Responsibilities

• Acting as the voice of the customer at EVERSANA INTOUCH, the Planning Director is a strategic leader-practitioner for assigned brands
• This person is collaborative to the core and may struggle to resist the pull of an empty whiteboard
• Unfazed by ambiguity, they can cut through the noise to get to the root of the issue
• The Planning Director is an expert excavator when it comes to research, with a penchant for distilling data to the simplest insights
• The ideal candidate understands the art + science of planning with a distinct preference of leading with data and logic first
• Ultimately, this person will influence and challenge clients and internal teams to bring about change
• They will be persistent in their persuasion and passionate in their approach to inspire client and internal teams to great work
• Work side-by-side with account and creative partners to crystallize client needs and business opportunities

Requirements

• An entrepreneur
• 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
• Thinker and doer – a highly collaborative whiteboarder who believes a plan is only as good as its execution

Preferred

• Sense of humor strongly preferred