Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the search for a Senior Major Gifts Officer.

Reporting to the Director of Major Gifts, the Senior Major Gifts Officer will manage and execute the Institute's fundraising strategy for individual major gifts and develop long-term relationships with alumni and friends while adding value to the Institute's overall development efforts. The Senior Major Gifts Officer will manage an active prospect portfolio; initiate and strengthen donor relationships; and develop and implement strategies for donor prospects with the goal of closing major and significant gifts. The Senior Major Gifts Officer will facilitate an integrated approach to annual, major, and planned giving as well as manage programmatic activities that achieve goals within budgeted funds. This is a remote/flexible location position. The Senior Major Gifts Officer may work remotely from any location near a major metropolitan airport. This position requires significant travel.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has established itself as the consistently top-ranked undergraduate engineering college in the United States. The beautiful campus in west-central Indiana is home to some of the nation's best STEM students, faculty, staff, and facilities. Averaging more than 2,000 undergraduate students and 70 graduate students, Rose-Hulman offers over 25 STEM academic programs. Students represent 49 states and territories and 29 countries. Since its founding by businessman Chauncey Rose in 1874, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (then Rose Polytechnic Institute) has thrived under dedicated leaders whose vision has propelled the Institute from its beginning as a little-known, all-male engineering college to a world-class institution on the leading edge of engineering education in the United States. Today's Board of Trustees, acting president Robert A. Coons, and cabinet members are committed to continuing, and building upon, this legacy of excellence.

Ranked as the No. 1 undergraduate engineering program for 25 straight years by U.S. News & World Report, Rose-Hulman is also nationally ranked for value and teaching excellence. The Wall Street Journal ranked the institute top for Learning Opportunities and Learning Facilities, as well as fourth for Career Preparation in 2024. Many of the individual programs and degrees are ranked in the top 10 by College Factual, such as #1 Computer Engineering, #2 Chemical Engineering, #4 Computer Science, and #3 Mechanical Engineering.

Rose-Hulman supports and recognizes excellence in the teaching, learning, innovation, and intellectual growth of its students, faculty, and staff. Its campus culture is student-, faculty-, and staff-focused, welcoming, and inclusive. Rose-Hulman believes that every employee has a role to play in the mission of the Institute: to provide its students with the world's best undergraduate science, engineering, and mathematics education in an environment of individual attention and support.

A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least five years of fundraising experience is preferred for this position, as is experience in higher education advancement. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology will consider candidates with a broad range of backgrounds. If you are excited about this role and feel that you can contribute to the Institute, but your experience does not exactly align with every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter and rsum. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology as well as the responsibilities and qualifications stated in the prospectus.

The salary range for this position is $69,000 to $107,000 annually.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is committed to the inclusion of all qualified candidates. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the selection process, please contact Eric Rosario at ericrosario@aspenleadershipgroup.com.

To apply for this position, visit: https://opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/1977.

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