Director, Social Strategy (Pharma Agency)

New York City, NY (Remote)

$120K/yr – $155K/yrDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-platform social strategy for healthcare brands with a focus on patient and HCP audiences, translating trends into scalable processes and influencer programs.

  • Own social strategy, platform trends, and audience engagement for regulated healthcare campaigns.
  • Lead influencer, KOL, DOL, and ambassador programs aligned to brand goals and measurement.
  • Turn social insights into actionable campaign direction and future planning.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-platform social strategy across patient and HCP audiences
  • Serve as Avalere’s subject matter expert on social engagement, platform trends, and emerging opportunities
  • Develop strategic recommendations for organic and paid social as part of integrated campaign planning
  • Identify relevant social platforms, audience behaviors, content formats, and engagement trends to inform campaign direction
  • Develop and lead influencer, KOL, DOL, and ambassador strategies aligned to brand and audience objectives
  • Recruit, evaluate, and manage KOLs, DOLs, patient ambassadors, and creator/influencer partners for social engagement initiatives
  • Partner with Account, Strategy, Media, Analytics, and external vendors to align social strategy with campaign objectives
  • Present social recommendations, strategic POVs, and platform opportunities to internal stakeholders and clients
  • Translate social insights and performance trends into actionable recommendations and future planning considerations
  • Drive social-first thinking across campaign ideation, planning, optimization, and innovation

Requirements

  • 8–10+ years of experience in social strategy, digital marketing, integrated media strategy, or social media planning
  • Experience developing cross-platform social strategies for brands, ideally within healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other regulated industries
  • Strong understanding of organic and paid social ecosystems, platform trends, content formats, and audience engagement behaviors
  • Experience developing or managing influencer, ambassador, KOL, or DOL programs
  • Experience advising clients and presenting strategic recommendations in client-facing settings
  • Ability to translate social opportunities, performance insights, and audience behavior into clear strategic direction
  • Experience working collaboratively across account, strategy, media, analytics, and vendor teams
  • Familiarity with healthcare and pharmaceutical marketing dynamics is preferred

Preferred

  • Familiarity with healthcare and pharmaceutical marketing dynamics is preferred

Benefits

  • You will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind.
  • Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year.
  • We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.
  • Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support.
  • Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey.
  • You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.
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United by one profound purpose: to reach EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind.Avalere Health is a global strategic partner, perfectly formed to solve the biggest challenges in health – at pace and at scale. We are united across the product lifecycle, uniquely positioned to understand every angle of life, health, and the human condition.We are powered by our unique and proprietary model, SenseMaking. Combining strategic tools and human ingenuity, SenseMaking allows us to transform limitations into pathways, obstacles into possibilities, and intricacy into action. Our talented, diverse, and passionate team – known as SenseMakers – strive each day to make EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE.

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Search
43.5%
Direct
46.8%
Referral
6.9%
Social
1.9%
Paid
0.9%

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235 (18% of company)
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