Vice President for Institutional Advancement

• Strategic Advancement Leadership
• Serve as the chief architect of a comprehensive advancement strategy aligned with the Colleges mission values and strategic plan.
• Lead the strategic oversight of all fundraising programs including major and planned giving annual giving corporate/foundation relations stewardship and campaign planning and execution.
• Develop and execute strategies that strengthen external relationships and elevate the Colleges visibility reputation and identity within the higher-education landscape.
• Serve as the principal advisor to the President on advancement and fundraising initiatives providing guidance to support presidential engagement with donors alumni community leaders and other key stakeholders.
• Champion the modernization and integration of Wartburgs advancement operations including constituent relationship management (CRM) systems data governance and predictive analytics to identify prospective donors optimize portfolio management and align all advancement functionsfrom annual giving and alumni engagement through major and planned gifts and Board stewardshipas a coherent institution-wide strategy for philanthropic growth.

• Hire supervise coach develop and evaluate a diverse team of institutional advancement professionals.
• Foster a collaborative data-informed mission-focused high-performing team culture that emphasizes accountability innovation excellence and professional growthwhile maximizing the return on the Colleges finite resources.
• Set vision and alignment for advancement services operations including data management prospect research stewardship communications workflow and donor/alumni engagement strategies.
• Champion the adoption and continued development of advancement technology infrastructure to enable evidence-based decision-making strengthen prospect identification and cultivation and support a seamlessly connected giving pipeline from first-time donors through legacy commitments.

• Lead and mentor a high-performing major gifts and planned giving team setting clear expectations coaching gift officers and ensuring a disciplined approach to portfolio management and donor strategy.
• Develop a continuous learning model for optimizing fundraising activities that spans staff assessment and training campaign/program design review and research and technology enablers including artificial intelligence.
• Manage a personal leadership portfolio of key current and prospective donors including members of the Board of Regents.

• Shape the future of Wartburg College as a member of the Presidents Senior Leadership Team advancing institutional priorities and integrating the efforts of Institutional Advancement with other key divisions.
• Provide regular updates analytics and strategic counsel to the Senior Leadership Team and the Board of Regents regarding philanthropy constituent engagement and advancement progress challenges and opportunities.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the Boards Advancement Committee guiding volunteer leaders in their roles as advocates and ambassadors for the institution.
• Activate the Board of Regents as an integrated and strategically engaged node in Wartburgs philanthropic network cultivating Regents as informed advocates connectors and donors whose relationships meaningfully expand the institutions reach among new and prospective supporters.
• Participate in or chair institutional committees task forces or working and advisory groups to strengthen institutional alignment and support shared governance.

• Partner with academic and administrative leaders to ensure advancement initiatives effectively support student success academic innovation enrollment priorities strategic initiatives and institutional sustainability.
• Strengthen cross-campus partnerships to align advancement enrollment academic and community strategies.

• Lead special initiatives strategic projects or emerging priorities at the direction of the President.
• Represent the College at campus community and professional events to strengthen visibility and engagement.

• Bachelors degree in advancement higher education administration nonprofit management business communications or a related field. Masters degree preferred.
• Eight or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience and demonstrated success in fundraising.
• Proven track record in securing major gifts developing donor pipelines leading campaigns building stakeholder relationships and leading highperforming teams.
• Experience in higher education preferred.
• Familiarity with data analytics dashboard reporting and predictive modeling as applied to prospect identification portfolio management or campaign strategy is strongly preferred.

Required Experience:

Exec