• Job Description

  Req#: 481902
  Position : Strategic Initiatives Director
  
  Team: Business Development & Innovation (Advancement & Innovation)
  
  
  Role Overview: Reporting to the SVP of Development & Innovation, the Strategic Initiatives Director will function as a core partner to team leadership and will be a critical driver of the team’s overall mission and success. This position will support the SVP with team communications, workflow, organization, strategy, and core goals. This individual will work most closely with members of the Business Development & Innovation team while cross-collaborating with other team leads to maintain the latest information and workflow implementation, communicating it regularly to the team allowing all to optimize accordingly. The role requires a high-level, strategic thinker who can seamlessly project manage complex initiatives, partnering with team leads to effectively complete projects and cross the finish line. The ideal candidate will be able to navigate and connect the dots across functions in the A+I department at large as well as cross-departmentally, integrating key learnings and best practices within the BDI team.
  Communications: The ideal candidate will have incredibly strong communication skills and will partner with the SVP to create internal meeting materials that are demonstrative of the team’s progress, goals, and accomplishments. These presentations will have audiences inclusive of the BDI team, the A+I team at large, the entire organization (i.e. All Hands), constituent partners, or governing committees.
  Culture: A critical focus for this role will be around culture creation and team building, both top priorities of leadership organizationally and of the BDI team. This role will drive the cadence and strategic purpose of weekly team meetings as well as additional key annual meetings such as the team off-site. We will focus on furthering our team’s connected dynamic as the team grows with new hires in FY24 and beyond, prioritizing the unique culture of this fast-paced, high-energy team.
  Core Team Business Initiatives:
  • Multi-year corporate sponsorship deals for leading LCPA initiatives (Summer for the City)
  • Custom-sponsored event series (New York-Presbyterian’s Art of Wellbeing)
  • Large-scale technology partnerships (5G)
  • The intersection of technology and the arts (Dream Machine; Collective Body)
  • Next-generation donor networks (Arts Club)
  • Cross-campus sponsorships with constituents in support of campus-wide fundraising (Lincoln Center Corporate Fund)
  What You’ll Get to Do Here:
  • Be a part of a team that is collaboratively contributing to the future of Lincoln Center
  • Work alongside best-in-class LCPA leadership, constituents, and talent
  • Work with SVP of BDI to set and achieve OKRs and key results, laddering up to collective team revenue goal
  • Collaborate with A+I Operations, Special Events, Research, Individual, and Institutional Giving Teams to ensure cohesion and critical transparency within the team at large
  • Work with Directors of Strategic Partnerships and the Lincoln Center Campus Fund to implement FY24 and FY25 strategies
  • Support the SVP of BDI with calendar management, internal team communications, running weekly team meetings, agenda curation, internal presentations, and more
  You’ll Be a Great Fit If You:
  • Possess 10+ years of relevant experience and a flexible approach to working with a team of optimistic, strategic, fast-paced, self-starters with ambitious goals and every intention to achieve them
  • Are a culture carrier, prioritizing the well-being and efficiency of the team, upholding team values and mission in all that we do and all that we strive to achieve together
  • Have a genuine passion for the performing arts world, corporate social responsibility, ESG, civic leadership, the greater New York City community, accessibility, and, of course, creative fundraising
  • Nurture a strong network unique to you and your background that will contribute to new and dynamic ways to the work that we do as a team
  • Carry a positive, can-do attitude with the know-how expertise and finisher attitude, consistently taking on new projects and seeing them through, closing the loop
  • Can simultaneously stay close to important details and reach high-level milestones, supporting the team at every level and focusing with leadership on the overarching goals
  • Possess excellent relationship management skills, often representing the BDI team and VP both internally and externally
  • Are highly organized regarding management of tasks at hand and priority communications - responsive to all in a timely fashion; can manage many workstreams and tasks at once, leveraging the right support when needed
  • Enjoy making connections amidst a complex matrix of internal leads and external partners
  • Think several steps ahead, anticipating the needs of the team with regard to core mission, A+I cross-team needs and expectations, and needs of the SVP
  • Have excellent communication skills and ability to draft internal and external communications efficiently and quickly on behalf of the SVP of BDI
  Desired Experience:
  • Executive Leadership
  • Organizational Strategy
  • Brand Partnerships
  • Marketing/Sales
  • Presentation Building
  • Communications
  • Systems Building
  
  
  What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
  
  Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world’s leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.
  
  
  We are:
  1. The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.
  -We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations
  2. A leading Arts Presenter.
  -We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater
  3. An Education Hub.
  -We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members
  
  
  Who are our people?
  Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.
  Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."
  Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.
  
  
  What’s the news?
  Highlights from the Summer Season
  • Celebrating Art, Community, and Resilience Post-COVID: Summer for the City Returns to New York For A Second Year
  • Vibrating Haptic Suits Give Deaf People a New Way to Feel Live Music
  • The True Winners and Losers of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards
  • Her Symphony Reclaims an Ancestral Story, and Classical Music
  Campus Happenings
  • Lincoln Center Names Conductor for Reimagined Mostly Mozart Orchestra
  • Henry Timms Wants to Tear Down Walls at Lincoln Center
  • Lincoln Center Presents to Continue This Winter/Spring With Expanded Free and Choose-What-You-Pay Performances
  • The 2024 Tony Awards Will Be Hosted at Lincoln Center
  Legacies of San Juan Hill
  • Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
  • Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
  • Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
  Who is our President and CEO?
  Henry Timms is the co-founder of #GivingTuesday and the co-author of New Power.
  
  
  Join us!
  It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.
  
  

• About the company

  3-acre complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.

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