[Hiring] Consulting Director, Advancement & Fundraising – Healthcare and Academic Medicine @Huron

Role Description Join Huron’s Advancement & Fundraising team and play a pivotal role in helping healthcare and academic medicine organizations strengthen and sustain their philanthropic missions. As a Director, you will lead complex client engagements, develop innovative fundraising strategies, and contribute to the growth of Huron’s healthcare advancement practice. This is a high-impact leadership role that blends client delivery, business development, and team leadership to deliver measurable results for mission-driven organizations. Client Leadership & Delivery

• Serve as a trusted advisor to healthcare and academic medicine clients, delivering consulting services such as fundraising assessments, campaign planning, strategic studies, and grateful patient program development.
• Lead the creation and delivery of high-quality, data-driven presentations and reports that translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Partner with senior client stakeholders, including executive leadership, boards, and clinical leaders.

Team & Practice Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing consulting teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
• Drive strategic and operational execution to ensure quality delivery against tight deadlines.
• Enhance Huron’s market presence by developing new programs, offerings, and thought leadership.

Business Development & Growth

• Drive revenue growth through proposal development, sales presentations, and client relationship expansion.
• Contribute to new product development and innovation within the healthcare advancement portfolio.
• Support marketing efforts through thought leadership (e.g., articles, webinars, conference presentations).

Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Improve processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency and optimize client delivery.
• Align practice offerings with firm-wide strategy and revenue goals.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement across systems, policies, and client service delivery.

Qualifications

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into clear recommendations.
• Deep knowledge of fundraising best practices and nonprofit/philanthropic management.
• Strong client management and relationship-building skills with executive presence and influence.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, deliver under pressure, and lead complex engagements.
• Hands-on, solutions-oriented consulting approach tailored to each client’s unique culture and needs.
• Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and CRM systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of frontline development experience within academic medicine, healthcare systems, or hospitals.
• Proven success building and managing philanthropic programs, including:
• Major and principal gifts.
• Annual giving and program support.
• Corporate/foundation relations.
• Grateful patient and planned giving initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing comprehensive campaigns and strategic fundraising initiatives.
• Track record of directly closing major/principal gifts and leading high-performing teams.
• Experience working with executive leadership, boards, and clinical/academic stakeholders.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 50%.
• Flexible location within the contiguous United States.

Benefits

• The estimated base salary range for this job is $175,000 - $225,000.
• Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $218,750 - $303,750.
• This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs.

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