Assistant Vice President, Advancement Services

Reporting to the Vice President, Operations, the Assistant Vice President (AVP) serves as a strategic and collaborative leader responsible for operationalizing advancement services initiatives across Rutgers University Foundation, including research and prospect management, data intelligence, and gift administration. The AVP will oversee multiple cross-functional teams and lead efforts to strengthen operational effectiveness, systems alignment, prospect strategy, data governance, and service delivery in support of the Foundation’s fundraising and engagement goals. The AVP partners closely with Foundation and University leadership to improve organizational efficiency, strengthen internal controls, advance the strategic use of data and technology, and support long-term fundraising and engagement priorities. This role requires a collaborative, forward-thinking leader who can navigate complexity, lead organizational change, and build strong partnerships across the enterprise. **Essential Functions** - Lead and enhance enterprise-wide shared service functions that support fundraising, stewardship, engagement, and operational strategy. - Provide strategic oversight of prospect development, prospect management, data analytics, systems governance, and operational process improvement initiatives. - Partner with Foundation and University leadership to improve efficiency, remove operational barriers, and strengthen organizational effectiveness. - Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and governance standards that ensure strong internal controls, data integrity, compliance, and operational consistency. - Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to Foundation leadership, providing guidance on prospect strategy, reporting, operational planning, reporting prioritization, and procedural improvements - Lead organizational change management efforts tied to systems, staffing, and operational transformation. - Provide leadership and oversight for AI-related strategy and operational applications within Advancement Services. - Ensure compliance with legal privacy requirements, donor confidentiality standards, and ethical guidelines. - Act as a proactive strategic partner for frontline fundraisers. - In conjunction with the development officers, oversee and provide guidance on the major gift prospect, delivering information about new and known donors to educate on potential prospect engagement and giving strategies. - Other Duties as assigned **Leadership Attributes** - Possess knowledge and understanding of the institutional and organizational enterprise and all departments across the organization, not just a specific area of expertise, but a general mastery of many functions - Demonstrate a commitment to aligning constituent intent to University priorities - Demonstrate an understanding of University values and expectations to systematically take responsibility for working toward them - Ability to translate and through communication help others understand complexity - Possess a high level of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and political nuance/awareness - Demonstrate proactive thinking through a mastery of prioritization and the ability to negotiate - Ability to provide positive and constructive feedback that affects the future of the organization - Ability to consistently own your voice - Demonstrate critical thinking and ability to challenge accepted concepts - Exhibit confidence and competence in executing leadership for their teams and areas to advance the organization - Use skill sets and institutional experience to ask the right questions - Exemplify a multiplier leadership approach/mentality with a cross-functional mindset - Demonstrate an organizational awareness and enterprise focus with thoughtfulness on how decisions impact other departments not in their purview - Demonstrate a coaching style of leadership with staff, leaders, volunteers, deans, and partners - Possess the confidence to serve as a partner with Unive…