Principal Gift Officer, W.P. Carey School of Business

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** Principal Gift Officer**# The Principal Gift Officer is a high impact role and a senior fundraising professional who will drive innovative philanthropic opportunities and impact through implementation, identification, and solicitation of prospective principal gift donors.  The Principal Gift Officer will execute plans across the breadth of their assigned area(s) of responsibility in support of ASU Foundation leadership and ASUD funding goals and initiatives.
** What you'll do
**** What you'll need
**** Relevant qualifications
*** Bachelor’s degree
* At least ten (10) years of successful fundraising experience
* Or any equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved
* Documented success in personally implementing sophisticated, multi-year cultivation strategies that use a relationship-building and moves management approach leading to successful gift closure
* Demonstrated ability in securing major grants and gifts from individuals, corporations, foundations, and other private funding sources including principal level gifts of $1M+
** Preferred education and experience
*** Advanced degree
* Demonstrated success in developing transformational philanthropic opportunities with successful close of multiple 7- and 8- figure gifts
* Experience working in Salesforce and Workday
** Benefits
* ** Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
* 401(k) plan with matching employer contribution
* 22 days of vacation time
* 11 holidays, including your birthday
* Parental leave
* Significant tuition reductions
* Professional development is highly valued at ASU Foundation, where employees are encouraged to look across the organization and nurture new areas of interest* $30 bi-weekly cell phone reimbursement
** About ASU Foundation
**** The ASU Foundation
** fosters partnerships between ASU and like-minded individuals, corporations and foundations who believe in ASU’s mission and provide resources for ASU to manifest its charter into meaningful impact. These partnerships empower ASU to advance student access, serve our community, protect the planet, create equity in higher education and conduct research for the public good.
** At the ASU Foundation we value
**** Character
* * We prioritize character and integrity in every decision and action, establishing trust as the foundation of all that we do.
** Service
* * We are dedicated to serving our students, donors, communities, and colleagues by fostering support and collaboration to ensure that our efforts are impactful.
** Innovation
* * Innovation drives us to create meaningful opportunities and solutions, helping every member of our global community achieve meaningful outcomes.
* Creates and leads a coordinated program of fundraising and engagement activities designed to increase the number and level of principal gift donors; sets direction and approach in partnership with ASU leader’s vision in assigned area(s) of responsibility
* Manages a personal principal gift donor/prospect portfolio with a primary focus on securing gifts at or above the $1,000,000 level and a personal fundraising goal of at least $5M in accordance with performance metrics
* Develops and executes strategies to involve school leaders, alumni, friends, and volunteers to identify and cultivate new individual, corporate, institutional and/or foundation prospects on behalf of assigned area(s) of responsibility
* Guided by the direction and scope of a prospect’s interest, collaborates with various faculty, institute/center directors, and unit-based and foundation-based fundraisers to leverage the maximum philanthropic potential of a prospect
* Guides the direction of written proposals, white papers, strategic plans, budgets, and other collateral materials as needed for securing significant ($1M+) philanthropic investments
* High level of collaboration with both internal departments and broader University partners to identify common goals and develop, execute, and advance prospect and donor strategies and increase participation among high profile volunteers and donors (i.e., alumni engagement, annual giving,…