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The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst, Principal Gifts will partner with senior leaders across Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) to translate research insights into strategic recommendations for OPG and OFR staff, faculty and academic leadership, and other DAR colleagues, informing the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospective UHNW individual and foundation donors to Johns Hopkins University and Medicine.
Reporting to the Office of Principal Gifts (OPG) with a dotted line to Prospect Research within the Office of Advancement Services (OAS), this position will be matrixed to support the Office of Foundation Relations (OFR), with a focus on prospective ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals, foundations, family offices, financial institutions, and other key philanthropic partners. This individual will possess deep subject matter expertise in foundation research, wealth screenings, relationship mapping, and due diligence best practices.
The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst is responsible for partnering with the Office of Principal Gifts to implement and lead a comprehensive program of prospect identification, prospect analysis, and prospect monitoring. The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst will conduct and advise others that are conducting research and ensure that the research meets the highest standards of confidentiality, quality, accuracy, and timeliness along with utmost attention to detail.
The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst will apply, and model for others, excellent research, writing, presentation and organizational skills and implements new ways to secure and analyze information and leverage existing relationships to make connections to high-net-worth potential prospects. The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst will work independently as well as collaboratively as a senior/lead member of the team.
SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Portfolio and Pipeline Management:
- Support portfolio reviews through partnerships with Development Research. This includes providing key information about managed prospects to support portfolio management and strategy discussions, in addition to capturing relevant data in the CRM.
Relationship Management Reporting:
- Generate reports that provide accurate projections of gifts in the pipeline and snapshots of the prospect pool and strategies. This will require the ability to query and compile CRM data for portfolio and pipeline projects as well as monthly, quarterly, and annual office reports.
Orient and Train Colleagues:
- Serve as the key trainer and technical support for DAR staff, supporting fundraisers across all business units. This includes disseminating and communicating changes in business practices (as needed) to administrative staff, documenting standard operating procedures, coordinating training schedules, and managing user roles in the CRM for incoming and outgoing DAR staff.
Build Internal Relationships:
- Develop and maintain effective work relationships with various colleagues and work as an effective RMPA team member. This includes responding to routine requests for information, providing answers to problems and/or inquiries relating to donors and prospects, and collaborating with gift officers to solicit input and explain database decisions.
- Identify and cultivate key relationships within the Office of Advancement Services that enable the efficient execution of essential tasks to support data integrity and reporting.
Other duties as assigned.
In addition to the duties listed above, the Sr. Prospect and Intelligence Analyst, Principal Gifts will:
- Proactively identify new UHNW individual and foundation prospects with transformational giving capacity, using existing database resources and fee-based tools. Apply relationship mapping tools to evaluate Johns Hopkins connections to priority UHNW individuals, senior program officers and foundation leaders, family offices, corporations, funding collaboratives, and other philanthropic and wealth management entities.
- Present research findings in concise, strategic, and actionable formats for senior university leadership and fundraising staff across the institution, supported by deep subject matter expertise in foundation philanthropy and trends in UHNW individual giving.
- Partner with OFR and OPG colleagues to advance the institution’s hybrid foundations model, ensuring a coordinated approach to UHNW individual and foundation strategies. Lead projects that identify new alignments between funders and university priorities, and opportunities to deepen existing relationships, elevating high-potential findings to the appropriate university and medicine partners.
- Identify founders, executives, investors, and entrepreneurs associated with companies approaching IPOs, acquisitions, or other significant liquidity events, so Hopkins can build authentic relationships before wealth events occur rather than approaching prospects afterward.
- Proactively track, analyze, and disseminate relevant financial and market trends impacting the institutions top donors and prospects, including stock performance, company valuations and IPOs, foundation asset evaluations, and shifts in donor-advised fund management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Five years related experience with a minimum of two years direct prospect research experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Seven years of related work experience.
- Demonstrated track record of strategic and creative approaches to research and collaboration with frontline fundraisers, system administrators, and senior level management preferred.
- Expertise in research and analytical methods, including proficiency in advanced online search strategies, complex database use, and familiarity with research tools such as Salesforce, iWave, LexisNexis, Wealth-X, Altrata, and other screening tools.
