Deputy Athletic Director for Philanthropy & Strategic Initiatives

The Deputy Athletic Director for Philanthropy & Strategic Initiatives serves as the senior executive leader for all philanthropic strategy, fundraising operations,and donor engagement for CU Athletics and the Buff Club. This position provides vision, leadership, and execution for a comprehensive athletics fundraising program that drives transformational private support, strengthens alignment between CU Athletics and CU Boulder Advancement, and advances institutional priorities. As CU Boulder launches its first-ever campus-based comprehensive campaign, this role will play a central leadership role in shaping athletics’ campaign priorities and philanthropic strategy. The position will lead a modern, integrated fundraising enterprise focused on major gifts, principal gifts, annual giving, premium seating philanthropy, donor stewardship, and engagement experiences. The Deputy AD will personally cultivate and solicit the department’s largest and most complex gifts while building and managing a high-performing development team. This role carries a dual reporting relationship to the Director of Athletics and the Vice Chancellor for Advancement and serves as a key member of the Athletics Executive Leadership Team and a senior leader within CU Boulder Advancement. In addition, the role may include, at the discretion of the Director of Athletics, sport oversight responsibilities that provide broader departmental leadership exposure and meaningful professional development.

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