Director of Development for Principal Gift Strategies

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Communications 🗓️ August 6th, 2026

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Director of Development for Principal Gift Strategies. The role leads a portfolio of 15-25 high-capacity donors and prospects through late-stage cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship, collaborates with development officers and senior leadership to align gift strategies with institutional priorities, and supervises assigned staff to maintain a high-functioning principal gifts team.

Highlights

Lead principal gift strategies for a portfolio of high-capacity donors and prospects, including proposal development and gift closure.
Collaborate with development officers and senior leadership to ensure comprehensive and viable gift concepts aligned with university priorities.
Provide continuity, risk mitigation, and strategic oversight throughout the donor cultivation and solicitation process.
Supervise staff by hiring, coaching, training, assigning work, and managing performance.
Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of professional-level direct solicitation/fundraising experience.
Preferred 5-7 years of progressive fundraising and/or communications experience.
Exceptional written and verbal communication, organizational skills, and ability to work collaboratively in a research university setting.
Position is full-time permanent with a 40-hour work week and may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement.
Compensation is based on qualifications, experience, internal equity, and departmental budget.
Position supports the University Development Office, which raises private resources to enhance financial support across university programs and facilities.