Program Director-Parent Center-Pediatrics

Description

The Mount Sinai Parenting Center’s mission is to transform the way pediatric healthcare is delivered by maximizing opportunities to promote strong parent-child relationships and early childhood development within everyday healthcare interactions. We create trainings, curricula, videos, and resources for providers to use in healthcare moments with the goal of providing parents with the tools they need to foster optimal social, emotional and cognitive development in their children.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate, grow, and manage a portfolio of strategic partnerships across healthcare systems, academic medical centers, foundations, and aligned nonprofits.
• Serve as a principal point of contact for external partners, representing the organization with professionalism, warmth, and strategic clarity.
• Identify and pursue new partnership opportunities that extend the organization's reach and amplify its programmatic impact.
• Lead active fundraising efforts, including prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
• Serve as liaison to the Mount Sinai development office.
• Oversee the implementation and tracking of programmatic activities in close coordination with the Executive Director and Directors of Medical Education and Clinical Programming.
• Ensure programmatic priorities are sustained by organizational funding, while maintaining fidelity to the organization's mission and quality standards.
• Work with the Associate Director of Operations to monitor key performance indicators and support data-informed decision-making in program development and refinement.
• Contribute to the development of a strategy for the organization's research investments, ensuring alignment with mission, and the evolving needs of the medical education field.
• Build relationships with academic and research partners to identify collaboration opportunities and invest in projects to support and strengthen the Center’s offerings.
• Operate as a senior member of a small, collaborative team — contributing to organizational strategy, participating in leadership discussions, and modeling a culture of excellence and mission alignment.
• Support the Executive Director in high-priority initiatives and represent the organization in external settings as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required, Masters preferred, or equivalent combination or relevant work experience and education.
• 7 years related experience.
• PREFERRED: Experience with large research projects, research management, study design and publications.
• Existing relationships with medical education, pediatric health or broader healthcare nonprofit community.
• Experience in nonprofit development, strategic partnerships or related field with demonstrated track record in fundraising success.
• Familiarity with medical education, healthcare, early childhood sectors--including an understanding of how the Center is positioned in the healthcare space.
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills; genuinely energized by external engagement, public speaking, and building relationships at all levels.
• Mission-driven and passionate about early childhood development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including tailoring messaging to unique funders.
• Comfort operating in small nonprofit environment, resourceful, self-directed and able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.