Join a bold, world-leading and highly accomplished development and alumni engagement team — and help UBC shape a better world.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

UBC is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top universities in the world. As one of the largest universities in Canada, UBC attracts and nurtures close to 71,000 students and over 410,000 alumni from 145 countries on two major campuses. With over 7,300 faculty and 13,400 staff, UBC has an operating budget of $3.98 billion and provides close to $900 million in research funds for nearly 10,000 projects.

The Development and Alumni Engagement (DAE) portfolio at UBC joins development (fundraising) and alumni UBC functions under one umbrella. DAE is a one of the leading advancement teams in Canada and has oversight for fundraising and alumni engagement at all UBC campuses and locations,



including UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. With over 300 employees, DAE currently raises ~ $300 million and engages close to 120,000 alumni annually.

One of the most iconic and highly decorated varsity sports programs in Canada, UBC Athletics and Recreation has 26 teams across various sports. In terms of prowess in competition, it is among the very elite. While their outstanding performance in competition is well-documented, our student-athletes are well-rounded individuals who can excel in academics as well as athletics. In 2025, the Thunderbirds had 241 student-athletes honoured as Academic All-Canadians and counts 20 Rhodes Scholars among the ranks of their alumni.

As Senior Director of Development & Alumni Engagement, Athletics and Recreation, you will be responsible for creating and operationalizing fundraising strategies to ensure that the Faculty’s strategic objectives are met. While spearheading a multi-year campaign in support of UBC Athletics and Recreation, you will manage a development and alumni engagement program with an annual goal of ~$5M+ annually. You will be responsible for moving leadership gift

📌 Senior Director, Development (Vancouver)
🏢 CASE
📍 Vancouver