Account Director

Boston, MA (On-site)

$97K/yr – $149K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own and lead audience-centric, insight-driven media strategies across healthcare audiences, guiding planning, budgeting, and performance optimization for multiple accounts while collaborating with analytics, activation, and client teams.

  • Direct strategic media direction across HCP and DTC segments
  • Mentor and develop the Strategy team
  • Partner on analytics and cross-functional delivery to drive integrated solutions

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

  • 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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Digitas North America

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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
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$97K/yr – $149K/yr

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Account Director

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