Following the recent successful completion of the $6.2 billion MIT Campaign for a Better World, the Office of Resource Development seeks an Executive Director, Development Planning and Initiatives to lead and transition the focus of the campaign office onto a new set of post-campaign activities. A newly created role, the ED will serve as a member of Resource Development’s senior management team and will be integral to fostering collaborative relationships across the Institute — including with the Chancellor, Chair of the MIT Corporation, and the Corporation Development Committee — to ensure consistency, priority alignment, and execution of MIT’s fundraising efforts.

The ability to read and comprehend data is key to this role as the ED will be charged with conducting a post-campaign analysis to refine fundraising and stewardship strategies at MIT, as well as tracking, analyzing, and reporting progress on select Institution-wide initiatives. The ideal candidate will also have a deep understanding of fundraising best practices, prior campaign experience, and a knack for translating complex academic and institutional priorities, often scientific in nature, into discrete funding opportunities that will excite and inspire MIT’s donors and prospects.