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About the BSO

The BSO engages millions of people each year in the remarkable diversity and wonder of orchestral music and maintains homes at its iconic venues, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts. From the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Charles River Esplanade to community concerts throughout Greater Boston, an annual BSO Youth and Family series at Symphony Hall, humanities programs at the Tanglewood Learning Institute, and tour performances in concert halls around the world, the BSO remains committed to innovation, creativity, cultural relevance, education, civic engagement, and making orchestral music accessible to audiences of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of familiarity.

About the Role

The VP of Development and Campaign planning is a new position in the BSO’s Advancement office responsible for building a best-in-class prospect development, gift administration, IT, systems and records management, and data analytics for all fundraising, leading strategic data and gift services.

In partnership with the Chief Development Officer, the VP will also provide strategic leadership and planning for a future campaign that will be the largest in the institution’s history. Planning for the campaign will include exercises and initiatives that will inform the financial, programmatic, and capital goals and objectives of an anticipated $500M campaign. The VP will have oversight of a growing annual fund. This position will report to the Chief Development Officer and have 4-6 direct reports.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

Overall Strategy and Leadership

Contribute broadly to institutional advancement strategy and campaign planning activities.
Lead organizational change by promoting and facilitating a culture of prospect development that is data-driven, active, transformative, and supports development staff in collaborative partnership.
Build partnerships across the department for greater collaboration and idea exchanges on prospect research and prospect management to elevate overall capabilities of the department.
Strengthen the capacity of prospect research and analytics to identify new potential donors both within the known community and more broadly.
Partner with managers to provide information for and analysis for portfolio management, staff and unit metrics toward overall goal achievement.

Campaign Planning and Execution

Development and facilitate best-practice campaign planning methodology integrating existing BSO strategic planning and annual fund planning to inform campaign themes, programmatic priorities, financial goals, and engagement.

Liaise with campaign counsel on assessment of campaign feasibility and capacity analysis managing integration of internal-and-externally derived analysis to produce a comprehensive assessment of probable campaign financial goals and corresponding confidence intervals.

Liaise with campaign counsel to support campaign vision, case for support, philanthropic investment opportunities.

Oversee development of an effective, strategic communications plan for annual fund and campaign.

Coordinate campaign planning activities and integration with annual goals.

Play a leadership role in the development of targeted fundraising strategies for signature initiatives.

Serve in a leadership capacity within department to coordinate development of a multi-year campaign engagement, stewardship, and recognition program. With the Chief Development Officer review current engagement opportunities, recognition programs, and make strategic recommendations for going forward.

Administrative

Oversee resource management (human, financial and digital / IT) associated with development department.

Work closely with IT department to ensure best practice use of CRM and finance department to ensure open exchange of information.

Oversee departmental expense budget and ensure strategic budgeting.

With Chief Development Officer, develop the capacity for consistent reporting on fundraising and engagement metrics for management objectives and for reporting out to key constituencies (CEO, CFO, Philanthropy Committee and Board of Trustees, etc.).

Ensure seamless, accurate and expedient gift processing and receipting.

Establish and update gift processing and acceptance policies, procedures and systems to ensure accordance with taxation rules and regulation.

Required Education and Experience

Qualifications

The successful candidate for this position will have :

Demonstrated experience in all phases of planning and execution of a comprehensive campaign at a comparable institution.

Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and work in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Knowledge of the major components of advancement, with a strong background in systems, operations, prospect management, and campaign planning.

Supervisory experience and demonstrated success leading a team.

Demonstrated knowledge of database systems and network management solutions, in addition to a familiarity with the most current IT available with the ability to be creative in utilizing it to lead a staff to technical solutions.

A comprehensive understanding and knowledge of records management and research procedures related to fundraising and engagement.

Superior communications, interpersonal and problem-solving skills and a donor facing service orientation.

Strong organizational skills, including a commitment to and a track record in both strategic and operational planning and success in motivating others to achieve optimum results.

The ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Demonstrated experience cultivating and soliciting major and / or principal gifts preferred.

Demonstrated interest in arts and culture.

Unquestionable integrity and strong sense of professional ethics.

Willingness to work evening and weekends.

Position requires time on the Tanglewood Campus in the Berkshires in the summer months.

Boston Symphony Orchestra has partnered with Aspen Leadership Group in the search for a Vice President of Development and Campaign Planning. You may view the position prospectus or submit an application via this link : https : / / opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com / opportunities / 2138 .

The BSO is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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