VP, Social Media

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$150K/yr – $200K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive global social leadership and AI-enabled workflow innovations for pharma-focused brands.

  • Own day-to-day social strategy across account teams and influencer integration.
  • Must-have: 15+ years leading integrated social campaigns in agency/pharma settings.
  • Standout: Design and manage AI agents within social workflows with human oversight.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as social + digital leader embedded within collaborative teams for multiple US and global brands.
  • Lead a team of high-performing social strategists to maximize performance, manage budgets efficiently, mentor team members, and support ongoing skill development across paid media, influencer strategy, social-first production, and emerging technologies.
  • Act as a voice across the company to develop and deliver department- and companywide trainings that regularly update teams on platform best practices, paid innovation, influencer trends, and AI-enabled workflow enhancements.
  • Oversee strategic and creative execution, ensuring expertise in paid social integration, platform-native storytelling, influencer activation, and alignment to the broader digital ecosystem.
  • Play a pivotal role in leading day-to-day social media strategy for a variety of account teams, including content oversight, social-first production planning, influencer integration, project management, and portfolio leadership.
  • Design and manage AI agents within social workflows to improve efficiency in content development, community management, listening, reporting, and performance optimization — maintaining responsible human oversight at all times.
  • Oversee the development and communication of POV documents regarding platform changes, emerging technologies, and innovation opportunities across the social landscape.
  • Identify, cultivate, and manage high-level relationships with industry experts, platform representatives, influencer partners, and technology vendors.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience creating and leading impactful, comprehensive social and digital campaigns that integrate paid, owned, influencer, and content strategies.
  • Strong agency and pharmaceutical marketing experience required.
  • Deep expertise in paid and organic social media strategy across platforms including Google, Meta, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Snapchat, Reddit, TikTok, SERMO, Figure1, and other emerging channels.
  • Strong strategic thinker with the ability to develop programs that are unique, relevant, creative, measurable, and commercially impactful.
  • Experience integrating AI tools into marketing workflows, including the design and management of AI agents that enhance social execution and performance.
  • Design and manage AI agents embedded within social marketing workflows to enhance strategy, content, moderation, and reporting.
  • Ensure intelligent automation strengthens — not replaces — human insight, creativity, and regulatory accountability.
  • Ability to clearly connect social strategies and tactics to ROI by partnering with analytics and strategy teams to develop performance models, incrementality testing, and marketing mix analysis.
  • Experience managing and sustaining profitable accounts, including development of meaningful metrics, scorecards, budget oversight, team structures, and client reporting models.
  • Comprehensive understanding of social team LOE across strategy development, paid execution, reporting, monitoring and moderation (M&M), listening, IRM, influencer compliance, and production.
  • Strong track record of leading new business efforts and winning pitches.
  • Ability to grow client relationships organically through consistently excellent work and forward-looking innovation.
  • Proven ability to partner with account, strategy, creative, media, and analytics teams to ensure social remains an indispensable and revenue-driving part of the business.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage staff effectively to deliver projects on time, within budget, and with high-quality results.

    EVERSANA

    3.5 Glassdoor

    EVERSANA® is a leading independent provider of global services to the life sciences industry. The company’s integrated solutions are rooted in the patient experience and span all stages of the product life cycle to deliver long-term, sustainable value for patients, prescribers, channel partners and payers. The company serves more than 650 organizations, including innovative start-ups and established pharmaceutical companies, to advance life sciences solutions for a healthier world. To learn more about EVERSANA, visit eversana.com.

    Founded in 2018
    Chicago, Illinois, USA
    4.7K employees (563 in marketing)
    66% recommend to a friend
    78% CEO approval

    Traffic Signals

    Monthly Visitors
    48.6K
    Monthly Google Ads Budget
    $1.2K
    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    43.4%
    Direct
    46.8%
    Referral
    6.7%
    Social
    1.6%
    Paid
    1.4%

    Headcount Trend

    Current headcount: ~4.7K

    Marketing Team

    Marketing Team Size
    396 (8% of company)
    Median Career Experience
    23.5 years
    Median Tenure
    5 years
    Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
    28

    Funding

    Last Raise
    Private Equity, 7 years ago

    Funding History

    • Oct 2018
      Private Equity Round

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