Director, Endowments & Foundations

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For more than 40 years, Mercer Advisors has been helping families amplify and simplify their financial lives by integrating financial planning, investment management, business management, tax, estate, insurance, and more, all managed by a single team. We deliver the kind of comprehensive care once reserved for only the wealthiest households.

Today, we serve over 42,800+ families across 110+ cities across the U.S. Ranked the #1 RIA Firm in the nation by Barron’s for two consecutive years, Mercer Advisors is an independent fiduciary legally bound to act in our clients’ best interests — always.*

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Job Summary:

Mercer Advisors is seeking a Director, Endowments & Foundations to help lead the day-to-day execution, growth, and client experience of our institutional nonprofit practice, reporting to the Managing Director of Institutional Partnerships. Mercer Advisors has served nonprofit organizations since our founding in 1985, and our Endowments & Foundations practice today serves 225+ nonprofit clients across the country.

This is a senior execution-focused role, partnering closely with the Managing Director on practice strategy while carrying direct accountability for new business development, client service delivery, and team coordination. The Director will support the practice's growth agenda, contribute to business planning and resource decisions, help build the marketing and thought-leadership engine, originate and close institutional mandates alongside the Institutional sales team, and oversee day-to-day service and retention of the existing client base. Success in this role requires fluency in institutional investment strategy, nonprofit governance and fiduciary practice, and strong execution discipline within a defined strategic mandate set by firm leadership.