About the role: As VP, Brand Strategy, you are a strong leader who is adept at developing targeted, transformative insights that fuel brand strategies, tactical initiatives, and behavior-changing creative campaigns and applying those skills to inspire the trust of our clients. As an engaging storyteller and critical thinker, you will work collaboratively within the strategy team as well as with the account, creative, and scientific teams to produce and deliver strategic recommendations that lead to significant brand results.
What you'll do:- Act as a strategic partner to clients to solve their business challenges-offering proactive solutions, provoking out of the box thinking, and acting as a brand steward
- Ownership of the discovery and development of brand and product strategy including go-to-market strategy, business strategy, and creative strategy
- Lead client meetings and workshops to support strategic foundations, competitive strategy, brand innovation and experience
- Partner with engagement strategy to translate brand value proposition to a desired experience
- Partner with clients and creative teams to unearth target audience needs, unique value propositions, and supporting reasons to believe
- Lead qualitative and quantitative research & insights projects to support deeper understanding of target audience needs
- Ensure all activations and executions reflect and pull-through brand strategy principles-ability to diagnose and offer solutions if not aligned
- Support SVP, Strategy in development and expansion of capability set
About you:- 10+ years of experience in brand strategy, strategic planning, or related strategy roles, preferably within healthcare, pharma, life sciences, or a highly regulated industry.
- Proven ability to independently lead strategy across complex accounts, including setting direction, guiding clients, and owning deliverables from start to finish.
- Experience developing brand positioning, messaging architecture, strategic foundations, go-to-market strategy, creative briefs, and campaign strategy.
- Experience applying audience and insight development, including market research, customer insights, segmentation, patient journeys, and behavioral drivers.
- Skilled storyteller, facilitator, and presenter with the ability to translate complex information into clear, compelling narratives.
- Collaborative cross-functional leader with the ability to partner effectively across disciplines and guide teams toward aligned outcomes.
- Comfortable operating with autonomy, managing ambiguity, escalating selectively, and maintaining accountability for quality and client impact.
$170,000 - $210,000 a year
What we can offerYou will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.
Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support. Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.
