Director of Strategy and Project Management
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Full-time
Project Management
Posted on April 12, 2024
Position Details
Position Information
Posting date
03/21/2024
Closing date
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.
Description
Required Qualifications - Education and Yrs Exp
Bachelor's degree
Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Skills and Knowledge
Experience
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
Additional Instructions
Quick Link
https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/72976
Key Accountabilities
Description
Strategy
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Description
Project Management
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Partnerships and Relationship Management
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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.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Required Documents
Position Information
Posting date
03/21/2024
Closing date
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.
Description
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.
- 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.
Experience
- Experience in a healthcare, research, or higher education environment.
- Experience with marketing automation systems.
- Experience with enterprise CRM/database systems
- Master's degree in a related field.
- PMP or similar certification a plus.
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
Additional Instructions
Quick Link
https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/72976
Key Accountabilities
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.
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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.
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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.
33
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Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness through actions, interactions, and communications with others.
--
Performs other duties as assigned.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you learn about this employment opportunity?
- Current Dartmouth employee (Please specify full name below)
- Word of mouth
- Mentioned on social, digital, or print media (e.g. LinkedIn feed, VOX, Valley News, listserv)
- jobs@dartmouth.edu email outreach
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- Inside Higher Ed
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- Dartmouth's Job Board (searchjobs.dartmouth.edu)
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- If you would like to add more information to your answer, please specify here:
(Open Ended Question)
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
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