Vp, Strategy Director

Klick Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Klick Health in London seeks a VP, Strategy Director to provide senior strategic leadership across healthcare and life sciences engagements, developing integrated brand, omnichannel, customer experience, and communications strategies for regional and global clients.

You will partner with senior client stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams to turn complex commercial challenges into clear strategic direction and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in healthcare communications, pharmaceutical strategy, life sciences consulting, or integrated agency strategy.
• Proven ability to develop integrated brand and omnichannel strategies for pharma brands, with execution examples.
• Experience leading executive-level workshops and strategic planning for senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Client Services, Creative, Medical Strategy, Science & Regulatory, and Project Management.
• Contribute strategic leadership to new business pitches and client growth initiatives.
• Comfort with using AI as part of regular work.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated brand, omnichannel, customer experience, and communications strategy across HCP and consumer audiences.
• Facilitate executive workshops, brand planning sessions, and senior client presentations.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to connect commercial objectives with creative execution.
• Contribute to new business pitches, proposals, and growth opportunities.
• Apply data, insights, behavioral science, and AI-enabled approaches to strategic planning and decision-making.

Skills

Healthcare strategy

Executive workshops

Multidisciplinary leadership

New business pitches

AI-enabled planning

Job description

The VP, Strategy Director provides senior strategic leadership across healthcare and life sciences engagements, developing integrated brand, omnichannel, customer experience, and communications strategies for regional and global clients. The role partners with senior client stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams across Client Services, Creative, Medical Strategy, Science & Regulatory, and Project Management to turn complex commercial challenges into clear strategic direction and measurable outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead integrated brand, omnichannel, customer experience, and communications strategy across HCP and consumer audiences, translating market, customer, and commercial insights into actionable strategic plans.
• Facilitate executive workshops, brand planning sessions, and senior client presentations, providing recommendations that shape brand, portfolio, customer experience, and commercial decisions.
• Partner with Client Services, Creative, Medical Strategy, Science & Regulatory, and Project Management to connect commercial objectives, scientific context, customer insights, and creative execution across integrated engagements.
• Drive strategic contributions to new business pitches, proposals, brand planning initiatives, and organic growth opportunities, partnering with senior client and Klick leadership to strengthen and expand relationships.
• Apply data, customer insights, behavioral science, emerging trends, and AI-enabled approaches to strategic planning, helping teams identify opportunities, challenge assumptions, and improve decision-making.

Qualifications

Required:

• 10+ years of experience in healthcare communications, pharmaceutical strategy, life sciences consulting, or integrated agency strategy, including ownership of complex regional or global client engagements.
• Demonstrated experience developing integrated brand, omnichannel, commercialisation, customer experience, or communications strategies for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare brands, with examples of strategies taken through planning into execution.
• Experience leading executive-level workshops, strategic planning sessions, and presentations for senior client stakeholders, with evidence of recommendations influencing brand, portfolio, or commercial decisions.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary strategy across Client Services, Creative, Medical Strategy, Science & Regulatory, and Project Management, with accountability for delivering integrated strategic recommendations.
• Experience contributing strategic leadership to healthcare or life sciences new business pitches, proposals, and client growth initiatives, with examples of supporting new or expanded client engagements.
• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• Experience developing strategy across therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, rare disease, specialty care, vaccines, or consumer health.
• Experience supporting regional or global healthcare brands across EMEA, North America, or APAC, including adapting strategy to different market and customer contexts.
• Experience applying behavioural science, customer insights, ecosystem strategy, data, or innovation methodologies to healthcare commercial challenges.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership teams to shape longer-term brand, portfolio, or commercial strategy within healthcare or life sciences organisations.

Additional Information

Klick uses an AI-powered tool as part of an automated process to support our hiring process by analysing your experience, skills, and qualifications to help identify alignment with role requirements. Please note that the tool does not make final decisions or automatically disqualify candidates. Hiring decisions are made by our team, with thoughtful human judgment and oversight. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and have implemented safeguards to help mitigate bias and support compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions, accessibility needs, or concerns about the use of this tool, please contact us.

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of colour, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of colour, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.

VP, Strategy Director London, England, United Kingdom