Director, Media Strategy (Pharma)

New York City, NY (On-site)

$107K/yr – $153K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own multichannel healthcare media strategy and client advisory across HCP and DTC audiences, turning insights into executable plans and measurable outcomes.

  • Audience-driven strategy: Build channel architectures and allocate budgets across accounts with a strong emphasis on healthcare buyers.
  • Strategic delivery: Translate business goals and performance data into concrete, actionable media recommendations for planning, optimization, and measurement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of audience-centric, insight-driven media strategies across HCP, DTC, Payer, and other healthcare audiences.
  • Oversee the strategic direction, channel architecture, and budget allocation across assigned accounts.
  • Translate business objectives, market dynamics, customer insights, and performance data into actionable media recommendations.
  • Guide teams through annual planning, tactical planning, optimization, and measurement processes.
  • Ensure media strategies align with broader brand, marketing, and business objectives.
  • Partner with analytics, investment, activation, and client engagement teams to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Identify opportunities to introduce innovative media approaches, emerging channels, and evolving healthcare marketing trends.
  • Contribute strategic expertise to new business opportunities, pitches, and agency initiatives.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key client stakeholders.
  • Serve as a strategic consultant, helping clients navigate complex marketing challenges and opportunities.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of media strategy, planning, or integrated marketing experience.
  • 3+ years of people management experience.
  • Pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences marketing experience required.
  • Experience developing omnichannel media strategies across HCP and DTC audiences.
  • Strong understanding of media research, planning, and measurement tools.
  • Experience managing multiple brands, clients, and cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.
  • Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Publicis Health Media

Publicis Health Media (PHM) is the market-leading media agency in the health category, providing unmatched DTC and HCP health, wellness and pharmaceutical expertise, innovation and unmatched clout.Our team of market makers works closely with an expansive set of consumer and HCP media partners, consistently identifying first-to-market opportunities that help our clients disrupt their categories and drive business growth. We believe that everyone deserves to have a positive healthcare experience. That healthcare marketing must go beyond the expected and the traditional. That we need to push the boundaries of media through data, content, commerce and creativity. Together we create powerful experiences that matter, driving better health outcomes for the people we serve.

Founded in 2012
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
800 employees (170 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.1%
Direct
45.8%
Referral
7.3%
Social
14%
Paid
1.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~800

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
168 (21% of company)
Median Career Experience
8.5 years
Median Tenure
4.9 years
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