About this role
Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!
The Development Communications team operates within the Advancement Department, partnering with fundraising, marketing, executive leadership, and operational teams to support principal and major gifts, donor relations, and philanthropic initiatives. At Cedars-Sinai, we believe that every donor has the power to make a lasting impact. Together, we can build a future that solves the most sophisticated challenges in medicine.
Why work here?
Beyond an outstanding benefit package and competitive salaries, we take pride in hiring the best, most committed employees. Our staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a multifaceted, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.
What will you be doing in this role?
The Manager, Development Communications, Strategy & Program Management is responsible for developing and implementing communications strategies and plans that engage, align, and inspire various audiences with Cedars-Sinai's vision and drive understanding and engagement on organization priorities and key initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally with internal collaborators to complete projects for external and/or internal communications needs. In collaboration with leadership, internal partners, external agencies/vendors, delivers communication projects and adheres to timelines and budgets. Builds and maintains solid partnerships with internal clients to better develop, coordinate, direct, and facilitate crucial communications designed to support the mission and goals of Cedars-Sinai.
- During a time of bold ambitions for increased fundraising to advance Cedars-Sinai’s mission, leads the planning and management of a portfolio of concurrent communications projects, assigning writers, project managers and designers to projects to keep workloads balanced, establishing milestones, dependencies, decision points, and accountability to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
- Serves as a strategic thought partner to Development Communications leadership, gift officers, and others, helping translate departmental and philanthropic priorities into clear communications strategies, project plans, and actionable recommendations.
- Evaluates and improves department workflows, systems, tools, and processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness, clarify ownership, reduce duplication, and strengthen the team’s ability to scale its work.
- Advises partners on communications priorities and resource requirements, using sound judgment to recommend the most effective path forward, constructively redirect requests, or respectfully decline work that does not align with the Advancement departments priorities.
- Builds trusted relationships with cross-functional partners across Development, executive leadership, marketing, clinical, and operational areas; listens carefully to stakeholder needs while providing clear, candid, and strategic counsel.
- In partnership with other Development Communication leadership, develops integrated content and channel strategies that connect fundraising priorities, donor communications, campaign messaging, and institutional narratives across multiple platforms and audience touchpoints.
- Applies knowledge of philanthropy and fundraising communications to support donor engagement, campaign priorities, stewardship, fundraising initiatives, and the articulation of institutional impact.
- Comfortable editing and writing.
- Manages, mentors, and develops staff by setting clear expectations, balancing workloads, providing timely feedback, supporting professional growth, and fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture.
- Establishes project governance practices, including intake, prioritization, briefing, review, approvals, escalation, and post-project evaluation, to create greater consistency and transparency across Development Communications and the full department.
- Uses project results, stakeholder feedback, audience insights, and performance data to evaluate communications effectiveness and recommend improvements to content, processes, channel selection, and future project planning.
Hybrid Remote = must currently live in Los Angeles area or willing to relocate to LA area for onsite requirements.
Experience Requirements:
Five (5) plus years of communications/journalism, public relations/media relations, and/or marketing experience; preferably in healthcare/hospital, nonprofit, or academic environment, but not required.
Two (2) plus years of managerial experience supervising direct reports.
Educational Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications, Public Relations, or related field.
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