Job Description
Find your calling at Mercy!
Located in St. Louis, Missouri
The Executive Director-Marketing Strategy is responsible for leading a regional team focused on developing and implementing regional and local marketing strategies and engagement plans. This role oversees the marketing strategy team embedded within the region and ensures alignment between regional/local priorities and enterprise marketing objectives.
Reporting to the Vice President of Marketing Strategy, the Executive Director serves as the primary liaison to leaders within the region for marketing strategy. This role collaborates closely with integrated marketing leadership and local teams to ensure seamless coordination, prioritization of marketing initiatives, and clear performance reporting.
The Executive Director will focus on driving patient acquisition and retention while strengthening the ministry’s reputation and brand presence across the region. This includes oversight of strategic sponsorships, community engagement initiatives, and major ministry driven events in the region.
Position Details:
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field preferred.
Experience
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive experience in marketing, communications, or related leadership roles.
Preferred Experience
- Seven (7) years of experience building, leading, supervising, and mentoring teams.
- Experience in health care marketing or within a complex, multi-site organization preferred.
Why Mercy?
From day one, Mercy offers outstanding benefits - including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, tuition support, and matched retirement plans for team members working 32+ hours per pay period.
Join a caring, collaborative team where your voice matters. At Mercy, you'll help shape the future of healthcare through innovation, technology, and compassion. As we grow, you'll grow with us.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | St Louis |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1986 |
| Website | https://www.mercy.net/ |
About Company
Our Mercy health system was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1986. But our heritage goes back more than 185 years. It began with an Irish woman named Catherine McAuley, who wanted to help the poor women and children of Dublin. Though Catherine had a modest upbringing, she received an unexpected inheritance that allowed her to fulfill her dreams. In 1827, she opened the first House of Mercy in Dublin, intending to teach skills to poor women and educate children. Many volunteers came to help. A few years later, Catherine founded the Sisters of Mercy, the first religious order not bound to the rules of the cloister, whose Sisters were free to walk among the poor and visit them in their homes. By the time Catherine died in 1841, there were convents in Ireland and England, and in 1843, the Sisters of Mercy came to the United States. In 1871, they traveled to St. Louis and from there throughout the Midwest, beginning what would, today be known as Mercy.
Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems in 2018, 2017 and 2016 by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy includes more than 40 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, 800 physician practices and outpatient facilities, 44,000 co-workers and 2,100 Mercy Clinic physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, supply chain organization, ROi, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients in more than 20 states coast to coast.