Director-Office for Diversity & Inclusion Diversity Innovation Hub

Description

The Director of the Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH) is a highly strategic role, responsible for leading and overseeing the planning, execution and assessment on all DIH strategy, projects and activities on behalf of the MSHS Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). This position will have a direct report to the Executive Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, who is director of ODI and Principle Founder and Lead of DIH. This position’s administrative and operational responsibilities will be overseen by the Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Officer in Education and Research, who is an ODI Executive leadership member and also a DIH Co-founder. The DIH Director will be involved in all relevant health innovation and technology efforts taking place at in the school and health system; and will identify new and cooperate with existing external partners to develop strong relationships to support and incubate innovative solutions to address social and structural determinants of health and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion. The DIH Director will work to advance an overarching and cohesive strategy, which will extend to existing and new initiatives. Ultimately, the role will help to solidify establish an administrative and programmatic infrastructure to support all aspects of DEI-centered health tech innovation.

Responsibilities

• Build DIH plans aligned with and in support of our ODI function; develop and advance goals and strategies; implement and scale initiatives across the team.
• Audit existing DIH programs from a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) lens and implement solutions.
• Serve as a resource for all DIH members through education and collaboration on DEI initiatives across the DIH.
• Develop a portfolio of metrics to assess impact of the DIH.
• Analyze results, measure outcomes, and develop initiatives that advances the work efforts of internal DIH stakeholders.
• Partner with Executive Leadership to define how a greater focus on innovating within and in partnership with diverse communities can lead to greater growth and organizational performance of the DIH.
• Influence and partner with external business units and functional areas across Mount Sinai to develop and ingrain a culture that recognizes how greater investment in underrepresented and diverse communities can improve and advance health outcomes.
• Design and deploy a long-term strategy and framework to integrate DIH into every aspect of Mount Sinai ODI operations and culture, understanding macro trends, research, analysis and benchmarks.
• Help lead efforts to promote DIH’s commitment to culturally and racially inclusive business processes and programs through talent management, member-focused initiatives, and community relations efforts.
• Build key partnerships with local, regional, and national organizations to expand DIH’s ability to support and engage diverse communities.
• Provide subject matter expertise, strategic planning, thought leadership, coaching and education to leaders to drive key business outcomes.
• Provide oversight and supervision for DIH core staff and trainees.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree required, Masters degree preferred
  
  

Experience:

• Experience in DEI strategy, program development and execution.
• Experience in systems thinking and design.
• 5+ years of experience with startup culture and health-tech.
• 5+ years of experience working in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space in a leadership capacity with demonstrated subject matter expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to establish strong working relationships across a matrixed organization.
  
  

Non-Bargaining Unit, 840 - Center for Multicultural Affairs - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
  
  

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does 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. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation

The 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 the role is $112827.37 - $187000 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.