Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Director, Integrated Communications

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Nashville • Tennessee • United States

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Lead

About the role

  • Lead and manage the Integrated Communications team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and executional excellence.
  • Integrate internal communications, research storytelling, routine crisis and issues communications, and operational executive messaging into a cohesive operating model.
  • Oversee intake, prioritization, and workflow processes to ensure campus communications needs are met with speed, quality, and consistency.
  • Establish clear standards for editorial quality, voice, tone, and message discipline across communications outputs.
  • Provide coaching, feedback, and professional development for direct reports.
  • Serve as a strategic and operational communications partner to administrative units across the university.
  • Build and maintain trusted working relationships with leaders and operational teams to proactively identify communications needs and opportunities.
  • Advise campus stakeholders on message framing, audience segmentation, timing, channel strategy, and implementation planning.
  • Lead and coordinate complex, cross-functional communications initiatives that require alignment across academic and administrative units.
  • Ensure communications across schools and central units are coordinated and consistent with messaging standards.
  • Develop and maintain message frameworks, narrative priorities, and editorial standards that guide communications across the university.
  • Lead development of annual and quarterly integrated communications plans aligned with institutional priorities and enterprise initiatives.
  • Define prioritization frameworks to manage competing communications requests and ensure resources are allocated to the highest-impact initiatives.
  • Anticipate potential reputational, operational, or stakeholder sensitivities and proactively incorporate mitigation planning into communications strategies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience is required
  • Minimum of 8-10 years of progressively responsible experience in strategic communications, marketing, institutional engagement, or a related field
  • Demonstrated experience developing integrated communications strategies and managing cross-functional initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to lead in fast-paced, complex, and at times ambiguous environments while maintaining quality, composure, and team cohesion
  • Strong facilitation and partnership skills, with experience participating in cross-unit forums or working groups
  • Ability to apply sound judgment and systems thinking to manage competing priorities and translate complex information into clear, actionable messaging
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic communicationsintegrated communications strategiesmessage framingaudience segmentationchannel strategyeditorial standardscommunications planningworkflow processesnarrative prioritiescrisis communications
Soft Skills
collaborationaccountabilityexecutional excellencecoachingfeedbackprofessional developmenttrusted working relationshipsfacilitationpartnership skillssound judgment
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree