Director of Strategy and Project Management at Dartmouth College in hanover, New Hampshire

Job Description:

Posting date:

03/21/2024

Open Until Filled:

Yes

Position Number:

1128801

Position Title:

Director of Strategy and Project Management

Department this Position Reports to:

Development Shared Services

Hiring Range Minimum:

$101,200

Hiring Range Maximum:

$126,400

Union Type:

Not a Union Position

SEIU Level:

Not an SEIU Position

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Employment Category:

Regular Full Time

Scheduled Months per Year:

12

Scheduled Hours per Week:

40

Schedule:

M-F 8:00AM-5:00PM when in the Office with Hybrid arrangements to be discussed with Supervisor

Location of Position:

Lebanon, NH

Remote Work Eligibility?:

Hybrid

Is this a term position?:

No

If yes, length of term in months.:

NA

Is this a grant funded position?:

No

Position Purpose:

The Director of Strategy and Project Management serves as a key leader of marketing and communications strategy for the Geisel School of Medicine and the Medical and Healthcare Advancement office. The position is dedicated to bringing strategic focus, cohesion, and coordination to our shared work, enabling the wider team to execute best-of-industry communications and marketing strategies in the smartest, most efficient manner.The Director leads the implementation of communications strategy, project management, and client relationships spanning the school and the advancement office, bringing strategic focus, direction, and results to a wide range of marketing and communications needs across a diversity of audiences. The Director brings strong leadership skills and an ability to both motivate and track progress across numerous projects, deliverables, and timelines to deliver the best possible solution to organizational needs on time, on budget, and of the highest quality.

Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp:

Bachelor's degree

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrated leadership skills with exceptional ability to manage, influence, and motivate.


• Exceptional ability to navigate competing priorities and develop creative solutions to realize the impactful outcomes while achieving the most efficient use of resources.


• Exceptional project management ability, including the ability to track against competing priorities amid constrained resources.


• Proven track record of driving organizational transformation, with focus on relationships and partnership.


• Expertise as a manager of individuals and teams in a complex organizational environment.


• Demonstrated track record of forging partnerships across a breadth of organizational structures.


• Proven track record of relationship building and collaboration with internal and external partners. Ability to serve as an ambassador of the school and the advancement office as needed.


• Strategic orientation with a deep understanding of audience engagement and demonstrated ability to align key business objectives with marketing/communications strategy.


• Initiative, self-motivation, and the ability to meet deadlines while successfully managing a high-volume workload and prioritizing among multiple projects.


• Experience in leading and participating in collaborative teams.


• Brings a sense of joy to the workplace.


• Ability to handle sensitive and highly confidential information with discretion and judgment.


• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills, with a commitment to respectful communication and collaboration within a diverse community.

Experience

• 10-15 years of leadership experience managing diverse teams across complex, multifaceted initiatives in a complex organizational environment.


• Depth of experience in a client/partner relationship management capacity, including


• Experience with project management and intake systems (e.g. Wrike, Monday).


• Demonstrated experience assessing and translating organizational needs to delivered solutions, on-time, on budget, and of the highest quality.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience

• Experience in a healthcare, research, or higher education environment.


• Experience with marketing automation systems.


• Experience with enterprise CRM/database systems

Education

• Master's degree in a related field.


• PMP or similar certification a plus.

Department Contact for Recruitment Inquiries:

Michael Sarra

Department Contact Phone Number:

603-646-5873

Department Contact for Cover Letter and Title:

Michael Sarra

Department Contact's Phone Number:

603-646-5873

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. Applications by members of all underrepresented groups are encouraged.

Background Check:

Employment in this position is contingent upon consent to and successful completion of a pre-employment background check, which may include a criminal background check, reference checks, verification of work history, conduct review, and verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, with results acceptable to Dartmouth College. A criminal conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Background check information will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Dartmouth vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?:

Not an essential function

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Dartmouth College has a Tobacco-Free Policy. Smoking and the use of tobacco-based products (including smokeless tobacco) are prohibited in all facilities, grounds, vehicles or other areas owned, operated or occupied by Dartmouth College with no exceptions. For details, please see our policy.
https://policies.dartmouth.edu/policy/tobacco-free-policy

Quick Link:

https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/72976

Description:

Strategy

• Works with leadership to develop an integrated communications strategy for a range of audiences, with a focus on reinforcing core business objectives driving enrollment, philanthropic support, engagement, and recruitment.


• Leads the intake, ideation, and implementation of communications and marketing projects.


• Manages collaboratively across teams to establish timelines and milestones, marshal resources, and track progress to completion for a range of projects, initiatives, and deliverables.


• Leads post-delivery assessment of marketing and communications campaigns,


• Manages prioritization and distribution of work across organizational units/clients, and develops reporting mechanisms and methodology for institutional leadership.


• Partners with institutional leadership to identify key communications goals and objectives, and develops strategies that address organizational needs.

Percentage Of Time:

33

Description:

Project Management

• Develops and leads a comprehensive project management paradigm with a full range of oversight, from high-level strategy to tactical implementation.


• Leads project management across teams, bringing collaboration and cohesion to a diversity of initiatives supporting key, revenue-generating institutional priorities.


• Through direct and adjacent leadership strategies, ensures that projects track effectively against milestones.


• Develops and leads reporting and analysis across a range of KPIs, enabling the organization to establish both high-level and fine-grained return on investment.

Percentage Of Time:

33

Description:

Partnerships and Relationship Management

• Manages relationships with offices, departments, colleagues, partners, and clients across the school, the advancement office, and the broader community supporting the conceptualization, planning, execution, and evaluation of a range of marketing and communications initiatives, campaigns, and collateral.


• Develops, manages, and facilitates a constituent engagement strategy


• Leads project management and reporting through a range of meetings and other constituent engagement efforts, including stand-up meetings, project briefings, reports to governance and leadership, etc.


• Establishes and maintains collaborative working relationships with communications colleagues across Dartmouth and Dartmouth Health, often exercising a high degree of autonomy and judgement


• Works with creative, content, and video production colleagues to align content and creative with digital and deployment strategy.


• Leads audience/message segmentation, targeting, and retargeting to deliver the right message, to the right audience, at the right moment to inspire that audience to action.

Percentage Of Time:

33

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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.

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Performs other duties as assigned.

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