Director, Scientific Communications and Strategic Advancement - Immunology and Immunotherapy

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

About The Position

The Icahn Genomics Institute and the Mount Sinai Colton Center for Autoimmunity seek a Scientific Director of Communications and Strategic Advancement to lead communications, visibility, and strategic advancement across Mount Sinai initiatives in genomics, autoimmunity, cancer, and immunotherapy. The role brings together scientific, clinical, translational, and therapeutic programs and aims to communicate their impact across Mount Sinai and beyond. This institution-facing position works closely with institute and center leadership, Mount Sinai faculty, institutional communications and development teams, clinical partners, and external stakeholders. The Director will shape a clear public voice, media presence, donor narrative, and strategic platform for these interconnected programs, translating complex biomedical research into compelling narratives for academic, philanthropic, media, policy, industry, patient, and public audiences. The Director develops communications and visibility strategies; identifies thought-leadership and engagement opportunities; leads or contributes substantially to grants and strategic proposals; creates presentations and advancement materials; and partners with Development on donor communications. The position also builds infrastructure for consistently capturing and communicating scientific and clinical achievements and impact. Success is measured through increased visibility, clear public narratives, high-quality proposals and materials, expanded media and thought leadership, stronger donor and partner engagement, and durable communications systems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 5–7 years of experience in health care finance or administration.
Experience in strategic planning and execution, formulating policy, building and developing financial plans, managing resources, and leading successful teams.
Strong experience in scientific, medical, or academic communications.
Excellent writing and editing skills.
Ability to communicate complex biomedical ideas clearly to multiple audiences.
Entrepreneurial, self-directed, and highly organized, with the ability to build new programs in a fast-moving academic medical center.
Energy, urgency, follow-through, strong editorial judgment, and ability to work closely with senior faculty, institutional leaders, communications teams, development officers, clinicians, scientists, and external partners.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD preferred.
Experience with large grants, strategic proposals, philanthropic materials, media strategy, social media, and presentation development.
Familiarity with genomics, immunology, oncology, autoimmunity, immunotherapy, or precision medicine.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute a cohesive communications strategy that advances the reputation and identity of the Icahn Genomics Institute, the Mount Sinai Colton Center for Autoimmunity, and aligned cancer and immunotherapy efforts.
Shape core messaging for websites, reports, proposals, presentations, press materials, communications, and social media.
Partner with Mount Sinai central Marketing and Communications teams on tactics such as identifying media opportunities, drafting press materials, and social media.
Develop faculty profiles and position leadership as trusted voices in genomics, immunology, autoimmunity, cancer, immunotherapy, precision medicine, translational research, and therapeutic innovation.
Identify opportunities to elevate programs through media stories, perspective articles, commentaries, op-eds, scientific meetings, donor briefings, institutional announcements, awards, partnerships, and public engagement.
Help position genomics, immunology, autoimmunity, cancer, and immunotherapy as defining Mount Sinai strengths and important frontiers in understanding, treating, and preventing human disease.
Lead or substantially contribute to large grants, center and institute proposals, philanthropic proposals, multi-investigator initiatives, and institutional strategic documents.
Translate scientific vision, clinical relevance, program structure, milestones, deliverables, and institutional impact into clear and persuasive narratives.
Draft executive summaries, specific aims, vision statements, letters of support, concept notes, and launch documents.
Create materials for institute and center leadership, Mount Sinai leaders, donors, advisory boards, industry partners, and external audiences.
Develop pitch decks, scientific overview slides, presentations, annual reports, briefing documents, strategic roadmaps, website language, media pitches, and social media campaigns.
Maintain a library of core slides, graphics, talking points, impact metrics, and program assets for meetings, proposals, and external engagements.
Partner with Mount Sinai’s Office of Development to communicate program vision, priorities, funding needs, and patient impact to donors, foundations, and philanthropic stakeholders.
Develop donor-facing communications and philanthropic materials in consultation with Development colleagues and aligned with institutional fundraising and donor engagement strategies.
Build systems to capture publications, discoveries, clinical advances, faculty achievements, funding milestones, trainee successes, technology capabilities, partnerships, and patient impact stories.
Support the consistent communication of program value by materials, development officers, and faculty.
Build visibility, public narratives, media and thought leadership presence, donor and partner engagement, and infrastructure for communicating scientific and clinical impact.