Director, University Strategy Initiatives

Job Details

Serves as the principal strategic advisor and senior partner to the President of the University, providing leadership across a complex academic medical environment. Performs various duties in managing the operations of the President's Office and furthering its operational and strategic objectives. Manages communications, provides administrative and strategic support, and drives efficiency within the leadership team. Ensure the synergy and alignment of TJU's strategies, initiatives, and integration efforts, and in alignment of its role within the Enterprise.

Job Description

Summary
Serves as the principal strategic advisor and senior partner to the President of the University, providing leadership across a complex academic medical environment. Performs various duties in managing the operations of the President's Office and furthering its operational and strategic objectives. Manages communications, provides administrative and strategic support, and drives efficiency within the leadership team. Ensure the synergy and alignment of TJU's strategies, initiatives, and integration efforts, and in alignment of its role within the Enterprise.

Job Duties

• Serve as the President’s lead liaison/confidential advisor on institutional strategy, integration efforts, ensuring alignment with the University’s mission, values, and strategic plan. Coordinate and manage cross-functional initiatives related to organizational integration, including governance, operations, communications, academic alignment, and shared services.
• Support expansion initiatives by identifying opportunities for collaboration, program growth, partnerships, and resource optimization between the University and the new organization.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the President in leading the University’s executive leadership governance structure, designing and facilitating Executive Committee meetings to drive institutional priorities. Oversee the development of high-level agendas, briefing materials, and decision frameworks; ensure alignment with strategic objectives; and direct rigorous follow-up, accountability mechanisms, and cross-functional project management to advance key initiatives.
• Lead the development of executive communications and strategic messaging on behalf of the President, including speeches, presentations, reports, correspondence, board-level documentation, strategic memoranda, policy communications, and complex briefing documents for internal and external stakeholders. Ensure messaging advances institutional priorities, reflects sound judgment on sensitive matters, and positions the President and the University effectively with governing boards, faculty leadership, donors, policymakers, and community partners.
• Advance institutional alignment by orchestrating strategic communication and collaboration across key stakeholder groups, including executive leadership, faculty governance, staff leadership, trustees, alumni, donors, and external partners. Serve as a trusted integrator, ensuring transparency, informed decision-making, and cohesive execution of the President’s priorities across academic and administrative units.
• Gathers, investigates and conducts research (including bios) to be used as reference tools and preparation for events and meetings.
• Perform strategic, operational and financial analyses, tied to the educational, research and clinical missions;
• Primary liaison with Student Life and informs the President in dealing with student issues/concerns.
• Oversee the development and implementation of standard operating procedures for the effective and efficient operation of the President's Office.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• 10 years administrative experience in a large academic institution working with senior leadership and at least 5 years of experience managing complex, high level projects.
• Self-starter with proven outstanding written and oral communications skills and strong editing skills, excellent project management and organization competencies
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with senior level officials in,the University and affiliated hospitals, as well as with other administrators, faculty, students and candidates for high level positions from other institutions; Demonstrated analytic and organizational skills required
• Excellent ability to communicate persuasively and effectively and to promote cooperation and teamwork; Strategic and systems thinker with quantitative analysis skills
• Proven ability to develop implementation strategies which achieve organizational goals and objectives

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1020 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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