
Director of Development, Major Gifts
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Job overview
The Director of Development, Major Gifts builds and manages a portfolio of 70–90 prospective and active donors with giving capacity of $100,000 or more. The role solicits major gifts for Computer Science operations, scholarships, programs, and departmental priorities, while developing annual and endowment funding. It collaborates with department leadership and development staff to advance funding opportunities and campaign goals.
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Full job description
Build and carry an active portfolio of 70-90 well-qualified prospective and active donors with a capacity of $100,000+ and solicit gifts to support operations and grow the endowment through pledged and planned monetary gifts. Engage in qualification, strategy, development, relationship building, and closing of major gifts at $100,000+ for Computer Science through annual gifts and endowment of scholarships, programs, and priorities of the department. Participate in goal setting, proposal preparation, strategy development, and stewardship as required for donors in the managed portfolio and as requested. Successfully and consistently deliver funding proposals with a focus on engaging new donors. Consistently produce $2,000,000+ per year in contributed revenue that is available within the fiscal year as well as building endowment funding. Maintain an understanding of the Computer Science priorities, vision, and mission. Effectively work with, communicate with, and collaborate with Computer Science leadership and other development staff to develop department-wide funding opportunities to reach annual budgetary and long-term campaign goals. Work collaboratively, proactively, and in a professional, service-oriented manner with all departments and development staff to further goals and mission of Computer Science. Utilize fundraising databases and prospecting tools. Maintain appropriate electronic documentation on a timely basis, including engagement activities, proposal tracking, contact reports, donor strategies, and forecasting. Performs related duties as assigned. May work on assigned projects.
How this job compares
Set against the 676 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/hr45 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 72 open Development jobs in Texas and 676 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
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- 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 676 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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