Overview
Grp Dir, Strat Planning – SVP Jobs in New York, New York, USA at McCann Health London
Location: New York
Job Description
The Grp Dir,
Strategic Planning
, SVP is a seasoned and client-facing integrated planning lead responsible for managing large and complex accounts and pitches, as well as a larger team of reports. With expertise in brand building across various categories and challenges, they drive positioning, insight generation, and creative brief/campaign guidance. Their strategic foundation leads to breakthrough, behavior-changing, and disruptive creative rooted in strong human, cultural data insights.
They provide strategic oversight and guidance by mentoring the team to success and drive integration and guidance of engagement and media. Seen as a leader within the department, agency, and network, they are responsible for the supervision and
career development
of multiple levels of talent; inspiring and cultivating the next generation of high performing, well rounded Strategists.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Brand Planning
Expert in strategic discipline, agency processes and pharma compliance requirements.
Translates market dynamics, customer insights and deep understanding of disease state to developing brand strategy and solving brand challenges.
Excellent story telling skills and voice as it relates to written strategy skills.
Therapeutic area expertise.
Client Management
Develops and maintains strong relationships with clients.
Expert level
strategic leadership
and facilitation of large, complex, and bespoke client workshops and brainstorming sessions.
Excellent presentation skills: ability to command/engage an audience.
Drives influence toward a strategic POV and recommendation internally and with senior clients.
Serves as consultant to client on market research design, methodologies, and analysis.
Strong strategic voice, driving clarification, direction, and
leadership
of internal and/or client meetings.
Cross Functional Collaboration
Leads
strategic planning
responsibilities on multiple brands, integrated accounts, with great
autonomy
and proficiency.
Partner with other agency departments to ensure pull through of insights and strategy.
Talent & Resource Management
Supervises and develops large teams and delegate incoming tasks and assignments as appropriate.
Responsible for hiring and staffing decisions and full life-cycle talent management (eg, delivering feedback, annual reviews, general and performance management).
Managing staffing and SOWs across multiple accounts and ensure that staff is appropriately utilized based on
brand needs.
New Business
Consistently displays
strategic leadership
in efforts to add to agency and/or network portfolio.
Mastery display of agency pitch process, delivering high quality strategic output consistently.
Drives billability and organic growth to client and agency satisfaction.
Agency & Culture
Agency leader, participating in above brand agency initiatives, work streams and crafting thought pieces.
JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic leader on all aspects of existing business and new business opportunities with support of lower-level talent.
Leads full suite of brand strategy deliverables and g…
Title: Grp Dir, Strat Planning – SVP
Company: McCann Health London
Location: New York, New York, USA
Category: Management, Marketing / Advertising / PR
