Manager of Strategic Partnerships

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Responsible for managing day-to-day planning and execution to build brand awareness and preference while increasing hospital volumes and market share through community partnerships. This position supports the development and execution of partnership agreements, ensuring budget parameters and providing return on investment metrics. Additionally, this role plans, manages, communicates, executes, and measures partnership activations. In addition, this position collaborates with teams such as marketing, graphic designers, photographers, videographers, media relations, digital media team, and volunteers. This role actively participates in delivering outstanding customer service and maintaining respectful relationships. Responsibilities for this role include planning, managing, and measuring partnership activations, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across teams.

• Manages the activation of partnership agreements, including advertising, digital marketing, promotions, community relations, special events, sponsorships, physician relations, philanthropy, and customer service.
• Works with leadership to implement strategic vision and supports the execution of campaigns to meet branding, community, preference, and volume goals.
• Serves as the key point of contact for major events including vendors, volunteers, community partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Reviews periodically partnership agreements with leadership to ensure strategic alignment with short-term and long-term goals and objectives.
• Identifies and evaluates proposals from potential partnership prospects before elevating to leadership.
• Proactively recommends and brings innovative solutions to develop appropriate partnerships Collaborates with communication and marketing teams to drive digital and social efforts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work independently utilizing effective problem-solving skills to develop and implement strategic marketing initiatives, seeking senior marketing leadership for guidance and support as needed. [Required]
• Proven management experience and advanced organizational skills with the ability to multi-task to meet objectives and deadlines in a face-paced work environment. [Required]
• Must have experience and hands-on working knowledge of marketing and branding with a focus on understanding of how branding is impacted through sports marketing and community partnerships. [Required]
• Strong interpersonal skills; demonstrated team player, persuasive presenter and influencer who can work well with others – from management to staff and volunteers – using tact and diplomacy; consistently delivers high level of customer service to internal customers and external strategic partners. [Required]
• Excellent written (internal and external) communications with ability to create, compose, and edit written material in a concise and clear manner. [Required]
• Must possess excellent project management, budget management, organizational, time management and prioritization skills. [Required]
• Must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment, excel under tight deadlines and have solid computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe Reader or Professional. Working knowledge of InDesign, Publisher or any graphics program is a plus but not required. [Required]
• Effective collaborator able to drive accelerated results through sharing of ideas and building strong cross- and inter-departmental relationships with executives, staff, physicians, and/or partners. [Required]
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, analytic, and ability to plan and implement projects on time and on budget. [Required]
• Sound critical thinker with the ability to analyze data with attention to detail and accuracy in order to make strategic decisions and recommendations that produce measurable results. [Required]
• Intermediate experience in emerging digital media and technologies; proficient in social media platforms. [Required]
• Must always conduct themselves in a professional manner; must be hard working and ethical. [Required]
• Ability to attend evening/weekend events as needed [Required]
• Ability to implement initiatives in a strategic manner with minimal supervision [Required]
• Dependable transportation is a must as is the ability to travel within the AdventHealth’s West Florida Division footprint. [Required]

Education:

• Bachelor's [Required]
• Master's [Preferred]

Field of Study:

• in Sports Marketing, Business, Mass Communications, Public Relations, Advertising or related field
• in Sports Business Management or Business Administration

Work Experience:

• 2+ experience working with professional or amateur sports teams in the area of strategic and community partnerships [Preferred]
• 4+ marketing experience, with minimum of one (1) year employee management and/or complex project management experience [Required]
• Experience in budget management [Required]
• Marketing experience within healthcare industry [Preferred]
• Track record of developing and managing fully-integrated marketing initiatives, with proven results [Required]

Certain positions are subject to Florida Level 2 background screening, including fingerprinting, as required by state law.

Applicants may review general information about Florida’s background screening requirements at the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse:
https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.