Would you accept this job?

Im in the interview process for a senior director role for a small college within a larger university. Three people on the development team and more support staff at the central development office on campus.

It’s a great job on paper and a fairly big promotion for me in title, responsibility, and comp. However, I have learned through the interview process that this particular unit is quite young within the past 10 years and they are still struggling with pipeline development. Today I was asked what creative ideas I would bring to grow pipeline. One of the people I managed also said that they feel expectations for fundraising haven’t been aligned with the pipeline that exists.

I’m a little nervous about leaving my current role where I’m an individual contributor and making less for a role with what’s seems like a good amount of risk. There is still a path for me to grow where I currently am but it may take longer.

Has anyone been in this position before? Have you ever accepted a job and decided just to suck it up because of what it would do for you career wise and compensation?