Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Leadership Gift Officers to achieve fundraising and donor engagement goals.
• Establish team and individual performance metrics focused on Annual Fund growth, retention, and donor pipeline development.
• Oversee portfolio management and ensure strong data integrity and prospect strategy execution.
• Personally manage a small portfolio of leadership giving prospects through cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture aligned with Cornell’s values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 7–10 years of fundraising or development experience in a complex organization.
• Demonstrated success managing fundraising staff and driving results.
• Strong communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to analyze data, set goals, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• High level of initiative, integrity, and sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and wellbeing.

Benefits

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays.
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program.
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Total Rewards | Working at Cornell.
• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.