Associate Vice President, Enterprise Academics, Internal Communication (Hybrid)

At Advocate Health, we are committed to helping people live well by advancing care, discovery, education, and innovation across the enterprise. We are seeking an accomplished Associate Vice President, Enterprise Academics, National Center for Clinical Trials and Strategy Internal Communication to shape and execute communication strategies that support Academics, the National Center for Clinical Trials, Strategy, National Service Lines, and broader enterprise priorities.

As a trusted advisor to senior executives and enterprise leaders, you will lead communication strategies that connect academic excellence, research and discovery, clinical trials, and enterprise strategy. Your work will build understanding, strengthen trust, and engage faculty, researchers, investigators, clinicians, leaders, and teammates across the organization.

This enterprise leadership role offers the opportunity to influence how Advocate Health communicates its most important academic, research, clinical, and strategic priorities.

You will provide counsel on complex communication opportunities and challenges while leading leadership communication, engagement, listening, activation, and organizational change strategies. You will also strengthen communication advisory capabilities, promote enterprise-wide collaboration, and advance communication excellence across interconnected areas of the organization.

• →Develop and execute innovative communication strategies aligned with Academics, the National Center for Clinical Trials, Strategy, National Service Lines, and broader enterprise objectives.
• →Serve as a strategic communication advisor to senior executives and enterprise leaders during organizational change, complex issues, crises, and key strategic initiatives.
• →Lead people, engagement, and change communication strategies that support leadership activation, understanding, adoption, and organizational transformation.
• →Translate complex academic, research, clinical, and business strategies into clear and compelling messages for diverse internal audiences.
• →Partner with People Operations and Optimization and People Activation Events to create multimedia content and enterprise activation experiences.
• →Develop communication across internal channels and forums, including the intranet, email, town halls, leadership events, and video.
• →Drive storytelling that demonstrates the impact of academic excellence, research and discovery, clinical trials, National Service Lines, and enterprise strategy.
• →Ensure consistent and aligned messaging across Academics, the National Center for Clinical Trials, Strategy, National Service Lines, divisions, and enterprise functions.
• →Advance listening and two-way communication strategies that strengthen feedback loops and encourage meaningful dialogue.
• →Foster collaboration across internal communication, academic, research, and enterprise communication teams.
• →Establish best-practice measures to evaluate communication and engagement efforts and continuously improve strategies and capabilities.
• →Lead and develop a high-performing communications team that demonstrates strategic partnership, collaboration, and strong business acumen.

• 10 or more years of progressive strategic communication experience.
• Significant experience in internal communication, organizational change, and transformation.
• Communication experience within an academic, research, or academic health system environment.
• Demonstrated success advising senior executives and partnering across complex, cross-functional organizations.
• Ability to translate academic, research, clinical, and business strategies for faculty, researchers, investigators, clinicians, leaders, and teammates.
• Proven experience establishing and leading strategic internal communication and change programs within a large, complex organization.
• A successful track record of connecting multiple strategies and stakeholder groups to build understanding, alignment, engagement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing communication teams.
• Executive communication and senior leadership advisory expertise.
• Deep knowledge of change communication and transformation strategy.
• Strong business acumen and strategic storytelling capabilities.
• Experience leading within complex, highly matrixed organizations.
• Exceptional people leadership, coaching, and talent development skills.
• Sound judgment, discretion, and risk management capabilities.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with consistent, high-quality execution.

• Experience supporting communication across academic medicine, research, clinical trials, education, and enterprise strategy.
• Experience advising executive leadership teams during significant organizational change or transformation.
• Demonstrated success developing enterprise-wide listening, engagement, and leadership activation strategies.
• Experience measuring communication effectiveness and using insights to strengthen engagement and business outcomes.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.