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Open Date 06/18/2026 Requisition Number PRN45414B Job Title Development Management Working Title Associate Director, Grateful Patient Data Strategy Career Progression Track M00 Track Level M5 - Associate Director FLSA Code Administrative Patient Sensitive Job Code? Yes Standard Hours per Week 40 Full Time or Part Time? Full Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary
Monday-Friday, typically three days in office.
VP Area President Department 00289 - Development Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range $68,000 - $75,000 Close Date 08/31/2026 Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time) Job Summary
Development Management
While this position doesn't involve direct patient interaction, the position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated vaccination requirements, or be approved for an exemption, prior to the first day of work. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.
The Associate Director, Grateful Patient Data Strategy, within the Office of University of Utah Advancement, leads and supports the development, management, and execution of grateful patient data, workflows, and strategy to advance fundraising efforts across University of Utah Health and the broader University. This position has both strategic and personnel management responsibilities and works to ensure that accurate, compliant, and actionable data and insights are delivered to support fundraisers and leadership. The Associate Director collaborates closely with University of Utah Health Advancement leadership and the University Advancement Prospect Research and Institutional Fundraising teams to ensure that timely, appropriate, and informative patient data is relayed consistently in a manner that effectively supports the University's strategies and goals while prioritizing compliance.
The Associate Director will work to support Advancement strategies, campaigns, and priorities by guiding prospect identification pipelines at all levels of the giving pyramid in support of fundraising efforts, aligned with patient experience and University values.
The role balances data hygiene, CRM documentation, and opt-out compliance with the delivery of strategic outputs such as screening enhancements, prospect lists, triage, and pipeline development.
The Grateful Patient team contributes to these efforts through screening constituent records for capacity and predictive modeling scores to segment and deliver various patient populations for targeted engagement outreach. Additionally, the role promotes HIPAA compliance best practices and responsible business use of protected health information.
The Associate Director also partners with data analysts, the Data Integrity team, and Information Services to support data build-outs, system enhancements, and process improvements that strengthen patient-centered fundraising efforts.
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Responsibilities
Associate Director, Development Management
Applicants should be comfortable managing direct-reporting team members, building consensus with stakeholders, and innovating for efficiency. As this program utilizes HIPAA-protected patient data, discretion and compliance are paramount. This position reports to the Director, Grateful Patient & Families Program in the University Advancement office. This position will have regular in-office expectations. The University Advancement office currently supports hybrid in-office/remote schedules, but applicants seeking a fully remote schedule will not be considered.
Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.
This is an Associate Director-Level position in the Management track.
Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Associate Director, Development Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.
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High School Diploma or Equivalent
Associate Degree
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Less than 2 years
2 years or more, but less than 4 years
4 years or more, but less than 6 years
6 years or more, but less than 8 years
8 years or more, but less than 10 years
10 years or more, but less than 12 years
12 years or more, but less than 14 years
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