Vice President of Strategy, Avalere Health

• Bachelor's degree in related field; Master’s degree preferred (public health, public policy, marketing, communications, business administration)
• 12+ years strategic planning or marketing experience, preferably in a market access, payer marketing, or managed markets agency environment
• Experience with leading strategy for market access marketing, including pre-launch, launch, mature, and portfolio brands
• Thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and cross-discipline environment with a proactive mindset
• Highly skilled as an interdisciplinary thinker and curious strategist
• Seamlessly skillful in balancing both collaborative work and independent work
• Proven track record in leading and inspiring teams as well as upholding the organization’s culture
• Crisp and persuasive communications skills, both written and verbal
• Highly adept at compelling storytelling and paving the path to brilliant creative
• Comfortable leading and working under pressure with tight deadlines, across both inline client work and pipeline new business development work
• Exceptional and reliable organizational skills

• As VP, Strategy – Market Access Marketing, you are critical in leading our strategy partnerships with our market access marketing clients as well as helping to grow our internal strategy team
• As a key member of our cross-discipline market access marketing offer, this role seeks a strategy leader who is deeply hands-on, balancing the macro picture with the micro details
• Advise, guide, and develop comprehensive market access strategy to support pipeline and inline assets in maximizing and communicating brand value
• Lead and perform the analysis of qualitative and quantitative research relating to market access stakeholders and derive meaningful insights
• Lead and develop market access stakeholder personas/archetypes, strategy maps, integration into brand plans, positioning, brand identity strategy, creative briefs, and messaging strategy among other critical strategic elements
• Lead the ideation and execution of market access marketing solutions, tactics, and activations that amplify brand performance
• Lead and facilitate workshops, training meetings, launch meetings, and other key events on behalf of market access marketing clients
• Integrate seamlessly and maintain fluency between Advisory and Marketing disciplines within a matrixed organization
• Grow and contribute to the growth of the market access marketing offer by leading the strategy for RFPs, identifying organic growth, and supporting the sourcing of new business development opportunities
• Lead collaboratively with account, medical, and creative partners on the delivery of market access marketing strategy
• Deliver thought leadership, publish articles, contribute to podcasts, and keep pulse on key market events that would impact market access stakeholder attitudes, behavior, and perceptions
• Identify external partners for collaboration and consultation as needed
• Support leadership with growing the internal strategy team and cultivating strong talent
• Be flexible with travel up to 20-30% of time as needed

• 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

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.