
Assistant Director of Development, Texas McCombs
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The Assistant Director of Development supports donor, alumni, board, council, signature, and global engagement events for Texas McCombs. The role coordinates event logistics, programming, vendors, materials, and communications, and supports student engagement in New York. It also assists with event strategy and DESE-wide initiatives while partnering with stakeholders across the business school and university.
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Full job description
Key City Events:Support planning and logistics for McCombs strategic donor and alumni engagement events in McCombs key cities (e.g., New York, Dallas, Houston, London).Help manage venue coordination, catering, attendee lists and supplies.Work closely with DESE team to coordinate messaging and branding.Board and Council Events: Coordinate meeting logistics and programming for BBA Advisory Board, MBA Board, NYFM Council, WSFM Council, and other leadership groups. Collaborate with the Senior Associate Director to ensure alignment on invitations, agendas, and post-event follow-up. Support committee breakout sessions and manage event materials. Support council stewardship events and pipeline-building engagements in partnership with the Senior Associate Director. Assis with run-of-show, agenda and PowerPoint materials.Signature Events:Work closely with the Director on logistics for McCombs wide signature events.Manage timelines, vendor communications and collateral preparation.Partner with the Director on execution planning; assist with event materials and day-of support.Global Events:In collaboration with Director, coordinate logistics for global-facing engagement opportunities global city alumni engagement events.New York For McCombs Student Engagement:Plan and support studentmixers and related events to enhance the School's academic programs, student experience and community-building between New York for McCombs board members and students.Liaise with the Wall Street for McCombs academic program to support co-curricular programming that builds the student pipeline to alumni networks.Collaboration and DESE Team Support:Assist the Director with event strategy, vendor negotiations, and DESE-wide initiatives.Provide prep and staffing support to team-led events as needed.Serve as a backup for other team members during peak periods.Serve as a collaborative member of the DESE team and regularly partner with stakeholders across the School of Business, University Development, Office of the Provost, President's Office and other university groups on event operations.
How this job compares
Set against the 677 open Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$94–160K/yr21 salary ranges
- US median$28–41/hr47 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Development jobs in Texas and 677 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)29 open
- American Heart Association5 open
- Accenture4 open
- Experience
- Development postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (504 postings).
- Education
- 348 of the 677 open Development jobs (51%) 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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