Director, Strategic Planning (Pharma Ad agency exp required)

The Director, Strategic Planning will be a strategic leader-practitioner for assigned brands, collaborating with account and creative partners to crystallize client needs and business opportunities. They will utilize powerful analytical skills to synthesize large quantities of information, bring forward critical observations and insights, and ensure that strategic conclusions and opportunities are grounded in data.

What You Will Do

The Director, Strategic Planning will act as the voice of the customer at EVERSANA INTOUCH, influencing and challenging clients and internal teams to bring about change. They will work side-by-side with account and creative partners to crystallize client needs and business opportunities, utilize powerful analytical skills to rapidly synthesize large quantities of information, and translate findings into insights to fuel strategic communication and great creative.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will be an entrepreneur with extensive experience within the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare industry, a deep understanding of digital channels, and knowledge of the various roles and contributions of other strategic disciplines such as CRM and social media. They will be a thinker and doer, a highly collaborative whiteboarder who believes a plan is only as good as its execution, and able to manage up, down, and across with influence versus positional power.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in planning, strategic planning and related communications experience
• Extensive experience within the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare industry
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in planning, strategic planning and related communications experience; advertising agency experience is a huge plus
• Deep understanding of digital channels and knowledge of the various roles and contributions of other strategic disciplines such as CRM and social media
• Proven ability to think creatively; evidence of success in developing digital multichannel strategies for brands and delivering them to market
• Strong digital and analytical capabilities a must
• Storyteller and persuasive presenter
• Ability to manage up, down and across with influence versus positional power
• Comfortable in both independent and team working scenarios
• Humble, hard worker with insatiable curiosity and commitment to ongoing learning and team success

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Benefits package (details available at eversana.com/careers)
• Reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants or candidates with a disability
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Equal Opportunity Employer
• Paid holidays
• Healthcare
• PTO
• Retirement
• Learning budget
• Parental leave
• Wellness
• Visa/relocation
• Remote flexibility
• Stipends
• Bonus/commission