Responsibilities

• Strategic Communications and Mount Sinai Visibility
• - Develop and execute a cohesive communications strategy that advances the reputation and identity of the Icahn Genomics Institute, the Mount Sinai Colton Center for Autoimmunity, and aligned efforts in cancer and immunotherapy. Shape core messaging for websites, reports, proposals, presentations, press materials, communications and social media. Partner with Mount Sinai central Marketing and C communications teams to appropriately collaborate on Marketing and Communiaction tactics (e.g. identify media opportunities, draft press materials, social media). Ddevelop faculty profiles, and position leadership as trusted voices in genomics, immunology, autoimmunity, cancer, immunotherapy, precision medicine, translational research, and therapeutic innovation.
• Thought Leadership and Opportunity Building
• - Proactively identify opportunities to elevate these programs through media stories, perspective articles, commentaries, op-eds, scientific meetings, donor briefings, institutional announcements, awards, partnerships, and public engagement. Help position genomics, immunology, autoimmunity, cancer, and immunotherapy as defining strengths of Mount Sinai and major frontiers for understanding, treating, and preventing human disease.
• Grants, Initiatives, and Strategic Proposals
• - Lead or substantially contribute to the writing and development of large grants, center and institute proposals, philanthropic proposals, multi-investigator initiatives, and institutional strategic documents. Translate scientific entific vision, clinical relevance, program structure, milestones, deliverables, and institutional impact into clear and persuasive narratives. Draft executive summaries, specific aims, vision statements, letters of support, concept notes, and launch documents.
• Presentation and Advancement Materials
• - Create high-quality materials for institute and center leadership, Mount Sinai leaders, donors, advisory boards, industry partners, and external audiences. Develop pitch decks, scientific overview slides, presentations, annual reports, briefing documents, strategic roadmaps, website language, media pitches, and social media campaigns. Maintain a library of core slides, graphics, talking points, impact metrics, and program assets for rapid use in meetings, proposals, and external engagements.
• - Philanthropy, External Engagement, and Communications Infrastructure Partner with Mount Sinai’s Office of Development to articulate each program’s vision, priorities, funding needs, and patient impact for donors, foundations, and philanthropic stakeholders. Develop all donor-facing communications and philanthropic materials in close consultation with Development colleagues to ensure alignment with institutional fundraising and donor engagement strategies. Build systems to capture publications, discoveries, clinical advances, faculty achievements, funding milestones, trainee successes, technology capabilities, partnerships, and patient impact stories so that materials, development officers, and faculty can communicate the programs’ value compellingly and consistently.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree required, Masters degree preferred.
• 5 years of experience in health care finance or administration; experience in strategic planning and execution, formulating policy, building and developing financial plans, managing resources and leading successful teams
• strong experience in scientific, medical, or academic communications; excellent writing and editing skills; and the ability to communicate complex biomedical ideas clearly to multiple audiences.
• Experience with large grants, strategic proposals, philanthropic materials, media strategy, social media, and presentation development is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with genomics, immunology, oncology, autoimmunity, immunotherapy, or precision medicine is highly desirable.
• entrepreneurial, self-directed, highly organized, and comfortable building new programs within a fast-moving academic medical center. They should bring energy, urgency, follow-through, strong editorial judgment, and the ability to work closely with senior faculty, institutional leaders, communications teams, development officers, clinicians, scientists, and external partners.

Preferred

• Master’s degree or PhD preferred.