YSN Sr. Director of Clinical Affairs and Partnerships

About the role

The Senior Director of Clinical Affairs and Partnerships provides strategic leadership for Yale School of Nursing's clinical education enterprise and serves as the principal administrative leader responsible for advancing academic-practice partnerships across Yale School of Nursing and Yale New Haven Health System.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a senior administrative leader contributing to strategic planning and institutional decision-making across YSN and YNHHS.
• Advises executive leadership regarding workforce trends, partnership opportunities, and academic-practice strategy.
• Led complex cross-functional initiatives involving academic, clinical, operational, and external stakeholders.
• Develops and monitors strategic goals, performance indicators, and outcome measures aligned with organizational priorities.
• Promotes a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Leads development and implementation of YSN's clinical partnership strategy.
• Establishes and maintains executive-level relationships with healthcare systems, community organizations, governmental agencies, and industry partners.
• Identifies opportunities to expand YSN's clinical footprint, workforce pipelines, and scholarly collaborations.
• Serves as an ambassador for YSN, advancing institutional visibility and strategic influence.
• Provides strategic leadership for faculty practice partnerships and secondary clinical appointment models.
• Develops sustainable frameworks integrating faculty practice, student learning, workforce development, and clinical innovation.
• Led expansion of Dedicated Education Units, academic teaching practices, faculty practice initiatives, and emerging care delivery partnerships.
• Identifies opportunities to strengthen financial sustainability through faculty practice, clinical partnerships, grants, and revenue-generating initiatives.
• Develops metrics to evaluate educational, operational, workforce, and financial outcomes.

Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership and management experience, particularly in team and project management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experienced in strategic planning and compliance, with an understanding of regulatory and policy frameworks.
• Proven ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic environment and effectively manage resources and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Master's degree Or Doctoral Degree.
• Minimum ten years of progressively responsible leadership experience in healthcare administration, nursing education, workforce development, academic affairs, or health system operations.
• Demonstrated success leading complex strategic initiatives, partnerships, and organizational change.
• Proven experience in both academic and healthcare delivery environments.
• Proven experience leading academic-practice partnerships, workforce development initiatives, and healthcare innovation programs.