Director - SCI Strategic Communications and Program Development at Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $193K/yr – $220K/yr

Stanford University

Director - SCI Strategic Communications and Program Development

Stanford, CA (Hybrid)

$193K/yr – $220K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive SCI communications strategy and program operations across research, education, and clinical missions to raise visibility of cancer science and cross-institution collaborations.

Own the strategic plan, budget governance, staffing, and data needs to position SCI as a leader in cancer research and education.
Lead and mentor the communications team to ensure aligned messaging and cross-site collaboration with the School of Medicine, SHC, and SCH.
Foster deep relationships with scientists and leadership to maintain consistent messaging and program development across the enterprise.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Strategic Communications: Formulate and execute strategic plans for external and internal communications that includes strategic goals and corresponding success metrics, budget, staffing plan, and data needs.
Leadership & Positioning: Position the SCI as a national and international leader in cancer prevention, detection, treatment and education. Increase visibility of discoveries and innovations of SCI members in basic science, translational and clinical research.
Consulting Services & Partnerships: Establish consulting services to help new SCI faculty build programs that cross the research, educational and clinical missions of the SCI. Partner with SCI, School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care (SHC) and Stanford Children’s Health (SCH) to develop program plans that have sufficient and sustainable resources.
Team Leadership: Lead strategic direction for both direct reporting and indirect reporting staff performing communications functions for the SCI. Ensure the staff are engaged in the broad strategic vision for increasing national and international visibility for the SCI. Provide mentoring and guidance to ensure each staff member understands how her/his work is essential to the broader strategic goals of the SCI.
Operations & Process Improvement: Build consistent systems of work to reduce variation and improve consistency. Apply system thinking and continuous process improvement to ensure coordination and collaboration between SCI, School of Medicine, University and SHC/SCH.
Budget & Governance: Develop and manage the SCI budget for communications and social media. Execute advanced approval processes for communications and social media expenditures across the SCI. Explore, recommend, and implement efficiencies in operations. Establish targets to meet objectives while stewarding resources.
Stakeholder Engagement: Foster relationships with basic scientists, clinicians, and leadership of the SCI/School of Medicine/University/SHC/SCH, to maintain an in-depth knowledge of the programs of cancer research, prevention, treatment, education and outreach of the SCI and its members to ensure consistency in messaging across the enterprise and appropriate representation in publications and communications.
Hybrid Work & Others: This position is open to a hybrid work schedule (work from a Stanford location and non-Stanford location, such as home), based on mutual agreement.
Other duties: Other duties may also be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and ten years of relevant experience; or a combination of education and relevant experience.

Preferred

MBA, MPH or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
PowerPoint and web content management systems is preferred.
Current or past Stanford experience desired.

Benefits

Stanford University

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Stanford is a place of discovery, creativity and innovation located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the ancestral land of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. Dedicated to our founding mission—benefitting society through research and education—we are working toward a sustainable future, accelerating the impact of research with external partners, catalyzing discoveries about ourselves and our world, and educating students as global citizens. Our main campus, which welcomed its first class in 1891, is now home to 650+ student organizations, 36 varsity athletic teams, 20 libraries, 21 living Nobel laureates, 18 interdisciplinary research institutes, seven schools, and a vibrant arts scene. More than 9,000 graduate students and 7,000 undergraduates pursue studies at Stanford each year. Our financial aid program, one of the most generous in the nation, makes it possible for any admitted undergraduate to attend without taking on student debt.

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