Aga Khan University (AKU) is a leading international university and healthcare provider committed to excellence in education, clinical care, research, and community engagement. AKU operates across three continents and six countries including Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Afghanistan. Through an integrated network of academic faculties, teaching hospitals, research platforms and development initiatives, AKU delivers meaningful impact to diverse communities worldwide.

Marketing and Communications plays a critical role at AKU — shaping institutional voice, strengthening brand equity, enhancing stakeholder trust, and ensuring consistent, high-quality engagement across academic, clinical, research, and community audiences. As AKU continues to expand its reach and influence, integrated and strategic communications leadership is central to advancing institutional priorities and global visibility.

AKU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and aims to adopt appropriate standards for ensuring and promoting a respectful relationship with and between all faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Aga Khan University invites applications for the position of Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (CMCO) — a senior executive leadership role reporting to the President or his designate. The CMCO will define and drive the University’s marketing and communications vision, ensuring that institutional priorities are translated into clear, credible, and high-impact market and stakeholder engagement strategies.

This role carries institution-wide scope and is accountable for strengthening and transforming AKU’s brand position, public voice, and stakeholder trust across its academic, clinical, research, and community portfolios. Additionally, the role also includes a mandate to further evolve and modernize the university’s marketing and communication capabilities. 

As a member of the senior leadership team, the CMCO will provide strategic counsel to executive leadership and lead a globally distributed function to deliver aligned, measurable, and reputation-enhancing communications outcomes.

The individual will work closely with academic and healthcare leadership, faculty, and student-facing units to articulate and promote the University’s distinctive value across its teaching, research, and clinical units. The role will ensure that marketing and communications strategies authentically reflect academic excellence, innovative pedagogy, clinical quality, and patient-centered care including supporting student recruitment and engagement while strengthening healthcare positioning, institutional reputation, and stakeholder trust across the University and its healthcare network.