Director Science & Technology Communications - Scientific Computing & Data

Director Science & Technology Communications - Scientific Computing & Data Mount Sinai is among New York City's largest employers, with 42,000+ team members in both clinical and non-clinical roles throughout our eight hospital campuses and world-renowned medical school. We are one of the metro area's largest health care providers, with hundreds of ambulatory, primary, and specialty care facilities across the five boroughs, northeastern region and beyond.Mount Sinai Health System recognizes that data is one of our most strategic assets and should be governed appropriately to protect the privacy of our millions of patients while safely sharing the data with the employees/researchers/third parties who have permission to use it in alignment with our multi-part mission of patient care, education, and research.The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai was awarded nearly $500 million in research funding in 2023, with nearly $200 million of research enabled through the Scientific Computing and Data team. Mount Sinai is ranked 14th nationwide in NIH funding and among the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.The mission of the Scientific Computing and Data (SCD) team at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is to accelerate biomedical discovery and translation through collaborative research using high-performance computing, biomedical informatics, and data science.The Director, Science and Technology Communications will develop and implement a strategy for high-impact executive-level communications for SCD. The incumbent will raise the visibility of SCD through effective communication of SCD’s impact on scientific discovery. Audiences include senior leaders and the broader community internal and external to Sinai. The incumbent will collaborate, create, iterate, and maintain original content for a variety of executive-level documents including but not limited to: manuscripts for publication, white papers, strategic plans, roadmaps, reports on SCD accomplishments, science and technology summaries, NIH and NYS proposals, NIH and NYS project reports, templates, articles, slide decks, NIH facilities documents, and data sharing plans.The incumbent will ensure professional, accurate, and effective communications by proofing selected SCD communications including but not limited to: user surveys, processes, policies, and Institutional Review Board protocols. Guide others on the SCD to produce more effective and impactful communications.The incumbent will collaborate closely with technologists and scientists internal and external to the SCD team. The incumbent will also coordinate with the Marketing team as needed. The Director, Science and Technology Communications will report to the Dean for Scientific Computing and Data.

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.

Responsibilities

Develop effective messaging and communication strategies tailored to each audience, including senior executives.Develop an implementation plan and execute the strategy.Develop a portfolio of SCD accomplishments, working with scientists and researchers and SCD members to understand and articulate the impact/ROI of SCD partnerships.Create and maintain original documents including slide decks, whitepapers, and reports for effective executive-level communication.Develop and complete reports for funded NIH awards.Write text, develop tables, diagrams, and graphics for NIH proposals.Create templates for a variety of situations including the development of use cases.Develop and collaborate on manuscripts for publication.Work with external partners to promote SCD’s accomplishments and impact.Create graphics to show trends and explain concepts.Create and publish a strategic plan for SCD.Prepare documents and plans for external advisory board meetings.Proof selected end-user communications such as SCD’s feedback for user surveys.Proof SCD team documents on compliance-related policies and procedures for maximal clarity.Ensure accurate, professional, easy-to-understand, interesting, and effective communications to all audiences.Participate in Mount Sinai-wide science and technology committees, producing slides and summaries in coordination with the Dean of SCD.Perform literature, NIH reporter, and other searches to better inform communications.Collaborate with the SCD team, MSHS, and external partners.Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or scientific discipline; PhD preferred.Ten+ years of experience developing communications for science and/or technology fields.Superior ability to communicate technical and scientific concepts to diverse audiences including senior leadership, the public, technologists, clinicians, and scientists.Experience distilling and presenting complex scientific and technical ideas in a simple, easy-to-understand way.Superior writing skills.Experience working in an academic medical center preferred.Experience working on proposals to national funding agencies (NIH, NSF, DOE, etc.).Experience performing literature and other research searches.Experience creating graphics and easy-to-understand visual representations of ideas.Excellent leadership, collaborative, and partnership skills.Attention to detail.Compensation StatementThe Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $143,858.00 - $239,662.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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