Director of International Advancement - Asia

Director of International Advancement - Asia

The Director of Advancement - Asia is responsible for leading and executing advancement strategies to engage high-potential constituencies and drive philanthropic support for The University of Texas at Austin in Asia, with primary focus on Korea, Japan, and Singapore. This role develops and implements plans for curated engagement of prospects, identifies, cultivates, and stewards high-profile, high-capacity individual prospects, with an emphasis on major and principal gift fundraising. The position reports to a Senior Director of Advancement and collaborates closely with academic units and university-wide partners.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include :

• Travel to the assigned region 3-4 times per fiscal year.
• Identify and implement opportunities for alumni to remain connected and contribute through advocacy, investment, and impact.
• Represent the university at regional events to elevate institutional visibility and philanthropic potential.
• Strengthen the volunteer leadership pipeline by identifying and supporting regional candidates for advisory councils and boards.
• Lead at least one high-level engagement event annually and support broader university programming in the region.
• Gather and share regional intelligence, philanthropic trends, and strategic insights to inform advancement planning.
• Manage an active portfolio of 40-80 prospective donors.
• Qualify, cultivate, solicit, and steward major gifts ranging from $100,000 to $1,000,000+.
• Achieve annual fundraising goals of $2,000,000-$5,000,000 within 24 months of hire.
• Develop and deliver compelling proposals and stewardship plans tailored to donor interests.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in VIP, including contact reports, strategies, proposals, and forecasting.
• Draft follow-up communications such as reports, letters, and gift agreements.
• Collaborate with Corporate and Industry Relations teams to identify, redirect, and leverage strategic partnerships with international corporations that may result from regional work with individual prospects.
• Support opportunities for corporate sponsorships, research funding, faculty collaboration, student experiential learning, and philanthropic investment.
• Coordinate with Texas Global to redirect alumni and prospects interested in academic partnerships with foreign institutions.
• Partner with TexasExes, the alumni association to align alumni engagement strategies and amplify impact through their initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with faculty, academic leaders, and development colleagues to identify and pursue cross-campus funding opportunities.
• Ensure regional advancement efforts align with the university's international advancement strategy.
• Serve as regional advisor on philanthropic opportunities, risks, and cultural considerations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Salary Range

$120,000.00+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

Required Materials

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers : You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers : As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.