Senior Director of Development

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Development & Advancement

🗓️ November 13th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Senior Director of Development. The role involves qualifying, cultivating, and soliciting major gifts over $100,000 from business school alumni, managing capital campaign contributions, advising staff on fundraising strategies, and potentially leading advancement team members. The position reports to the Assistant Dean for Development and focuses on building strong relationships with donors and alumni volunteers.

Highlights

Responsible for soliciting major and principal gifts of $100,000 and above from alumni of Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Builds and maintains relationships with key donors, prospects, and alumni volunteers.
Plays a key role in the business school's capital campaign and advises other staff on fundraising methods.
May manage members of the advancement team.
Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree and at least one year of professional-level fundraising or solicitation experience.
Strong fundraising skills, including knowledge of donor identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship required.
Preferred candidates have seven or more years of major gift fundraising experience and experience closing gifts $250,000 and above.
Experience managing development officers and working in higher education fundraising is preferred.
Travel and some weekend work are expected.
Reports to the Assistant Dean for Development at Kenan-Flagler Business School.