Associate Director of Leadership Giving

Reporting to the Director of Development, and in close collaboration with the Director of Alumni and Student Programs and Executive Director, the Associate Director of Leadership Giving provides frontline fundraising leadership for the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate's leadership annual giving and mid-level donor pipeline. The incumbent identifies, qualifies, cultivates, solicits, and stewards a portfolio of donors and prospects with primary emphasis on gifts up to $49,999+, including current students, alumni, REAG members and prospects, and REAG Endowment Circle membership renewals and upgrades ($5,000 membership per two-year cycle). The incumbent develops and implements individualized donor strategies aligned with Ziman Center priorities, drives donor retention and growth, and advances qualified prospects to the Director of Development for $50,000+ major gifts and planned giving conversations through warm handoffs and coordinated strategy. In addition, the incumbent supports select programmatic activities that directly advance fundraising outcomes, maintains accurate CRM reporting and pipeline visibility, and leads special projects that strengthen leadership giving operations and long-range donor pipeline development. The incumbent is responsible for meeting or exceeding assigned annual fundraising, renewal, upgrade, and donor engagement activity goals within the leadership giving portfolio, and for collaborating closely with UCLA Anderson Development colleagues to ensure a coordinated, donorcentric experience across the School. Provides day-to-day direction, training, and task prioritization for student workers/clerks supporting development operations, donor engagement, communications, and CRM/data entry needs, under the direction of the Director of Development.