Senior Vice President of Strategy, Avalere Health
$245-265k
Global healthcare communications agency
Open for applications
Global healthcare communications agency
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$245-265k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To imagine new possibilities for a healthier world and create the connections that make better health happen.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in related field (eg. Marketing, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Statistics); Master's degree ideal
- 12+ years strategic planning or marketing experience in a healthcare/pharma advertising agency environment
- Relevant category and launch experience
- Experience with HCP and patient marketing, including Pharma brand launch
- Experience utilizing strategic tools for analysis
- Experience building and facilitating client workshops
- Proven track record building and leading teams
- Superb and persuasive communications skills, both written and verbal
- Adept at storytelling
What the job involves
- As SVP, Strategy, you are responsible for ensuring the quality of strategic deliverables for a substantial set of accounts
- You will be building, developing, and leading a team of strategists who are focused on deriving targeted, transformative insights that fuel brand strategies, tactical initiatives, and behavior-changing creative campaigns
- This is a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves, see-the-big-picture, and understand-the-details kind of job
- You will help conceive and refine processes that enhance collaboration among strategy, scientific, creative, and account teams, to produce strategic recommendations that lead to significant brand results
- As an inspirational leader, you will consistently strive to bring out the best from your team
- Consult on the analysis of qualitative and quantitative research relating to audience (HCP, patient, and caregiver), brand, culture, and media channels to derive meaningful insights
- Oversee the development of strategy maps, brand maps, and brand ladders, the articulation of insights and promises, and the development of personas, as well as customer journeys and ecosystems
- Advise Strategists, Account leads, Scientific Directors and Creative Directors to create tight, inspiring creative briefs and translate brand insights into ideas
- Monitor cultural and social trends, their impact on target attitudes, behavior and perceptions, using a variety of market and research data
- Clearly communicate and present ideas, POVs, and strategies to internal teams, clients, and prospective clients
- Inform the development of and facilitate workshops using strategic tools and frameworks
- Mentor, coach, and counsel strategy team members to facilitate their growth and development
Our take
Avalere Health, founded in 2001 and formerly known as Fishawack, has built a strong reputation as a leading provider of cross-border strategy consultation, communications, and marketing expertise for companies in the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.
Though the company doesn’t make its exact customer list public knowledge, it does claim to serve all of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world, as well as a number of breakout biotech and medtech enterprises. In the over two decades since its founding, it has acquired and merged 19 healthcare firms worldwide - including Avalere Health from which it takes its new name.
Given that it’s grown from one location in the UK to encompass teams across the US, Europe, and Asia, the company appears to operate from a position of serious strength in this trillion-dollar space. Recently, it seems Avalere has focussed on building out its leadership team as it embraces its new branding and manifesto.
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Company
Company benefits
- The tools, skills, and support you need to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges
- Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career
- Personalized learning and training
- Hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization
- Flexible working practices
- Company pension/retirement plan
- Private medical insurance
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Compelling time-off policy
Company values
- We act with integrity - We are honest and straightforward in all our interactions and relationships
- We are authentic - We show up to work as our true selves and communicate openly with our colleagues
- We value difference - We treat everyone with empathy and humility, fostering a culture that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive
- We play for the team - Together we achieve so much more
- We enjoy the journey - We are inspired by our team, our work and the opportunity to be a part of creating a healthier world
Company HQ
Knutsford, UK
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Leadership
Jon Koch
(CEO, not founder)Was hired as CEO in 2021 after spending three years as SVP and CEO of the Global Dental Group at Henry Schein. Prior to this they spent more than 11 years in General Management, VP, and Group President roles at pharmaceuticals company Covance (now Labcorp Drug Development).
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Avalere Health
- We are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We encourage diversity of thought, inclusive behavior, and break down barriers to ensure every individual feels valued and encouraged to contribute their unique abilities and potential. As part of our commitment to building a healthier world, every employee is also encouraged to participate in our community engagement efforts, which support a wide range of healthcare programs and wellbeing causes worldwide
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