Stewardship and Recognition Director

Mayo Clinic • Jacksonville, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Stewardship and Recognition Director provides strategic leadership for
benefactor relations strategies to advance Mayo Clinic’s fundraising priorities,
administer complex gifts and deepen key relationships. This role leads and
oversees the stewardship and recognition lifecycle for large and
transformational gifts within their portfolios, ensuring an exceptional,
innovative, high-touch customized benefactor experience while honoring
benefactor intent and advancing institutional priorities. Ensures all
stewardship and recognition strategies are grounded in a cultivation mindset,
intentionally designed to strengthen relationships, deepen engagement, and
support long-term philanthropic partnerships. This may include developing
benefactor-specific pre-gift and post-gift stewardship and recognition
strategies; operationalizing new large and/or complex gifts in partnership with
funding area stakeholders; and ensuring accountability, allocation oversight and
timely impact reporting in alignment with benefactor intent. Partners closely
with Development staff, including gift officers, to proactively plan and manage
benefactor relationships, , align expectations, and support solicitation and
stewardship strategies throughout the gift lifecycle. Acquires and maintains
knowledge and fluency of Mayo Clinic’s business strategy, fundraising strategy
and top fundraising priorities, and translates this knowledge into informed
stewardship and recognition recommendations for department and executive
leadership. Contributes to solicitation strategies for complex gifts and reviews
gift agreements. Leads through influence and convenes interdisciplinary teams,
including campaign administration, events, communications, creative, digital,
data and technology services, finance and facilities to implement creative and
innovative ideas that advance excellence, improve operational practices, and
enhance the benefactor experience. Leads problem solving and decision-making
activities; develops documentation for stewardship and recognition best
practices, processes and procedures; and delivers training to colleagues.
Maintains and promotes an enterprise perspective in all activities.

This specific role will work primarily within the Recognition vertical. Key
responsibilities include facilitating the identification and creation of naming
opportunities (particularly related to full-scale building projects), creating
recognition displays and initiating recognition plans for large gifts,
collaborating to deliver benefactor proposals, representing recognition vertical
in transformational gift planning, creating  custom gift items and coordinating
distribution of ready-made gift items, and presentation of strategies to
leadership for discussion and approvals. Regular on-campus meeting and duties
will be required.

Responsibilities

• providing strategic leadership for benefactor relations strategies to advance Mayo Clinic’s fundraising priorities
• administering complex gifts and deepen key relationships
• leading and overseeing the stewardship and recognition lifecycle for large and transformational gifts within their portfolios
• ensuring an exceptional, innovative, high-touch customized benefactor experience while honoring benefactor intent and advancing institutional priorities
• developing benefactor-specific pre-gift and post-gift stewardship and recognition strategies
• operationalizing new large and/or complex gifts in partnership with funding area stakeholders
• ensuring accountability, allocation oversight and timely impact reporting in alignment with benefactor intent
• partnering closely with Development staff, including gift officers, to proactively plan and manage benefactor relationships, , align expectations, and support solicitation and stewardship strategies throughout the gift lifecycle
• acquiring and maintaining knowledge and fluency of Mayo Clinic’s business strategy, fundraising strategy and top fundraising priorities, and translates this knowledge into informed stewardship and recognition recommendations for department and executive leadership
• contributing to solicitation strategies for complex gifts and reviews gift agreements
• leading through influence and convenes interdisciplinary teams, including campaign administration, events, communications, creative, digital, data and technology services, finance and facilities to implement creative and innovative ideas that advance excellence, improve operational practices, and enhance the benefactor experience
• leading problem solving and decision-making activities
• developing documentation for stewardship and recognition best practices, processes and procedures
• delivering training to colleagues
• maintaining and promoting an enterprise perspective in all activities
• facilitating the identification and creation of naming opportunities (particularly related to full-scale building projects)
• creating recognition displays and initiating recognition plans for large gifts
• collaborating to deliver benefactor proposals
• representing recognition vertical in transformational gift planning
• creating custom gift items and coordinating distribution of ready-made gift items
• presentation of strategies to leadership for discussion and approvals

Benefits

• Medical: Multiple plan options.
• Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
• Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed