Philanthropy Strategic Initiatives, Director

$68.20 - $102.30 Major Responsibilities Accountable for the outcomes, the design, and management of a comprehensive strategic planning process, including environmental scans, goal-setting frameworks, and progress reporting mechanisms that keep leadership accountable to shared priorities. Partners with other market AVPs to advance initiatives with measurable operational, philanthropic, reputational, and enterprise-wide consequences.

Advises on prioritization of strategic initiatives and tracks implementation, identifying dependencies and gaps, and proactively surfacing issues and resolving as needed. Prepares executive-level briefings, presentations, and communications that translate complex planning data into clear narratives for internal and external audiences. Advises and partners with philanthropy leaders to ensure strategic priorities cascade effectively to team-level goals and individual performance expectations.

Support and cascade strategic priorities of assigned area and provide education to other markets and divisions on initiatives. Resolves highly complex, ambiguous issues that may affect the assigned philanthropic market or other markets. Promotes leadership engagement, collaboration and knowledge sharing through executive forums, workshops and strategic meetings to break down silos between departments.

Coordinates and integrates critical information and insights to support business partners for philanthropic advancement. Analyze data to determine key stakeholder engagement to advise senior executives on critical philanthropic engagement to advance the priorities of the division. Lead the creation and maintenance of standard operating procedures for the office.

Education Bachelor’s degree in business, program management, communications or relevant fields required. Master’s Degree preferred. Certification / License None Required.

Work Experience 8 years of experience in philanthropy operations, strategic planning, project/program management, governance or related experiences. Knowledge / Skills / Abilities Demonstrated ability to work and function in a complex corporate system environment with matrixed reporting relationships Dynamic and strategic leader with the ability to build strong rapport both internally and externally to imagine, develop and activate “win-win” partnerships Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of employees to collaborate with staff/management/executives/other organizations Demonstrated ability to develop strategic and tactical plans to meet business objectives in a large healthcare system Ability to think critically, understand complex concepts and quantitative analyses, synthesize information, create clarity to support sound decision-making Ability to identify and solve problems creatively, to work within deadlines with a high attention to detail, and to work independently in a fast paced, dynamic environment Ability to influence outcomes without direct authority.

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