Group Director, Strategy (Engagement)
Required skills
- Pharma content
- healthcare
- patients
- health care professionals
- engagement expertise
- brand strategy
- social and comms thinking
- client engagements
- HCP
- US pharma experience
Role summary
Seeking a Group Director, Strategy with deep engagement and brand strategy expertise in the pharmaceutical sector. This role requires 10+ years of experience guiding US client strategies within a healthcare marketing agency, with a focus on both HCP and patient audiences. The position involves leading a team of strategists, guiding client engagements, and collaborating with creative teams. Strong analytical skills, client relationship building, and pitching experience are essential. The role emphasizes making complex ideas simple and impactful, with a preference for candidates who enjoy a collaborative and fun work environment. On-site client presence is desired.
We are looking for a Group Director, Strategy to join our team. Pharma content is everywhere you look these days. That’s where you come in. You know where and when ideas need to come to life to create a meaningful experience, whether for patients, health care professionals, or anyone else involved in healthcare. You’ve spent 10+ years in pharma strategy, and you lead with curiosity and optimism: you’re energized by what’s new, you see possibility in a tough brief, and you bring that outlook to your team and your clients.
You’re a “key-shaped” strategist with deep engagement expertise, a solid grounding in brand strategy, and the ability to connect those disciplines, supported by fluency in social and comms thinking. When a client asks for a new tactic or initiative, you’re thinking right away about how it fits into the greater brand and engagement plan. You earn trust by listening carefully, making a clear case for your recommendations, and challenging assumptions while maintaining productive relationships. You’re a great communicator in long form, in slides, and in the room. You want to work on a team that believes fun and work do not need to be mutually exclusive.
This is a people leader role. You will lead a team of strategists, guide client engagements, and collaborate with the agency creative team. You will report to the Head of Strategy.
This role is open to fully remote candidates in the United States, with a preference for EST / CST availability. Travel to East Coast client will be required up to 15%.
Responsibilities
Lead, coach, and develop a team of strategists, setting expectations, giving regular feedback, and growing talent
Partner with client service leads on assigned clients, developing deep knowledge of the business and its strategic communication needs
Lead client annual brand planning, including workshops, plan development, collaboration with external partners, and tactical ideation
Set the engagement strategy for client work, ensuring tactics ladder up to strategic imperatives without creating unnecessary clutter
Guide development of creative briefs and tactical/project briefs, ensuring each has a clear goal and strategy
Work closely with creative teams and client media agencies to shape how ideas express across channels
Play a leading strategic role in new business, including pitch development and presentation.
Shape client market research, from framing the questions and guiding screeners and discussion guides to interpreting the evidence and recommending what should change in the brand or engagement strategy as a result.
Maintain a pulse on the competitive marketplace, partnering with medical strategy, creative, and social teams, and keeping up with new channels and engagement opportunities
Drive curiosity in the agency, sharing inspirational content and helping to broaden team thinking
Requirements
10+ years of experience in a healthcare marketing agency, with progressive experience guiding US client strategies
Proven experience managing and developing people
Experience across both HCP and patient (DTC) audiences
US pharma experience required
Pitch experience required
Deep engagement strategy expertise, a solid grounding in brand strategy, and demonstrated ability to connect the two in actionable client recommendations
Proven ability to build trusted client relationships, listen carefully, and challenge assumptions constructively while keeping work moving forward
Social and comms strategy experience a big plus
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret market data and trends
Ability to make the complicated simple and impactful
Desire to be on-site with clients
Interested in working with us? Apply online at our website.
Candidates who advance to later stages of the interview process will be asked to prepare a polished presentation deck responding to a strategic challenge, demonstrating their approach to problem-solving and ability to clearly communicate their thinking and recommendations.
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