Chief Development Officer/Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement

Company: CASE
Location: Memphis
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chief Development Officer / Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement
Bryant Group is proud to partner with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the search for a highly impactful and strategic leader for the role of Chief Development Officer / Associate Vice Chancellor (CDO/AVC). This is an exceptional opportunity to lead the charge in advancing the future of philanthropy at one of the nation's premier academic health institutions.
As a senior leader within the Advancement division and a member of the Vice Chancellor's executive leadership team, the CDO/AVC will play a vital role in shaping the long-term strategic direction of fundraising across Health Sciences. This individual will lead all major and annual giving efforts, overseeing a dynamic team of gift officers and working collaboratively with university leadership and the University of Tennessee Foundation to secure transformative support that powers the institution's boldest ambitions.
In this highly visible and influential role, the CDO/AVC will manage a portfolio of the university's most significant donors and prospects. Partnering closely with the Associate Vice Chancellor for Gift Planning and Principal Gifts, the CDO/AVC will cultivate and steward high-level relationships that result in impactful giving. Significant travel will be required to champion the health science mission and secure gifts that directly support its academic, research, and clinical excellence.
Beyond fundraising, the CDO/AVC will be a culture-builder-empowering and elevating the major and annual giving teams, streamlining operations, and fostering a collaborative environment where innovation and results thrive. This leader will help spearhead key initiatives, including a new scholarship initiative and support for a new interdisciplinary building anchored by the College of Medicine, ensuring these efforts are executed with excellence and strategic clarity.
This is a high-impact, high-visibility role for a forward-thinking advancement professional who thrives in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. If you are passionate about making a difference, inspired by the power of philanthropy, and ready to help shape the future of health sciences across Tennessee and beyond, this is your opportunity to lead at the highest level and drive transformative change.
The ideal candidate brings over a decade, preferably more, of progressive experience in major gift fundraising, with a proven record of leading successful philanthropic initiatives within large, complex organizations-preferably in academic medicine. They have demonstrated the ability to effectively lead teams, drive strategic fundraising efforts across principal, major, annual, and planned giving, and build strong, collaborative relationships with donors, staff, institutional leaders, and the community.
About the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
As the statewide, public academic health system, UT Health Science Center trains the next generation of healthcare providers for Tennessee, cares for the people from one end of the state to the other, and researches cures for diseases that most affect all who call Tennessee home. Health Sciences is Tennessee's only public academic health sciences system. Headquartered in Memphis, the university spans the state with four major regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville. UT Health Science Center is comprised of six doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions, with related clinical programs.
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