
Senior Director of Development, Principal Gifts, Medical Affairs
Austin, TXJob$9–12/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Director of Development, Principal Gifts, Medical Affairs advances fundraising priorities for The University of Texas Medical Center at Austin and Dell Medical School. The role manages a portfolio of 50+ prospective donors, cultivates principal gifts of $1 million or more, and aims to consistently produce $9–12 million or more annually within 24–36 months. It partners with faculty, physicians, academic leaders, and development colleagues on donor engagement and campaign goals.
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Full job description
Maintain an understanding of university, University of Texas Medical Center and Dell Medical School priorities, vision and mission.Discover, build and carry an active portfolio of 50+ prospective donors.Engage in qualification, strategy development, relationship building and closing of principal gifts at $1,000,000+ for priority areas at The University of Texas Medical Center at Austin (UTMC). Within 24-36 months, consistently produce $9-12M+ per year.Participate in goal setting, proposal preparation, strategy development, and stewardship as required for donors in the portfolio.Successfully and consistently deliver funding proposals to prospective and current donors.Effectively work with, communicate with, and collaborate with faculty, academic leaders, physicians, and other development staff to develop campus-wide funding opportunities and reach campaign goals.Track and ensure that principal gift prospects strategies are in place; when appropriate, utilize faculty and physicians and leadership.Increase engagement from high-net worth prospects and $1M+ gifts. Work with Texas Development to engage new Central Texas Wealth.Partner with faculty physicians to advance grateful patient fundraising at UTMC.Utilize a fundraising database and prospecting tools. Maintain appropriate electronic documentation on a timely basis, including engagement activities, proposal tracking, contact reports, donor strategies and forecasting.Record timely reports, letters, proposals, or gift agreements following a donor contact.Work collaboratively, proactively, and in a professional, service-oriented manner with all University development team members to further the development goals of the University.
How this job compares
Set against the 739 open Fundraising jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$9–12/hr
- US median$20–23/hr102 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $10.50/hr, is 51% below the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Fundraising hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 80 open Fundraising jobs in Texas and 739 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)41 open
- American Heart Association9 open
- Texas A&M University System5 open
- Experience
- Fundraising postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (496 postings).
- Education
- 270 of the 739 open Fundraising jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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