Senior Vice President of Brand Strategy, Avalere Health
Direct-to-Consumer
$200-255k
More information about location
Global healthcare communications agency
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Global healthcare communications agency
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$200-255k
More information about location
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
- 12+ years of experience in brand strategy with deep experience leading complex client accounts
- Proven track record of owning brand strategy outcomes and influencing senior‑level client decisions
- Strong people leadership skills; able to lead, mentor, and develop senior strategists in high‑pressure environments
- Executive presence and credibility with clients and internal leaders
- Strong strategic thinker and storyteller with the ability to translate insight into decisive brand direction
- Willingness and ability to travel periodically (generally up to 20%)
What the job involves
- The SVP, Brand Strategy owns brand strategy direction for major accounts or portfolios, serving as a trusted senior advisor to clients and the ultimate steward of brand outcomes
- SVPs lead high‑stakes brand decisions, shape long‑term brand direction, and ensure strategies deliver against business objectives
- While they help reinforce strong strategic craft, their primary focus is owning account strategy, guiding teams through complexity, and partnering closely with clients to influence critical brand decisions that drive growth and differentiation
- Own brand strategy direction across major accounts or portfolios; set vision, priorities, and strategic direction for client work
- Lead development of brand positioning, messaging architecture, and brand narratives that guide integrated execution
- Serve as the senior strategic advisor to clients; influence high‑stakes decisions and navigate complex stakeholder dynamics
- Partner closely with Engagement Strategy, Creative, Medical/Scientific, Analytics, and Account leadership to ensure brand strategy is activated effectively
- Guide teams through complex strategic challenges; provide escalation support and course‑correction when needed
- Ensure brand strategy remains aligned through execution and adapts to evolving client and market needs
- Mentor and develop VPs, Senior Directors, and Directors; build strong, confident account‑level strategy leadership
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 several 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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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Leadership
Amar Urhekar
(CEO)Was previously the COO of Avalere Health, Group President at Evoke, Global President at Ashfield Health and was President of the Americas at McCann Health.
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