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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:
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
The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10174
gerard.cattie@divsearch.com | 212.542.2587
The annual salary for the role is anticipated to range from $370,000 to $400,000, commensurate with experience and accomplishments.
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