- Ability and willingness to understand the business of fundraising and how data insights can inform and drive decisions.
- Ability to evaluate and pilot new tools, technologies, and data presentation formats that enhance strategic decision-making, including AI-enabled tools, using prompt engineering and large language model (LLM) queries to accelerate prospect research, synthesize information, and surface insights.
- Proficiency of the prospect research competencies and best practices presented through the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) Body of Knowledge and relevant development tools.
LOCATION
Location: Mount Washington Campus
COMPENSATION
- Starting Salary Range: Minimum: $55,145 - Maximum: $96,760 (targeted salary: $85,000; commensurate with experience)
TOTAL REWARDS
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE EQUIVALENCY
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
APPLICANTS COMPLETING STUDIES
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
BACKGROUND CHECKS
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
VACCINE REQUIREMENTS
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly. The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
INTRODUCTION
The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst, Principal Gifts will partner with senior leaders across Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) to translate research insights into strategic recommendations for OPG and OFR staff, faculty and academic leadership, and other DAR colleagues, informing the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of prospective UHNW individual and foundation donors to Johns Hopkins University and Medicine.
Reporting to the Office of Principal Gifts (OPG) with a dotted line to Prospect Research within the Office of Advancement Services (OAS), this position will be matrixed to support the Office of Foundation Relations (OFR), with a focus on prospective ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals, foundations, family offices, financial institutions, and other key philanthropic partners. This individual will possess deep subject matter expertise in foundation research, wealth screenings, relationship mapping, and due diligence best practices.
The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst is responsible for partnering with the Office of Principal Gifts to implement and lead a comprehensive program of prospect identification, prospect analysis, and prospect monitoring. The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst will conduct and advise others that are conducting research and ensure that the research meets the highest standards of confidentiality, quality, accuracy, and timeliness along with utmost attention to detail.
The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst will apply, and model for others, excellent research, writing, presentation and organizational skills and implements new ways to secure and analyze information and leverage existing relationships to make connections to high-net-worth potential prospects. The Sr. Prospect Research and Intelligence Analyst will work independently as well as collaboratively as a senior/lead member of the team.
SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Portfolio and Pipeline Management:
- Support portfolio reviews through partnerships with Development Research. This includes providing key information about managed prospects to support portfolio management and strategy discussions, in addition to capturing relevant data in the CRM.
Relationship Management Reporting:
- Generate reports that provide accurate projections of gifts in the pipeline and snapshots of the prospect pool and strategies. This will require the ability to query and compile CRM data for portfolio and pipeline projects as well as monthly, quarterly, and annual office reports.
Orient and Train Colleagues:
- Serve as the key trainer and technical support for DAR staff, supporting fundraisers across all business units. This includes disseminating and communicating changes in business practices (as needed) to administrative staff, documenting standard operating procedures, coordinating training schedules, and managing user roles in the CRM for incoming and outgoing DAR staff.
Build Internal Relationships:
- Develop and maintain effective work relationships with various colleagues and work as an effective RMPA team member. This includes responding to routine requests for information, providing answers to problems and/or inquiries relating to donors and prospects, and collaborating with gift officers to solicit input and explain database decisions.
- Identify and cultivate key relationships within the Office of Advancement Services that enable the efficient execution of essential tasks to support data integrity and reporting.
Other duties as assigned.
In addition to the duties listed above, the Sr. Prospect and Intelligence Analyst, Principal Gifts will:
- Proactively identify new UHNW individual and foundation prospects with transformational giving capacity, using existing database resources and fee-based tools. Apply relationship mapping tools to evaluate Johns Hopkins connections to priority UHNW individuals, senior program officers and foundation leaders, family offices, corporations, funding collaboratives, and other philanthropic and wealth management entities.
- Present research findings in concise, strategic, and actionable formats for senior university leadership and fundraising staff across the institution, supported by deep subject matter expertise in foundation philanthropy and trends in UHNW individual giving.
