Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Director, Brand Strategy

Saatchi & Saatchi$81K — $129K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8+ years in brand strategy or marketing within healthcare, advertising, or life sciences
  • Experience with healthcare professional (HCP) and patient-focused marketing
  • Strong grasp of healthcare markets and brand development
  • Ability to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
  • Experience crafting brand positioning and communication strategies
  • Excellent analytical, presentation, and storytelling skills
  • Preferred experience in the pharmaceutical sector, especially oncology

Responsibilities

  • Act as a strategic partner for clients and internal teams
  • Understand clients' business needs and market dynamics
  • Conduct qualitative and quantitative research for customer insights
  • Support the creation of brand positioning and engagement strategies
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for strategic alignment
  • Translate insights into actionable recommendations
  • Facilitate workshops to inspire innovative thinking

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability insurance
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off options
Full Job Description
Overview

Are you an innovative strategist who is excited to help shape healthcare brands and bring new ideas to clients? Do you enjoy uncovering insights, defining brand opportunities, and partnering with cross-functional teams to create impactful marketing solutions? Are you energized by solving complex business challenges and helping teams deliver breakthrough thinking? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

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
  • Mentor and support junior strategists while helping elevate critical thinking across teams

Qualifications

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

Additional information

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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Compensation Range: USD $81,225.00 - USD $129,987.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/12/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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