Description
Senior Director of Development and Individual Giving
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
www.einsteinmed.edu
Founded in 1955, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein) is one of the nation’s premier institutions for medical education, basic research, and clinical investigation. For more than 60 years, Einstein’s diverse faculty and staff have set the standard for excellence in medical and graduate education and patient-centered clinical care, and have made major contributions to scientific research enhancing human health in its communities and beyond.
In 2024, Einstein secured a transformational gift, at the time the largest made to any medical school in the country, to secure free tuition for all MD students in perpetuity, allowing Einstein and its students the ability to advance the boundaries of research and care without crushing loan indebtedness.
Einstein’s mission is to prepare a diverse body of students to become knowledgeable, compassionate physicians and innovative scientific investigators, and to create new knowledge. A full-time faculty of some 2,000 conducts research, teaches, and delivers health care in every major biomedical specialty. The college has some 732 medical students, 190 Ph.D. students, 120 MD/Ph.D. students and 250postdoctoral fellows. Einstein’s major strength, in addition to training physicians and scientists, is its science. During fiscal year 2021, the faculty’s consistently high level of scientific achievement resulted in the awarding of more than $185 million in peer-reviewed grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Einstein is part of Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System, an integrated academic delivery system comprising 11 hospitals, including the Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and close to 200 outpatient care sites. Montefiore’s partnership with Einstein advances clinical and translational research to accelerate the pace at which new discoveries become the treatments and therapies that benefit patients. The health system derives its inspiration for excellence from its patients and community, and continues to be on the front lines of developing innovative approaches to care.
The Senior Director will report to the Vice President of Development, Suzanne M. Murphy, Ed.D., and manage one frontline fundraiser. The successful candidate will serve as a key member of Einstein’s senior leadership team, which is comprised of the Vice President of Development & Alumni Relations, Assistant Vice President of Development & Alumni Relations, and Assistant Vice President of Donor Outreach, Communications, & Alumni Relations.
The Senior Director will provide top-level support and strategy to Einstein’s Vice President of Development in managing their portfolio of top prospects. The candidate will build deep, collaborative partnerships with executive, academic, and scientific leadership, providing meaningful engagement opportunities and effective support.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine has retained Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC to assist with this crucial recruitment. Please send confidential inquiries and applications directly to Freeman Philanthropic Services, LLC via e-mail at [email protected].
Requirements
Einstein seeks a creative, strategic, and collaborative Senior Director of Development and Individual Giving (Senior Director) to lead and expand Einstein’s major gifts program. The successful candidate will carry a portfolio of alumni and friends with capacity to make six- and seven-figure gifts, focused on prospect identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship. The ideal Senior Director will bring a creative and strategic approach to donor engagement and solicitation in an entrepreneurial and collaborative environment. The candidate will have the proven ability to engage and partner with alumni and non-alumni constituencies, resulting in strengthened connections between alumni, friends, parents, and the institution.
This individual will work closely with internal partners—faculty, leadership, and advancement colleagues—as well as with external stakeholders, including alumni, donors, and volunteers. The Senior Director will be responsible for both frontline fundraising and program strategy, driving long-term engagement and investment from Einstein’s donor and prospective donor communities.
