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Executive Director, Principal Gifts

Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

Category: Executive

UTHealth Houston General Administration

Requisition #: 240001KB

Executive Director, Principal Gifts

UTHealth Houston seeks an established fundraiser to serve as the Executive Director, Principal Gifts (Executive Director). This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic philanthropy team and help support one of the most respected academic medical centers.

Founded in 1972, UTHealth Houston is a leading academic health university in Texas, encompassing schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, public health, biomedical sciences, biomedical informatics, and behavioral sciences. Situated within the Texas Medical Center—recognized as the world's largest medical complex—UTHealth Houston operates over 60 properties, totaling nearly 5 million square feet of functional space. With a faculty of over 2,400 and more than 8,000 staff members, UTHealth Houston educates upwards of 6,500 students and trainees yearly and has a global alumni network of over 50,000. As an integral part of the world's largest medical center, UTHealth Houston is ideally equipped to address some of the region’s most intricate and widespread health issues.

Reporting to the Vice President, Principal Gifts and Strategic Initiatives, the Executive Director will play a pivotal role in advancing medical research breakthroughs, shaping the future of medicine through education, and enhancing patient care. In recent years, the philanthropic landscape has increasingly focused on ultra-high-net-worth donors due to their critical role in giving. UTHealth Houston has seen a substantial growth in support, and the next chapter will require collaborative and comprehensive efforts. This position demands an individual with a high executive presence and exceptional interpersonal skills, capable of strategically aligning and synergizing people, places, and initiatives to maximize philanthropic impact.

In 2023, UTHealth Houston successfully completed the Many Faces. One Mission. campaign, surpassing its goal and raising $534.4 million. The incoming Executive Director will build on this momentum, collaborating closely with the Vice President, Principal Gifts to enhance transformational philanthropy opportunities further. They will work directly with campus leaders to create, define, and promote opportunities for impactful giving. Additionally, the Executive Director will manage a portfolio of principal gift prospects and actively seek new donors, including those from the grateful patient community. In partnership with advancement colleagues, the Executive Director will play a key role in pinpointing and shaping transformative gift initiatives across the campus. This role requires a strategic thinker who can connect diverse stakeholders to pursue shared, ambitious philanthropic goals.

The ideal candidate will be a distinguished fundraiser with a proven track record of cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding complex gifts. The individual should be an intellectually curious team player. The ideal candidate should have at least seven years of related professional experience, preferably in medicine, health care, or higher education.

WittKieffer is assisting the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with this recruitment. For a full profile, please visithttps://wittkieffer.com/positions/200025. Application materials should be submitted using WittKieffer's candidate portal. Please direct all nominations and inquiries to the WittKieffer consultants, preferably via e-mail, to Ashley Buderus and Anissa Conner via email atUTHealthHouston_PrincipalGifts@wittkiffer.com.

Candidates should provide a resume and a letter of application that addresses the responsibilities and requirements described in the Leadership Profile. Application materials can be submitted by clicking the buttons below.

UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law.

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

UTHealth Benefits

UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to the UTHealth Houston Office of Benefits Website.

https://www.uth.edu/benefits/

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law or university policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. The University maintains affirmative action programs with respect to women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and eligible veterans in accordance with applicable law.

UTHealthHoustonhas adopted a policy consistent with CMS regulations to protect our patients and university community from exposure to COVID-19. This policy affects all employees, residents, fellows, students, contractors, new hires, visiting scholars program participants, adjunct faculty, and volunteers who work, train, or collaborate at the John S. Dunn Behavioral Science Center.

In addition, all UTHealthHouston​​​​​​​employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth’sHoustonrules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations, including COVID-19 vaccination and safety requirements.

Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.