SVP, Strategy

At DDB Health, we believe health can’t wait. The pace of healthcare is accelerating—and we love it. That is why at DDB Health, we DARE TO DO BOLDLY. We believe there’s nothing more important than health, and we need to stay a step ahead in order to achieve it. Our agency of courageous, curious, generous and gritty people are committed to solving the toughest health challenges. Through our omnichannel creative approach, we inspire our customers to take bold action that advances health. 

Inclusivity:
We, at DDB Health, are an inclusive home. We believe that every voice matters, and we aim to reflect the world around us. Together, we can boldly tackle every health communication challenge with diverse thought and enhanced perspective.

Flexibility (new):
At DDBH we have a flexible hybrid working environment with employees able to split their time between the Soho headquarters and their home office, Friday afternoons free of meetings, Summer Fridays, and other perks and arrangements that enable our people to do their best work.  We strive to be our boldest and best no matter where we are each doing our work – either with our clients, from home, or from the office.

DDB Health is a global network of healthcare communications companies dedicated to helping clients use creativity—and creative technology—as a force for good health. Through deep insight into customers, channels, and behavior, DDB Health creates meaningful change on behalf of important healthcare brands.

Title: SVP, Strategy

Location: New York, NY 

Department/Discipline: Strategy  

Overview:

The SVP will be responsible for driving marketing strategy across all agency brands by deriving a deep understanding of the market, customer, competition, and brand; helping translate that into a unique and motivating narrative; and converting it into actionable recommendations for clients. The essence of this position is to find the signal in the noise of a large quantity of complex information and rapidly distill it. The successful candidate will be passionate about uncovering novel insights and developing innovative ideas, and be able to share perspectives clearly and persuasively across multiple internal and external partners. The VP will be evaluated on ability to uncover fresh business opportunities and share these opportunities with colleagues in order to ultimately be a part of the larger, collaborative team that creates positive change for HCPs and patients.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in general, as well as oncology specifically, and be able to rapidly communicate trends and business opportunities to colleagues and clients
• Understands and accesses available tools and data resources; recommends tools that would expand agency capabilities
• Understand beliefs (rational and emotional) of the target audiences (HCPs and patients) as well as drivers and barriers of behavior, and identify leverage points for change
• Demonstrate primary and secondary research capabilities, knowledge of market research design methodology, and ability to interpret results
• Design customized workshops (eg, positioning, messaging, competitive analysis) and dynamically lead facilitation
• Develop strategic deliverables that include but are not limited to: competitive analysis; brand positioning; creative core idea; market research synthesis, creative brief, workshops (activities and output reports), and brand plans
• In person client travel is required

Experience:

• 10 years’ experience in pharmaceutical marketing and/or strategy consulting in pharmaceuticals/healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency experience
• Experience with oncology brands (preferred)
• Strong presentation and moderation skills and exceptional PowerPoint storytelling capabilities.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $180,000- $266,600

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.