Assistant Director, Prospect Management and Research

Assistant Director, Prospect Management And Research

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

The Development Office for Mass General Brigham's two world-renowned academic medical centers, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, are now unified and represent a team of 350+ vibrant, collaborative, skilled fundraising professionals. We are dedicated to inspiring visionary philanthropy that will advance caring and curing for patients in Boston and around the world. Join us in our mission to transform the future of medicine.

Philanthropy enables MGB's academic medical centers to deliver the highest quality patient care, pursue the most innovative and promising research, train the brightest minds to become the next generation of healthcare leaders and expand and improve our world-class facilities. MGB's Academic Medical Centers' Development Office offers excellent benefits, competitive salaries, and a hybrid flexible work schedule.

Job Summary

The Assistant Director, Prospect Management and Research works to proactively identify prospects across all fundraising teams as well as provide strategic prospect research support, management of prospect portfolios, tracking prospect activity and collaborating around prospect strategies for assigned fundraising teams. Reporting to the Director, Prospect Management and Research, the Assistant Director proactively works to expand the pool of potential prospects and is timely in responding to research requests from members of the frontline fundraising staff. The Assistant Director must apply creative thinking and be curious, focused, and persistent in pursuing threads of information. They should be capable of interpreting complex documents, including corporate proxy statements and insider stock filings and possess excellent writing skills. They must be able to identify and adapt to shifting priorities, be flexible and resourceful, and exercise professionalism and discretion in working with confidential information.

Essential Functions (Key Roles & Responsibilities) :

• Conduct research on individuals, corporations, and foundations using a wide variety of prospect research resources and prepare confidential biographical and financial profiles for members of the development staff, senior management, trustee leadership, and key volunteers.
• Analyze research requests to determine the appropriate level of detail required.
• Rate the giving capacity of individual prospects.
• Support the research needs of assigned fundraising teams.
• Proactively identify and qualify major and principal gift prospects with a focus on assessing capacity and connections to the AMCs.
• Provide brief research for proactive projects initiated by the Prospect Identification team.
• Serve as a Prospect ID Liaison partnering with frontline team and associated Prospect Research members in leading special projects to explore prospecting opportunities within the current donor base as well as beyond the AMCs.
• Assist frontline fundraising staff in prioritizing prospect portfolios and encourage the timely review and assignment of newly identified prospects through recurring one-on-one portfolio review meetings and collaborative prospect strategy.
• Facilitate the assignment of prospects to portfolios, create portfolios for new staff, and reassign portfolios for departing staff.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date information on prospects and donors.
• Track and disseminate news and information about top donors and prospects.
• With the Assistant Vice President, Senior Director, and Director, Prospect Management and Research, aid in process improvement initiatives for the Research team and the entire Development Office.
• Proactively participate in professional development opportunities.
• Prepare and regularly update progress reports.
• Contribute to maintaining positive office morale, even in the face of high work volume and challenging periods.
• Take on other office-wide duties at the request of Development leadership.

Qualifications

This position requires 3-5 years of fundraising or related, transferable experience and a bachelor's degree. In addition, the ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities :

Additional Job Details

Physical Requirements :

Remote Type : Hybrid

Work Location : 125 Nashua Street

Scheduled Weekly Hours : 40

Employee Type : Regular

Work Shift : Day (United States of America)

Pay Range : $62,400.00 - $90,750.40 / Annual

Grade : 6

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications, and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

The General Hospital Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and / or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process