Director of Strategy & Innovation

Hope Media Group•New Caney, TX

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About The Position

Join a company that truly impacts others! Hope Media Group is a family of media brands, including KSBJ, WayFM, Worship 24/7, Vida Unida, and Hope Nation, along with the God Listens Prayer App and a growing portfolio of streaming stations. Together, we are united by a single mission: to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope. Through radio, digital content, mobile apps, and live events, we connect millions with messages that point to Jesus and inspire everyday impact. If you are passionate about using your gifts to advance the Kingdom through media, we invite you to explore joining our team. We are a collaborative, mission-driven organization shaped by values of being Hungry, Others-Oriented, Proactive, and Engaged. We take initiative, follow through, serve one another well, and stay fully invested in the work as we pursue excellence and meaningful impact together. The Director of Strategy & Innovation serves as the operational engine and strategic partner to the Chief Impact Officer. This role ensures the seamless execution of enterprise-level alignment across Content, Technology, and Marketing, translating long-range ministry vision into scalable operational systems and measurable external impact.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, Communications, or related field; or work experience equivalent.
Demonstrated Faith: Committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
Grounded spiritually and biblically literate
Comfortable praying for co-workers in team meetings, leading spoken prayer, and participating in ministry prayer meetings and Bible studies
Live Christian principles defined by the ministry’s Statement of Faith & Biblical Beliefs
Participate in on-air fundraisers and prays for donors as needed
Passion for leveraging the HMG’s media platforms for evangelism and discipleship
Exhibit a strong moral character
Active member of a Bible believing local church
Enterprise strategic thinking.
Director-level communication skills.
Experience leading through change.
Strong team building and talent development skills.
High emotional intelligence and collaborative leadership style.

Responsibilities

Establish organizational and execution discipline across teams, tracking milestones, managing complex priorities, and unblocking cross-functional projects.
Interface regularly with the Hope Media Group Chief of Staff (CoS) to align the CIO department’s operational cadences with broader enterprise objectives and the CEO’s office.
Manage daily cross-functional coordination between Content, Technology, and Marketing to break down silos and ensure they operate as an integrated system aligned to audience journeys.
Partner with the CIO to translate enterprise strategy into clear, data-informed outcome metrics tied to audience reach, engagement, and spiritual formation.
Help design and execute initiatives that tilt the center of gravity toward a digital, multi-platform future across radio, apps, video, and live events.
Assist the CIO in leveraging research, audience insights, and performance data to inform strategic resource allocation and decision-making.
Actively identify, pilot, and scale emerging technologies, frameworks and media opportunities to expand audience reach and deepen engagement.
Create a structured approach for testing new ideas, allowing HMG to act as an early adopter of innovative platforms without disrupting core operations.
Infuse data analytics capability into growth and audience-retention strategies across all digital properties.
Translate long-range mission vision into measurable spiritual formation objectives, ensuring that content strategy advances true ministry formation rather than just promotional priorities.
Lead and facilitate internal discussions, cross-functional working groups, and brainstorming sessions to uncover deep organizational insights and seamlessly translate those internal conversations into highly structured, actionable plans.
Guide cross-functional teams through change-management processes, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture during organizational transformation.
Design and facilitate the internal workshops and processes required to architect the end-to-end audience experience and journeys.