Group Director, Strategic Planning (Pharma Ad agency exp required)

Responsibilities

• Motivated leader who takes ownership of multiple accounts, including each account's strategic goals and marketing landscape.
• As the main client-facing Planner and strategic voice in client meetings, evaluates the quality of client-facing deliverables produced by his/her Planning team.
• Is certain of his/her ability to get any job done and done right and remains unsatisfied until a topic is totally mastered.
• Sets the standard for work and leads the team to brilliant data and insight driven strategies.
• Provides innovative thought leadership and shapes the knowledge and expertise base within the Planning team.
• Beyond screening our industry for new approaches and latest trends, creatively uses state-of-the-art strategic approaches to help in the problem-solving process.
• Comes up with new strategic approaches when his/her team members are stuck and encourages them to think outside the box.
• Writes and publishes POVs on new solutions and/or advances relative to existing solutions and platforms.
• Applies powerful analytical skills to every stage of the problem-solving process.
• Senses when others are on data overload and when they need more information (and knows where to find this info).

Requirements

• 10+ years of Account Planning experience.
• Extensive experience within the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare industry required.
• Subject matter expert for digital, media and technology marketing and advertising.