Director of Planned Giving
Boston Symphony Orchestra - Boston, MA
The Director of Planned Giving will build on the foundation of engagement and grow the planned giving program. Established in 1987 and named for Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and noted musician Walter Piston, who endowed the BSO’s Principal Flute Chair with a bequest, the Walter Piston Society recognizes and honors those who have provided for the future of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, or Tanglewood through one of a variety of irrevocable deferred gifts, or by including the BSO in their long-term plans. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Individual Philanthropy and Planned Giving and a key member of the development team at the BSO, the Director of Planned Giving will be responsible for designing, directing, and implementing a comprehensive program to promote and secure planned gifts for the organization. The Director of Planned Giving will partner with colleagues to assist in strategizing and preparing solicitations to help ensure that the orchestra’s endowment, capital, and special project funding priorities are met. The Director of Planned Giving will also work closely with trustees, advisors, colleagues, and other key leaders to identify and qualify new prospects and will serve as a key relationship manager as part of the front-line fundraising team.
The BSO engages millions of people each year in the remarkable diversity and wonder of orchestral music and maintains homes at its iconic venues, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts. From the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Charles River Esplanade to community concerts throughout Greater Boston, an annual BSO Youth and Family series at Symphony Hall, humanities programs at the Tanglewood Learning Institute, and tour performances in concert halls around the world, the BSO remains committed to innovation, creativity, cultural relevance, education, civic engagement, and making orchestral music accessible to audiences of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of familiarity.
"Since its founding in 1881, the BSO has centered innovation in its practices. Today, the BSO is rededicating itself to that foundational notion that excellence in its work can and will continue to inspire, comfort, and challenge audiences in meaningful ways. The BSO is on the precipice of change, and the development department will be essential to fueling and supporting this transformation.
The Director of Planned Giving will join an organization that has an extraordinarily loyal, committed, and generous donor base. At the same time, given the ambitions of this next chapter, there is an imperative to build and re-orient the fundraising programs across the BSO to engage a new, broader generation of prospects and donors. We welcome candidates who are excited about the challenges, as well as the opportunity to create a foothold for the BSO’s next century, and to build an industry-leading, contemporary culture of philanthropy across the BSO.” —Lauren Budding, Chief Development Officer
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.
The BSO engages millions of people each year in the remarkable diversity and wonder of orchestral music and maintains homes at its iconic venues, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Tanglewood in Western Massachusetts. From the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on the Charles River Esplanade to community concerts throughout Greater Boston, an annual BSO Youth and Family series at Symphony Hall, humanities programs at the Tanglewood Learning Institute, and tour performances in concert halls around the world, the BSO remains committed to innovation, creativity, cultural relevance, education, civic engagement, and making orchestral music accessible to audiences of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of familiarity.
"Since its founding in 1881, the BSO has centered innovation in its practices. Today, the BSO is rededicating itself to that foundational notion that excellence in its work can and will continue to inspire, comfort, and challenge audiences in meaningful ways. The BSO is on the precipice of change, and the development department will be essential to fueling and supporting this transformation.
The Director of Planned Giving will join an organization that has an extraordinarily loyal, committed, and generous donor base. At the same time, given the ambitions of this next chapter, there is an imperative to build and re-orient the fundraising programs across the BSO to engage a new, broader generation of prospects and donors. We welcome candidates who are excited about the challenges, as well as the opportunity to create a foothold for the BSO’s next century, and to build an industry-leading, contemporary culture of philanthropy across the BSO.” —Lauren Budding, Chief Development Officer
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.