- Partner with OFR and OPG colleagues to advance the institution’s hybrid foundations model, ensuring a coordinated approach to UHNW individual and foundation strategies. Lead projects that identify new alignments between funders and university priorities, and opportunities to deepen existing relationships, elevating high-potential findings to the appropriate university and medicine partners.
- Identify founders, executives, investors, and entrepreneurs associated with companies approaching IPOs, acquisitions, or other significant liquidity events, so Hopkins can build authentic relationships before wealth events occur rather than approaching prospects afterward.
- Proactively track, analyze, and disseminate relevant financial and market trends impacting the institutions top donors and prospects, including stock performance, company valuations and IPOs, foundation asset evaluations, and shifts in donor-advised fund management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Five years related experience with a minimum of two years direct prospect research experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Seven years of related work experience.
- Demonstrated track record of strategic and creative approaches to research and collaboration with frontline fundraisers, system administrators, and senior level management preferred.
- Expertise in research and analytical methods, including proficiency in advanced online search strategies, complex database use, and familiarity with research tools such as Salesforce, iWave, LexisNexis, Wealth-X, Altrata, and other screening tools.
- Ability and willingness to understand the business of fundraising and how data insights can inform and drive decisions.
- Ability to evaluate and pilot new tools, technologies, and data presentation formats that enhance strategic decision-making, including AI-enabled tools, using prompt engineering and large language model (LLM) queries to accelerate prospect research, synthesize information, and surface insights.
- Proficiency of the prospect research competencies and best practices presented through the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement (APRA) Body of Knowledge and relevant development tools.
LOCATION
Location: Mount Washington Campus
COMPENSATION
- Starting Salary Range: Minimum: $55,145 - Maximum: $96,760 (targeted salary: $85,000; commensurate with experience)
TOTAL REWARDS
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE EQUIVALENCY
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
APPLICANTS COMPLETING STUDIES
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
BACKGROUND CHECKS
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
VACCINE REQUIREMENTS
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly. The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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Which companies sponsor visas for intelligence analysts in Maryland?
Defense and intelligence contractors are the primary sponsors in Maryland. Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, SAIC, Northrop Grumman, and Perspecta have all filed H-1B visa Labor Condition Applications for intelligence analyst roles. Federal agencies like the NSA, DIA, and CIA also employ intelligence analysts, though direct federal positions typically require U.S. citizenship and do not support visa sponsorship.
Which visa types realistically fit intelligence analyst roles in Maryland?
Intelligence analyst roles require a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as intelligence studies, political science, computer science, or a related discipline, making them specialty occupations eligible for the H-1B, H-1B1 visa (Chile and Singapore nationals), and E-3 visa (Australian nationals). Employer-sponsored EB-2 or EB-3 green cards are also a pathway. Many roles require security clearances, which can complicate sponsorship timelines for foreign nationals.
Which cities in Maryland have the most intelligence analyst sponsorship jobs?
The Fort Meade and Annapolis Junction area leads Maryland for intelligence analyst hiring given the NSA campus there. Columbia, Bethesda, Rockville, and Hanover also have high concentrations of defense contractor offices. Baltimore sees activity from Leidos and other contractors. The entire I-95 corridor between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. is effectively one continuous intelligence employment hub.
How to find intelligence analyst visa sponsorship jobs in Maryland?
Migrate Mate lists Maryland intelligence analyst roles filtered to employers with verified H-1B and E-3 LCA sponsorship history, so you can focus on companies already familiar with the sponsorship process. Given that many Maryland intelligence analyst positions require security clearances, search specifically for roles that note sponsorship eligibility alongside clearance requirements, as not all employers will sponsor non-citizens for cleared positions.
Are there state-specific factors that affect intelligence analyst visa sponsorship in Maryland?
Maryland's intelligence sector is heavily clearance-dependent. Many roles at NSA-adjacent contractors in Fort Meade and Annapolis Junction require a Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance, which U.S. government policy generally restricts to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. This narrows sponsorship to roles that either do not require a clearance or where the employer is willing to begin the clearance process after the candidate obtains permanent residence.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored intelligence analyst jobs in Maryland?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.