Executive Director, Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides direction and leadership towards the achievement of the Healey Center's mission and goals, while anticipating opportunities, problems and issues, and initiating appropriate action without supervision. Directs the administrative staff; manages the budget; develops marketing and communication strategies; and identifies, evaluates, and creates new programs and initiatives that will enable innovation in global health and healthcare systems.


• Responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Healey Center, creating and running the events, programs, and services for students, alumni, faculty and other stakeholders that are related to the work.


• Recognizing that the generosity of the Kletjian Foundation that has established “seed funding” to support the launch of this strategic initiative, and recognizing that both the Kletjian Foundation and Babson envision global impact that will require the Healey Center to scale, take the lead in acquiring additional funding that will support growth. This includes collaborating with Advancement to seek additional philanthropic support; working closely with Corporate and Foundation Relations to secure new funds through grants; and working with Babson Executive Education and other Babson partners to generate revenues with a positive margin in order to support the growth of the Healey Center.


• Collaborates closely with Babson College units (President's Office, Undergraduate School, Graduate School, Executive Education, The Babson Academy, Advancement, College Marketing, and other Academic Centers and Institutes) to advance shared objectives. This also includes work with BOW (the Babson, Olin, Wellesley Collaboration).


• Works with the Kletjian Chair (once hired) to advance scholarship and education (curricular and co-curricular) related to the Healey Center mission; engage faculty research and participation; and implement strategic leadership that develops programming, curriculum, and events that serve the needs of all Center stakeholders.


• Acts as liaison for the Center's external sponsors and supporters, and collaborates with all offices across the College (e.g., Admissions, CCD, College Marketing, Executive Education, Entrepreneurial Centers, Alumni Affairs, Advancement and Student Affairs).


• Builds a global network to advance education and thought leadership related to driving innovation in global health and healthcare systems.


• Creates high visibility for Healey Center and other Babson initiatives.


• Serves as the spokesperson for the Healey Center, attending events and conferences and representing the Center and Babson externally.


• Works with the Babson Faculty Research Fund (BFRF), the Dean of Faculty, Kletjian Chair, and the Provost to attract and coordinate research funding awards for healthcare innovation.


• Collaborates and coordinates with members of the Healey Center's Council of Strategic Advisors. Responsible for organizing meetings and ensuring effective engagement and communication with the Council members.


• Manages to budget and provides direction and oversight to the Healey Center's budget management process.


• Responsible for producing communications, newsletters, and digital marketing efforts and communications plans through the Healey Center's website and social medial platforms (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Babson Entrepreneurs blog). Works with College Marketing and Public Relations to disseminate activities, events, and research regarding the Center which includes website development, maintenance, designing social media strategies, and analyzing analytics. Oversees the creation of a database that captures critical information on all participations in the Healey Center's programs and events; identifies criteria for success and tracks results.


• Assumes additional responsibilities as required.

Supervises:

Center staff (TBD)