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Posted Job Title
Executive Director, Communications and Stewardship, Penn Medicine
Job Profile Title
Director D, Business and Finance, Communications and Marketing
Job Description Summary
The Executive Director of Communications and Stewardship provides strategic leadership and day-to-day management of the Communications and Stewardship team for Penn Medicine Development and Alumni Relations. This includes establishing the vision, strategy, and priorities for an integrated, multidisciplinary communications function supporting Leadership Communications, Alumni Relations, UPHS Clinical Care, Abramson Cancer Center, Campaign Initiatives, Biomedical Research, and Operations teams.
The Executive Director will provide leadership and vision in planning and implementing effective communications, marketing strategies, and stewardship to support Penn Medicine’s fundraising goals. Manages a staff of 20 including eight direct reports and one dotted line report whose responsibilities include proposal writing for major and principal gifts, editing, publications, acknowledgements and other correspondence, remarks, newsletters, digital media, council communications, leadership messaging, and other media as requested.
Reports to the Senior Executive Director, Communications & External Affairs.
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
Oversight and management for PMDAR wide development communications, stewardship, and digital media efforts. This includes all activities across Leadership Communications, Alumni Relations, UPHS Clinical Care, Abramson Cancer Center, Campaign Initiatives, Biomedical Research, and Operations teams. Set goals and best practices, react to ongoing requests, and develop strategy and long-term planning to adapt the department to the changing needs of PMDAR. Guide all career development for this large team.
Directing workflow and priorities for all communications team members. Oversee all tracking and metrics for all activity and development of analytics (both qualitative and quantitative) to assure program’s success.
Leads comprehensive stewardship program for Penn Medicine. Review and approve material as needed.
Collaborates with the DAR Communications, UPHS Marketing, PR, and teams to provide the resources needed to support our internal communications and stewardship programs as well as ensure alignment of strategy for PMDAR.
Advise senior PMDAR leaders on strategic communications, leadership messaging, and sensitive or emerging issues. Lead special communications projects and initiatives in response to requests from CAO and other University and Penn…