Associate Director Prospect Management

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 

JOB SUMMARY

The Associate Director of Prospect Management serves as a strategic partner to gift officers, focusing primarily on portfolio management, prospect tracking, and cultivation strategy. Working collaboratively with the Director of Prospect Development and the Prospect Research Analyst, this role manages prospect portfolios (80%) and provides targeted research support (20%). Key responsibilities include managing gift officer prospect portfolios, tracking cultivation activity through moves management, partnering with development officers on prospect strategy and pipeline development, conducting targeted prospect research to support cultivation and solicitation efforts, maintaining data integrity, generating portfolio analytics, and supporting proactive prospect identification initiatives.

Reporting to the Director of Prospect Development, the Associate Director works cross-functionally with gift officers to advance prospects through the donor lifecycle. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented team player with strong organizational and relationship-building skills, experience in portfolio management or fundraising operations, familiarity with prospect management systems, and customer service excellence. At least 3-5 years of hands-on portfolio management or prospect research is strongly preferred.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  Bachelor's Degree in related field

• Experience
  5 years of related experience, and a demonstrated ability to develop, plan, implement and evaluate research strategies and integrate them into fundraising initiatives

Preferred

·       Experience working within a CRM, preferably Salesforce or Raiser’s Edge, and Microsoft 365

·       Proficiency in using prospect research tools and databases

·       Knowledge of APRA principles and practices, with a preference for current or past APRA membership

·       Experience working with frontline fundraising officers

·       Advanced research and online search techniques

JOB DUTIES

• Assess, develop and implement standard policies, processes and s