Chief Development Officer

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM AND FOUNDATION
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Founded in 1937, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is
dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of art,
architecture, and other manifestations of visual culture, primarily
of the modern and contemporary periods, and exploring ideas across
cultures through dynamic exhibitions, programming, initiatives, and
collaborations. The Guggenheim is a unique institution, with a
constellation comprised of four architecturally and culturally
distinctive museums on three continents that exists to engage local
and global audiences with the transformative and connective power
of art and artists, from New York to Bilbao to Venice to Abu
Dhabi.

Offering an unparalleled arts experience – whether physical or
virtual – to a global audience, the Guggenheim constellation is
redefining its role in public discourse and committed to engaging
and educating an increasingly diverse international audience
through its unique network of museums and partnerships. With nearly
2.6 million annual visitors worldwide, the Guggenheim constellation
of museums is one of the most visited cultural institutions in the
world.

A masterpiece of a museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in
New York has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has a
collection that has been shaped by visionary collectors and
curators.

The Guggenheim has always sought to provoke new ways of thinking
about and interacting with art, and the impressive background of
incoming Director and CEO Dr. Mariët Westermann makes her uniquely
qualified to advance that institutional profile. She brings myriad
accomplishments in art historical scholarship, the respect of her
peers, experience serving as a leader of an international
organization, and a fundamental belief in the transformative power
of art. Dr. Westermann will ably uphold the Guggenheim’s founding
vision as she leads the institution to realize its full potential
and a more sustainable future as a constellation of museums, united
in one mission and grounded fully in their local environments and
communities.

Amid this backdrop of institutional preeminence, global
presence, and forward-looking investment, the Guggenheim seeks
candidates for the role of Chief Development Officer (CDO). The CDO
will design and lead a comprehensive, robust fundraising strategy
to meet the Guggenheim’s current and future resource challenges as
well as its ambitious aspirations. Reporting to the Director and
CEO, the CDO will work in partnership with leadership and
colleagues, including the Board of Trustees, to leverage the
Guggenheim’s extraordinary assets to focus on innovative, strategic
approaches to expand its philanthropic base.

The CDO will join a passionate, well-respected, and dedicated
leadership team at this world-renowned cultural institution while
also partnering with highly engaged Trustee leadership that is
actively positioning the Board for increased impact on
philanthropy. The CDO will lead, motivate, and inspire a 30-person
team to build upon the current Development program to expand the
Guggenheim’s philanthropic base and to create a robust, sustainable
culture of philanthropy commensurate with the Museum’s overall
excellence. Key initiatives will include planning and launching a
comprehensive fundraising campaign soon as well as a smaller-scale,
targeted campaign to occur beforehand that will foster the
requisite philanthropic growth mindset and campaign readiness of
the institution.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic self-starter with a
track record of success in a development leadership role as both a
collaborative team leader and a frontline major gift solicitor.
They will be a creative innovator, an exceptional relationship
builder, and a proven manager and mentor.

While the Guggenheim will consider a broad range of backgrounds,
the ideal candidate will have the following
qualifications/experience:

• Genuine passion for the Guggenheim’s multi-faceted global
  mission and for the importance of art and arts education more
  broadly.
• Significant leadership experience within a sophisticated
  fundraising operation, preferably in a major museum or other
  cultural institution. Familiarity working with curators
  preferred.
• Demonstrated success as an innovator and in advancing a
  development program with a high preference for such experience on a
  global/international scale.
• Broad-based knowledge of strategic fundraising program
  building; ideally, experience in the entire range of development
  and membership tactics and strategies.
• Proven track record of success in individual major and
  leadership gift solicitation and closing of seven to eight-figure
  gifts.
• Knowledge of development best practices, including ethics, good
  governance, and emerging fundraising practices.
• Experience successfully leading capital/endowment and/or
  comprehensive campaigns.
• Strong record of recruiting and developing exceptional people
  and fostering a transparent, collegial work environment.
• Commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity in hiring,
  managing and in expanding support for the institution from new
  sources.
• Reputation as a generous colleague and team builder and for
  fostering collaborative working relationships at all levels.
• Capacity to be strategic as well as hands-on and tactical.
• Experience across digital and social media as well as
  traditional platforms to extend development outreach.
• Sound financial acumen and knowledge of budget preparation,
  monitoring, and administration.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with the New York City, national,
  and global philanthropic, business, and cultural communities.
• Hybrid workplace management experience.
• Understanding of the changing philanthropic landscape and track
  record of deploying new strategies to appropriately capture new
  philanthropic audiences and opportunities.
• Ability and willingness to attend evening and weekend events
  and activities on a regular basis and to travel nationally and
  globally as needed.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is an equal
opportunity employer.

Download the full position description via the following
link:
https://diversifiedsearchgroup.com/search/20864-guggenheim/

The Guggenheim has retained the DSG Fundraising &
Advancement Practice of the Diversified Search Group to assist in
this confidential search process. Inquiries, nominations, and
applications (current resumes and cover letters) may be submitted
via the following link or directed to the leader of the search
team:

https://talent-profile.diversifiedsearchgroup.com/search/v2/20864

Gerard F. Cattie, Jr.
Managing Director, Practice Leader and Founder – DSG Fundraising
& Advancement
Diversified Search Group
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