VP, Strategy Director at Fifth Element | New York, USA | $175K/yr – $205K/yr

Fifth Element

VP, Strategy Director

New York, USA (On-site)

$175K/yr – $205K/yrSenior Level11+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive pharma brand strategy at scale with senior-client influence and cross-functional leadership.

Own high-level brand and business strategy across portfolios and executive engagements.
Must-have: 11+ years in pharma/healthcare brand strategy with leadership of multiple brands and teams.
Standout: Ability to unite science, brand, and commercial strategy into a single point of view.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead strategy across multiple pharmaceutical brands, therapy areas, and accounts
Set and evolve strategic direction across brand, medical, and creative disciplines
Partner at the highest level with clients as a trusted strategic advisor
Oversee and guide Brand Strategy Directors and Medical Strategy leadership
Define integrated brand and communication frameworks across portfolios
Ensure consistency, rigor, and commercial impact across all strategic output
Lead key brand and enterprise-level planning engagements
Identify growth opportunities across accounts and new business
Champion the role of strategy in shaping creative excellence and business outcomes

Requirements

11 + years of experience in brand strategy within pharma advertising or healthcare marketing
Proven leadership across multiple brands, teams, and complex client portfolios
Deep understanding of pharmaceutical markets, audiences, and regulatory environments
Strong track record of shaping high-level brand and business strategy
Executive-level client presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Experience leading and developing senior strategy talent
Ability to connect science, brand, and commercial strategy into a unified point of view
Strong cross-functional leadership across creative, medical, and account disciplines

Fifth Element

We’re a full-service healthcare agency built for the future. Our expertise spans audiences and markets—US and global, advertising, medical education, and everything in between. Founded at a time where our industry finds itself caught between two powerful forces. Rapid advancements in AI and the enduring value of human creativity. It’s in this middle space that the most meaningful breakthroughs will emerge, and it's why we exist. To navigate the tension, harness the friction, and turn it into something transformative. That’s where we do our best work. In the unseen. The in-between. The Fifth Element.

New York, New York, USA

76 employees (26 in marketing)

www.fifthelement.nyc