Associate Director, Strategic Planning

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $160K/yrSenior Level5+ years exp

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive brand strategy leadership and client advisory work for health brand programs, with mentoring responsibilities and cross-team collaboration.

  • Own brand strategy deliverables and workshops; lead autonomy plus client consultation.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in brand strategy or market research.
  • Standout: Mentoring junior staff and guiding staffing decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead core brand strategy deliverables and workshops more autonomously, while also serving as a consultant to clients on research design and analysis.
  • Understand disease, market, and competition to develop bespoke brand strategies and provide independent guidance to both internal teams and clients.
  • Supervise and mentor junior talent; career development of junior staff.
  • Lead client workshops preparation; facilitate and moderate breakout groups; capture key takeaways.
  • Directly supervise Strategic Planning Supervisor, Senior Strategic Planner and/or Strategic Planner; provide mentorship/guidance to team; involved in hiring and staffing decisions and full life-cycle talent management.
  • Apply strong foundational understanding of strategic planning fundamentals toward strategic and tactical recommendations for assigned brands.
  • Develop strong drafts across the full suite of brand strategy deliverables; expand pitch participation in immersion interviewing, storytelling, strategy development and tactic pull through.
  • Partner with other agency departments to ensure pull through of insights and strategy.

Requirements

  • 5+ years Brand strategy or market research (required)
  • Bachelor’s degree Marketing, Advertising, Communications, or Related Field (required)
  • Microsoft Word, Teams, PowerPoint, Excel literacy (required)
  • Ability to use AI platforms as an accelerant for brand needs and strategic deliverables (required)
  • Pharmaceutical/health experience (preferred)

Preferred

  • 3+ years Pharmaceutical/health experience (preferred)
  • Experience with AI platforms as an accelerant for brand needs and strategic deliverables (preferred)
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