Group Director, Strategic Planning (Oncology, Pharma Ad Agency Experience Required)

THE POSITION:  

The Group Director, Strategic Planning is a leader and idea generator who inspires our internal teams and client teams toward ground-breaking marketing. The Group Director, Strategic Planning establishes trustworthy relationships and is seen by others as a collaborative role model and mentor. He or she is an expert in understanding patient journeys across multiple brands and how people live in our digital world, while bringing the heart of traditional planning. This position will frequently distil research and data analytics down into meaningful insights and strategic recommendations, clearly articulating the thinking behind our work, ideas and POVs. This person will be an advocate for the EVERSANA INTOUCH planning process to both internal and client teams, able to clearly align the planning department to help address our client’s business needs.   

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams.  These results are achieved by:  

• Motivated leader who takes ownership of multiple accounts, including each account's strategic goals and marketing landscape.  
• As the main client-facing Planner and strategic voice in client meetings, evaluates the quality of client-facing deliverables produced by his/her Planning team.  
• Is certain of his/her ability to get any job done and done right and remains unsatisfied until a topic is totally mastered.  
• Sets the standard for work and leads the team to brilliant data and insight driven strategies.  
• Provides innovative thought leadership and shapes the knowledge and expertise base within the Planning team.  
• Beyond screening our industry for new approaches and latest trends, creatively uses state-of-the-art strategic approaches to help in the problem-solving process.  
• Comes up with new strategic approaches when his/her team members are stuck and encourages them to think outside the box.  
• Writes and publishes POVs on new solutions and/or advances relative to existing solutions and platforms.  
• Applies powerful analytical skills to every stage of the problem-solving process.  
• Senses when others are on data overload and when they need more information (and knows where to find this info).  
• Is totally comfortable in front of a group, plus has clear, direct and concise communication skills. 
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias. 
• All other duties as assigned 

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state and local laws, it is the policy of EVERSANA to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by an employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for EVERSANA. If reasonable accommodation is needed to perform the essential functions of your job position, please contact Human Resources. 

PEOPLE LEADER:

People leaders must possess both the skills to effectively accomplish these tasks and the emotional intelligence to do so in alignment with our cultural values.  In addition to the critical management and leadership tasks listed above, this role also includes the following unique responsibilities:  

• Champions and nurtures individual Planning team members and guides through conflict while fostering strong relationships within EVERSANA INTOUCH leadership and client and other agency leads.  
• Serves as both a manager/mentor, but also accountable for producing deliverables.