Director Strategic Dissemination

American Addiction Centers•Oak Brook, IL

8d•$68 - $102•Remote

About The Position

This position is full time remote and typical work hours are M-F between 8am and 5pm. The Director of Strategic Dissemination will bring industry-leading approaches to disseminate and translate strategy across complex, large-scale enterprise organizations, leveraging AI and other emerging technologies. They will establish mechanisms to assess knowledge, gaps, and needs, develop plans and deploy interventions, and balance standardization with tailored methods. The role involves building standard processes for requests, tracking implementation, and monitoring impact, while reinforcing a culture of agility. Additionally, the Director will partner with insights teams to disseminate analyses to leadership, design engaging methods, and bring a strategic perspective to deliverables. They will also serve as a key resource in developing strategic content and messaging for executive-level events, supporting the Chief Strategy Officer and other leaders in crafting presentations and white papers. Collaboration with People and Culture, internal communications, and executive communications teams is crucial for developing activation plans and integrating strategic messaging. The role also involves supporting governance processes and communication structures to promote visibility, accountability, and informed decision-making across the enterprise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, healthcare or related field from an accredited college or university is required.
Minimum 7 years of experience in health systems management, strategic planning, or strategic communications.
Experience in cross-functional leadership and program management in complex organizations.
Familiarity with academic medical health system operations, and strategic planning processes.
Understanding of enterprise strategy formulation, strategic planning frameworks, and/or dissemination best practices.
Sound critical thinking and analytical skills to evaluate needs and assess impacts.
Experience designing and deploying change initiatives within complex organizations.
Collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills; able to influence within a matrixed organization.
Strategic thinker with expert ability to translate complex strategies into pragmatic and digestible messages.
Demonstrated excellence in communication, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills.
Expert design and written communication skills, including executive-level presentation.
Routine office environment requiring sitting at a desk, working with a personal computer, conducting video or phone calls, and preparing reports and other statistical data.
Requires periods of being sedentary such as at meetings.
Excellent verbal and presentation skills.
Standing, walking and driving.
Lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds.
Works rapidly and accurately under pressure, to work in a safe and effective manner, and to handle different issues and priorities simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in business, healthcare or related field from an accredited college or university is preferred.
Experience in healthcare consulting or advisory services with a professional services firm.
Experience in strategy formulation and activation for several large, complex health organizations.

Responsibilities

Bring industry leading approaches to disseminate and translate strategy across complex, large scale enterprise organizations, leveraging AI and other emerging technologies.
Establish ongoing mechanisms to critically assess knowledge, gaps and needs to support strategic understanding and activation.
Develop plans and appropriately deploy interventions.
Balance the need for simplicity and standardization in tools, resources and educational materials with “always on” and audience-tailored methods.
Build standard processes to intake requests, track implementation and monitor impact of dissemination activities.
Reinforces a culture of agility, regularly evaluating and improving capability.
Partner with Lead, Strategic Insights & Economics and other leaders to regularly disseminate external insights analyses and findings to leadership audiences.
Design templates and engaging, multi-modal methods that titrate depth and breadth of analyses by purpose and audience.
Bring strategic perspective, organizational knowledge and understanding of dissemination needs to inform external-insights deliverables.
Serve as key resource in identifying and drafting strategic content and messaging in support of Board-level events, C-level presentations and other senior executive-led events.
At the direction of the Strategic Lifecycle Lead and Chief of Staff, support the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), CSO direct reports and other strategy function leaders in development of presentations, white papers and speaking-points; crafting messages to effectively communicate complex strategies to various audiences.
Supports preparation of compelling deliverables to influence strategic decision-making.
Partners with People and Culture and internal communications teams to develop robust communication and activation plans and to integrate strategic messaging into organizational communications and cadences.
Partner with the Executive communications teams in drafting strategic messaging and content for CEO-level internal and external communications.
Collaborate with enterprise leaders seeking to integrate and align strategic insights into their work.
Supports governance processes and communication structures that promote visibility, accountability, and informed decision-making across the enterprise.

Benefits

Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
Competitive compensation
Generous retirement offerings
Programs that invest in your career development
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program