Associate Director of Growth, Avalere Health
Global healthcare communications agency
Open for applications
Global healthcare communications agency
1001+ employees
Open for applications
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
- This is a brilliant next step for someone ambitious and growth‑focused who wants to make an immediate impact within our Global Marketing capability
- Proven experience in business development, growth, or commercial roles within a healthcare marketing, communications, or professional services agency
- Strong track record of lead generation, attracting RFP opportunities, winning new business and contributing to revenue growth
- Deep understanding of healthcare marketing, including regulatory considerations outside the US
- Experience leading or significantly contributing to pitches and proposals
- Confident communicator with strong client-facing and relationship-building skills
- Commercially minded, proactive, and comfortable operating with autonomy
- Experience working across multiple regions (e.g., Europe, APAC, Domestic US)
- Exposure to strategic planning or consultancy-style engagements
- Experience mentoring or managing junior team members
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an Associate Director, Growth to help drive new business and revenue across our global healthcare clients and prospects
- In this role, you’ll spot, shape, and convert commercial opportunities, partnering closely with marketing, strategy, and client teams to bring our capabilities to market in a compelling way
- You’ll play a key role in building and delivering our growth strategy alongside the Leadership Team, bringing energy, curiosity, and an entrepreneurial mindset while navigating a fast‑paced, global environment
- You’ll have a clear path to the Leadership Team, along with opportunities to lead, coach, and mentor others as you grow
- Partner with Global Marketing leadership to execute and deliver growth strategy
- Own and drive new business development across priority healthcare markets and therapy areas (pharma, biotech, medtech, health systems, or life sciences as relevant)
- Identify, qualify, and convert new client opportunities, from early engagement through outreach, pitch and close
- Build and manage a robust global/regional sales pipeline, tracking progress and forecasting revenue, successfully generating creds calls that convert RFI/RFP opportunities
- Lead RFPs, proposals, and pitch processes, working with internal experts to shape compelling, insight-led solutions
- Act as a senior commercial point of contact for prospective clients, building trusted relationships with decision-makers
- Bea trusted commercial advisor, capable of influencing senior marketing, and procurement stakeholder clients across complex healthcare organisations
- Represent the agency externally at industry events, conferences, and networking forums (international where appropriate)
- Lead brand and reputation initiatives that directly support new business growth, including thought leadership, awards, content, and agency visibility, with a clear focus on lead generation, credibility, and pitch support
- Partner with the Senior Growth Manager to prioritise growth activity against pipeline needs, providing coaching, direction, and performance feedback to maximise commercial impact
Salary benchmarks
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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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
Knutsford, UK
Leadership
Jon Koch
(CEO)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).
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