Director of Development, Stony Brook Medicine

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume): 
Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent or higher). Four (4) years of full-time fundraising, sales, and/or related experience. Experience working in higher education, a large non-profit, and/or a complex healthcare system. Proven record of success in cultivating relationships and securing support from individual donors, institutions, and/or clients through fundraising or sales.

Preferred Qualifications:  
One (1) additional year of full-time fundraising, sales, and/or related experience. Proven record of success in cultivating, soliciting, and closing major level ($100,000+) gifts from individual donors. Fundraising campaign experience. Contact management software experience.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Director of Development, Stony Brook Medicine (SBM) will play a key role in the fundraising efforts for Stony Brook Medicine, with a particular focus on Women’s Health Initiatives. Working closely with Advancement and Medicine leadership they will design a comprehensive fundraising plan and strategy for selected areas. The Director of Development, SBM will meet with key prospects and individual donors, cultivate relationships with them, solicit them for gifts, and manage all fundraising activities. While subject to change based on an individual development officer’s portfolio, the Director of Development, SBM will be required to meet clearly defined metrics annually.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising program. Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and/or steward prospects capable of making major ($100,000+) gifts. Steward existing donors appropriately to encourage long-term relationships. Achieve specific and measurable goals for contacts, effective portfolio management, proposals presented, and dollars raised.
• Serve as a member of the Stony Brook Advancement team, coordinating efforts with the broader work of University Advancement, participating as a professional and team member in various Advancement tasks and functions, and communicating clearly and consistently with colleagues about goals, progress, and activities.
• Engage volunteers to utilize them in the cultivation and solicitation of donors.
• Projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.
• Attend appropriate alumni, Medicine, School, and University events that present opportunities to advance prospect or donor relationships
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. This is a full-time appointment. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

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Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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