Vice President, Partner Direct (HCP Investment)
Chicago, IL (On-site)
Posted 5 days ago
Job Summary
Own and drive PD media strategy, marketplace partnerships, and cross-team collaboration while guiding growth, standards adoption, and thought leadership across disciplines.
- Strategic PD media recommendations and marketplace intelligence
- Cross-team coordination, knowledge sharing, and goal alignment
- Partnership development, contract negotiations, and channel-agnostic leadership
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Ensure the integrity and strategic alignment of tactical PD media recommendations.
- Provide marketplace intelligence to guide internal teams and clients on direct partnership opportunities.
- Lead cross-team connectivity and collaboration efforts, including all-hands meetings, peer groups, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Establish and monitor PD marketplace goals, ensuring alignment with broader agency objectives.
- Maintain and evolve a centralized knowledge library, including planning guidance, pacing tools, optimization toolkits, case studies, and ongoing training resources.
- Drive standards adoption across teams by identifying and implementing innovative approaches from the broader Publicis network.
- Identify new media opportunities and strategic partnership deals (e.g., SPA’s, PHM product mashups, MAKRS).
- Support business growth efforts by developing new opportunities within existing client portfolios and contributing to new client acquisition initiatives.
- Serve as an industry leader with vision, anticipating and adapting to emerging media trends.
- Oversee program budgets, staffing, and resource allocation, ensuring operational efficiency.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in media strategy, planning and partner relationships.
- 5+ years of management experience, including team leadership and development.
- 2+ years recent HCP/pharma experience
- Expertise across all key media channels, including: Digital (Endemic/Lifestyle), Video, Audio (Terrestrial & Streaming), Print, Out-of-Home (OOH), Healthcare Professionals (HCP), Payer/Managed Markets
Benefits
- medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
Publicis Health Media (PHM) is the market-leading media agency in the health category, providing unmatched DTC and HCP health, wellness and pharmaceutical expertise, innovation and unmatched clout.Our team of market makers works closely with an expansive set of consumer and HCP media partners, consistently identifying first-to-market opportunities that help our clients disrupt their categories and drive business growth. We believe that everyone deserves to have a positive healthcare experience. That healthcare marketing must go beyond the expected and the traditional. That we need to push the boundaries of media through data, content, commerce and creativity. Together we create powerful experiences that matter, driving better health outcomes for the people we serve.
Salaries
Posted range
$129K/yr – $186K/yr
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