Senior Director of Development for Strategic Initiatives
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The Senior Director of Development for Strategic Initiatives coordinates transformational giving priorities and supports fundraising strategy, planning, and execution at the University of Texas at Austin. The role connects fundraising teams and campus partners, tracks major-gift proposals and donor action items, and develops content and tools for university initiatives and donor conversations.
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Coordinate biweekly Transformational Giving meeting agendas and outline actionable next steps for the leadership team, serving as a key connector across the UDO fundraising team and the CSU campus partners.Work with the Transformational Giving Leadership Team in determining fundraising priorities related to transformational gift conversations and assist the Transformational Giving on transformational gifts strategy and developing playbooks for all Transformational and Presidential gift prospects. Track and follow-up on key next steps and action items for donors to ensure timely execution.Collaborate with UDO leadership to identify intersections between UTs strategic plan priorities and fundraising needs and operationalize within Texas Development.With the guidance from Executive Director for Campus Partnerships, advance strategic planning and content development for high-priority university initiatives, connecting UTs strategic plan priorities to actionable fundraising opportunities within Texas Development.Work with Transformational Giving Leadership Team to build and maintain an accessible database to track $5M+ open, closed, and pending proposals, enabling the fundraising team to conduct informed weekly reviews and maintain real-time visibility into the transformational giving pipeline.Support the Transformational Giving Leadership Team in crafting proposal content, presentations, SWOT analysis, and talking points for donor conversations.Drive strategic planning contributions across fundraising teams, supporting goal setting and execution while leading content development for university priorities.Work with Donor Relations team to help determine next steps for Stewardship of Transformational and Presidential Prospects throughout the year.Collaborate in developing a TG-specific toolkit, including standardized templates and practical checklists based on proven models.Additional duties as assigned.SalaryOPEN
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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