Associate Director, Brand Strategy

New York City, NY (On-site)

$81K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead strategic brand initiatives, translating insights into actionable recommendations while guiding cross-functional teams in healthcare marketing projects.

  • Develop brand positioning and messaging platforms
  • Lead strategic workshops and client-facing presentations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a key strategic partner to clients and internal teams, helping guide brand and communications strategy
  • Build a deep understanding of clients' business objectives, market dynamics, competitive landscape, and growth opportunities
  • Develop meaningful customer insights through qualitative and quantitative research, market analysis, and strategic exploration
  • Support the development of brand positioning, messaging platforms, customer journeys, and engagement strategies
  • Collaborate closely with creative, account, medical, analytics, media, and experience teams to ensure strategic alignment across initiatives
  • Translate research and insights into clear, actionable strategic recommendations
  • Develop creative briefs, communication frameworks, strategic presentations, and workshop materials
  • Facilitate internal brainstorming sessions and strategic workshops that inspire innovative thinking
  • Provide thought leadership on healthcare market trends, customer behavior, and emerging opportunities
  • Contribute to new business opportunities, pitches, and organic growth initiatives

Requirements

  • 5-8+ years of experience in brand strategy, communications planning, marketing strategy, or a related rigor within a healthcare advertising, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environment
  • Experience supporting HCP and/or patient-focused marketing initiatives
  • Strong understanding of healthcare markets, customer engagement, and brand development
  • Ability to synthesize complex information and distill it into clear, compelling insights and recommendations
  • Experience developing brand positioning, messaging frameworks, communication strategies, and creative briefs
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to connect data, research, and business objectives
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
  • Ability to confidently engage with clients and build trusted relationships
  • Collaborative approach with a passion for partnering across multiple rigors
  • Strong storyteller who can inspire teams and clients through critical thinking

Preferred

  • Experience supporting pharmaceutical brands is preferred; oncology experience is a plus

Benefits

  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. 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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Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V

Publicis Media harnesses the power of modern media through leading agency brands Dysrupt, Infinite Roar, Publicis Collective, Publicis Health Media, Spark Foundry, Starcom and Zenith, as well as global accelerator PMX; immersive experience group PMCI (inclusive of Picture Motion and RDL Worldwide); and access to integrated platform-based technologies and offerings from CJ, Epsilon and Influential. A key business solution of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40]), Publicis Media’s digital-first, data-driven global solutions deliver client value and drive growth in a platform-powered world. It is present in over 100 countries with over 23,000 employees worldwide.

London, England, United Kingdom
11K employees (3,008 in marketing)

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$81K/yr – $130K/yr

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Associate Director, Brand Strategy

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V · New York City, NY · On-site