Full-Time VP, Strategic Planning

A Vice President, Strategic Planning will lead the team that delivers real, rounded, and actionable insights to create winning brand strategies for awarded work and new business.

Lead the charge with confidence and creativity to inspire teams to strategic brilliance, inspire confidence with clients, and drive business growth. This role will collaborate effectively with others—becoming an invaluable partner to Creative Leaders, Account Directors, and key subject matter experts.

At Eversana-Intouch, Strategic Planning is robust, yet malleable, meeting the demands of the changing global markets and client needs.

The VP Planning will creatively infuse brand strategy and European market knowledge with curiosity for how our clients thrive, bringing an understanding about how people live in our global world to the table.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. As leader of Strategic Planning for our Eversana-Intouch Healthware Affiliate, determine the optimal strategic approach for each client engagement, then develop and deliver strategic deliverables that inspire clients and deliver results, across AOR and all Agency assignment types.
2. Lead strategy for new business proposals, develop insightful strategy and inspiring content, and deliver compelling live pitch proposals as part of the “A-list” pitch team.
3. Provide Europe-focused expertise to client teams, including a strong understanding of regulatory and cultural differences between key EU/UK markets.
4. Leverage subject matter expertise and charisma to develop strong relationships with clients and with internal teams.
5. Provide thought leadership that elevates the work and delivers high value to clients.
6. Conduct primary and secondary market research to uncover new insights for your brand and author strategic POVs that elevate thinking and lead to better outcomes.
7. Mentor and develop team members.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• Travel (Frequent: domestic and international)
• Hours (minimum 40 hours per week)

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• 10+ years of pharmaceutical agency AOR experience developing winning branded and unbranded strategies for pharma products in Europe, including new product launch, across a variety of therapeutic areas
• Deep appreciation of the global healthcare space, including European pharma marketing requirements; practical European activation experience required
• Understanding that planning is not an abstraction, bringing proven techniques to influence the process and be at the heart of the work
• Excellent storyteller with a compelling communication style that attracts others and inspires confidence with clients and prospects
• Educate, council and inspire clients on emerging trends
• Native/ fluent English a must, additional languages welcome

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or advertising required; agency AOR experience a must
• Demonstrated deep knowledge of oncology and rare disease therapeutic areas
• At least 10 years of experience as a Strategic Planning team leader at global healthcare agencies

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