and sustainability.

Caltech is small but prizes excellence and ambition. The contributions of Caltech's faculty and alumni have earned national and international recognition, including 40 Nobel Prizes. The institute manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of the solar system and quantify changes on Earth; owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as the Seismological Laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W.

M. Keck Observatories; and cofounded and comanages LIGO, which, in 2016, observed gravitational waves for the first time.

The purpose of Advancement and Alumni Relations (AAR) is to foster a thriving and engaged community of support for Caltech. By connecting the people who share and support Caltech's mission and values, we will ensure the Institute receives the necessary resources to achieve Caltech's aspirations and sustain its excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship in perpetuity.

Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Individual Giving, the Senior Director of Development for Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (SDOD, PMA) manages and executes the major and principal gift fundraising for the Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA)  an individual contributor, the SDOD provides leadership in fundraising to advance the mission and goals of the Division and the Institute. The SDOD will collaborate broadly with campus and academic leadership, Advancement and Alumni Relations colleagues, faculty, and volunteer councils to ensure strategic coordination and integration of Division funding priorities across the Institute.

The SDOD, PMA will be personally responsible for a portfolio of donors affiliated with the Division, interdisciplinary institutes, and centers associated with the Division, as well as Institute wide funding priorities.

• Execute the Division's major and principal gift fundraising plan engaging established and prospective donors, building a major and principal gift pipeline, collaborating with faculty members, organizing events, and performing other activities to promote and achieve the fundraising goals of PMA and the Institute.
• Collaborate with the Assistant Vice President of Individual Giving;
  Vice President for AAR, PMA Division Chair, and others to develop, direct and implement all aspects of the Division's development program.
• Consult with the PMA Division Chair to identify the Division's fundraising goals, including the Division's priorities, and develop a comprehensive plan to meet those goals.
• Work with PMA Division Chair to build and manage the Chair's Council, a group of key volunteers for PMA. Create meaningful engagement opportunities for the Council that strengthen the commitment of Council members to PMA and ultimately lead to increased support for PMA priorities.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of PMA, its programs and priorities to leverage emergent opportunities within the framework of the Division's and the Institute's strategic development priorities.
• Actively identify and manage a portfolio of major and principal gift prospects and develop and implement donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies.
• Represent PMA to development stakeholders (donors, parents, alumni, faculty, Associates, students, campus leadership, etc.) and ensure the involvement of stakeholders in supporting PMA and contributing to the direction of its development function. Build strong relationships with donors and prospects, faculty, alumni and volunteers.
• Work with Advancement Communications to create a…