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VP, Brand Strategy (DTC)

Closer Look$170K — $215K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Advertising, Communications, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, or Statistics
  • 10+ years in a healthcare/pharmaceutical advertising agency
  • Experience with professional DTC or patient marketing

Responsibilities

  • Act as a strategic partner to clients, providing proactive solutions and brand stewardship
  • Own the discovery and development of brand and product strategies, including go-to-market approaches
  • Lead client meetings and workshops focused on competitive strategy and brand innovations
  • Translate brand value propositions into desired customer experiences in collaboration with engagement strategy
  • Uncover target audience needs and unique value propositions in partnership with creative teams
  • Lead qualitative and quantitative research to gain insights into target audience needs
  • Ensure all activations align with brand strategy principles, offering solutions as needed

Benefits

  • 401K plan with up to 4% employer match
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Flexible working arrangements including hybrid and remote options
  • 20 vacation days plus personal well-being day and public holidays
  • Access to an employee assistance program and personalized health support
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies
  • Continuous professional development opportunities and training programs
Full Job Description
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:

  • Bachelor's degree in (Marketing/Advertising, Communications, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Statistics etc.)
  • 10+ years' experience in a healthcare/pharmaceutical advertising agency environment
  • Experience with professional DTC or patient marketing


$170,000 - $215,000 a year

What we can offer

You 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.

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