Virginia Tech is seeking an Associate Director of Major Gifts for the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine (VMCVM) to solicit philanthropic gifts from grateful clients, alumni, parents, and friends, which align with overall university, college and program strategic priorities. This highly motivated professional will be involved with the planning and implementation of major gift fundraising efforts in support of current operations, endowment, capital, and other priorities from private sources. This individual will fulfill the duties under the direction of the Assistant Dean for Advancement for the VMCVM in close cooperation with overall leadership of the university's central advancement office.

The Associate Director of Major Gifts will:
- Assist with fundraising activities for VMCVM, and university programs within designated time frames.
- Travel, on average, five to eight days per month to cultivate, solicit, steward, and identify prospects.
- Have a portfolio of between 100 to 125 prospects.
- Have typical solicitation ranges of $100,000 to $1,000,000.
- Close $2,000,000 per year using a three-year rolling average.
- Close on average 10 to 13 gifts per fiscal year.
- Develop and implement cultivation and solicitation strategies, which include building, managing and soliciting a portfolio of major gift prospects.
- Establish strong working relationships with other central advancement, collegiate, unit, and constituent development officers and staff to foster a productive work environment.