Essential Functions
- Lead Athletics fundraising strategy, with emphasis on major gifts, campaign priorities, annual fundraising goals, and donor engagement.
- Manage a personal portfolio of high-capacity prospects and donors; identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gift opportunities.
- Develop individualized cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies in partnership with Athletics, University Development, campus leaders, coaches, and volunteers.
- Establishes strong collaborative partnerships with frontline officers across the schools and colleges to co-manage shared prospects and donors, ensuring coordinated strategies that maximize philanthropic outcomes.
- Provide leadership and supervision for Athletics development staff, setting clear performance expectations, metrics, and accountability for fundraising results.
- Ensures the Athletics development staff builds and maintains a strong strategic partnership with University Development’s Annual Giving team to align Athletics fundraising priorities with broader annual giving strategies (including crowdfunding and the university’s annual Giving Day), creating a coordinated donor pipeline and consistent messaging across all communication channels.
- Prepare proposals, briefings, donor correspondence, and other materials that advance major gift conversations and philanthropic commitments.
- Integrate Athletics fundraising priorities into University Development’s strategic and campaign planning efforts.
- Build and sustain relationships with alumni, parents, friends, community leaders, corporations, foundations, and volunteers whose interests align with Pacific Athletics.
- Oversee Athletics development operations, including budget planning, program effectiveness, donor events, and collaboration with annual giving and advancement services.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations.
University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.
Hiring Range
$106K - $139K; We consider factors such as, but not limited to, scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s qualifications, internal equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.
Background Check Statement
All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are required to execute a release and authorization for a background screening.
AB 810 Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: University of the Pacific complies with California Assembly Bill 810, requiring candidates accepting conditional job offers to disclose any final administrative or judicial findings, ongoing proceedings, allegations, resignations under investigation, or appeals related to sexual harassment or misconduct within the past seven years.
Anti-Discrimination/EEO Policy Statement
University of the Pacific is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity across backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints. Pacific does not unlawfully discriminate in its hiring of faculty and staff, or in the provision of its employment benefits to its faculty and staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability, or other legally protected characteristics or combination of such characteristics. While we strive to attract a broad and representative pool of candidates, all hiring decisions are made based on merit, selecting the most qualified individual for each position.
