Responsibilities

• Develop and implement long-term and short-term integrated communications and public affairs strategies that support regional and system-wide priorities.
• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to senior leadership, providing counsel on organizational initiatives, reputation management, stakeholder engagement, and change communications.
• Lead communications planning and execution for complex organizational changes across multiple hospitals, service lines, and operational entities.
• Direct crisis communications preparedness, planning, and response efforts, ensuring timely, transparent, and effective communications during critical events.
• Advance the organization’s visibility, reputation, and influence through strategic media relations, public affairs, community engagement, and executive communications initiatives.
• Partner with MaineHealth senior leaders and key stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into effective internal communications, community engagement, local marketing, and public relations plans.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Communications leadership to align regional priorities with system-wide marketing, digital, communications, and brand strategies, while ensuring local market perspectives are represented.
• Establish performance goals, priorities, and operational plans for the department; ensure appropriate staffing and resource allocation to achieve strategic objectives.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and retain high-performing team members while fostering a positive, inclusive, and results-oriented culture.
• Oversee all aspects of personnel management, including performance management, succession planning, and professional development.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree required, Masters a Plus with an emphasis in marketing, communications, journalism, public relations or related field preferred.
• Experience: Ten years of progressive experience in marketing, planning, communications, public relations, market research, or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience in a healthcare setting.
• Project/process management, account management or related capabilities a plus.
• Ten years supervisory experience required.

Preferred

• Masters a Plus with an emphasis in marketing, communications, journalism, public relations or related field preferred.

Benefits

• MaineHealth offers competitive benefits including paid parental leave, flexible work options, student loan assistance, professional development opportunities, and well-being resources.