DescriptionThe Senior Vice President will be responsible for closely supporting the Client Relationship Leader to drive interwoven programs focused on supporting clients across a growing client portfolio. The role suits a senior professional who thrives in a hands-on agency environment, enjoys direct client engagement, and wants to contribute to both client impact and firm growth.
We are looking for a senior professional to lead strategy and oversee execution for corporate, program, and product communications spanning late-stage development through commercialization. Work across high-visibility therapeutic areas, partnering closely with clients on media relations, milestone communications, and brand positioning.
Job ResponsibilitiesThe SVP serves as a senior strategic leader for $5M+ book of business on large pharma client, responsible for shaping franchise- and product-level communications strategy, guiding senior clients through high-stakes decisions, and ensuring the delivery of integrated, high-quality work that advances client and firm objectives.
- Act as the primary strategic counselor for complex portfolio, franchise, and product communications engagements, advising senior client stakeholders on positioning, priorities, and integrated communications decisions.
- Set the strategic vision for communications programs spanning clinical development, regulatory milestones, data readouts, and commercialization-ensuring clarity, consistency, and business relevance across moments.
- Seamlessly navigate between long-range strategy and real-time advisory support, ensuring execution aligns to strategic intent and meets the highest quality standards.
- Lead the development of persuasive, high-level communications plans (annual, quarterly, and milestone-driven), translating business and scientific strategy into clear narratives and activation pathways.
- Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts and across the firm, contributing to new business development, expanded scopes, and broader client partnerships.
- Own senior client relationships, building trust through sound judgment, proactive guidance, and a deep understanding of client organizations, challenges, and decision dynamics.
- Partner closely with internal and shared-service leaders (e.g., paid media, digital, creative, clinical trial excellence) to deliver integrated solutions and grow multidisciplinary accounts.
- Provide executive oversight of account operations, including staffing models, workflows, and financial performance; accountable for budget management, resourcing, and profitable growth.
- Ensure teams deliver thoughtful, timely, and strategic work-setting clear standards, providing course correction when needed, and elevating the overall quality of client service.
- Directly mentor and develop senior and mid-level talent, fostering strategic thinking, ownership, and leadership capability while building a high-performance, learning-oriented culture.
- Lead by example with a "roll-up-your-sleeves" mindset-stepping in when needed to solve problems, advance work, or support teams during critical moments.
Desired Skills and Qualifications- Minimum of 12+ years life science/pharma PR experience, agency preferred
- Experience with late-stage clinical programs as well as global and U.S. commercial launches
- Knowledge of regulatory processes, advisory committees, data and regulatory milestones, congress strategy, KOL and patient communications activations
- Prior experience working in oncology required
- Exceptional writing, editing, and client-facing skills
- Highly organized, proactive, with an entrepreneurial mindset and commitment to client confidentiality
- Oversight of websites, graphics, and core communications assets
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
The anticipated salary range for this position will be $185,000-$205,000. Salary is based on job-related factors such as: years of relevant experience, qualifications and/or certifications. Spectrum reserves the right to modify this pay range at any given time.
We want to ensure our employees are living their best (health and professional) life and offer a variety of benefits and perks which support our flexible work environment.
- All positions are remote friendly. At Spectrum, you choose where you work. We are a hybrid work environment with options to work in one of our three offices (D.C., New York, and Chicago), remotely from anywhere in the United States, or a combination.
- No matter where you work, you'll benefit from the monthly cell phone reimbursement.
- Flexible time off. Take the time you need in addition to company holidays, voting time, jury duty and bereavement. We also offer a Sabbatical Program after 7 years of service.
- 13 weeks paid Parental Leave, inclusive of adoption and foster care placement.
- Continuous learning and development through Greatest Potential Self (proprietary talent program), tuition reimbursement programs, and in-house 1:1 coaching with access to talent and productivity-based assessments.
- Bring your friends to work at Spectrum and earn a generous referral bonus.
- Medical concierge service to assist with scheduling appointments, finding care, estimating and resolving claim issues, etc.
- Thorough onboarding including accessible conversations with leadership.
- 401k with company match and 1:1 Financial Coaching and Education.
- Wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, as well as science-backed meditation and mindfulness tools through Headspace.
