Associate Director, Brand Strategy

Saatchi & Saatchi Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 81,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Saatchi & Saatchi Health in New York is seeking an innovative healthcare brand strategist to shape brand opportunities, uncover insights, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful marketing solutions.

With 5–8+ years in brand strategy within healthcare, you will translate research into actionable recommendations, develop brand positioning and messaging, mentor junior strategists, and contribute to new business opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years of experience in brand strategy, communications planning, or related discipline within healthcare advertising or life sciences.
• Experience supporting HCP and/or patient-focused marketing initiatives.
• Strong understanding of healthcare markets, customer engagement, and brand development.
• Ability to translate research into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic partner to guide brand and communications strategy.
• Build deep understanding of client objectives, market dynamics, and growth opportunities.
• Develop customer insights through qualitative and quantitative research and market analysis.
• Support development of brand positioning, messaging platforms, and engagement strategies.
• Collaborate with creative, account, medical, analytics, media, and experience teams for strategic alignment.
• Translate research into actionable strategic recommendations.
• Develop creative briefs, frameworks, presentations, and workshop materials.
• Facilitate internal brainstorming sessions and strategic workshops.
• Provide thought leadership on healthcare market trends and customer behavior.

Skills

Brand strategy

Healthcare advertising

Communication planning

Client engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Are you an innovative strategist who is excited to help shape healthcare brands and bring new ideas to clients? Do you enjoy uncovering insights, defining brand opportunities, and partnering with cross-functional teams to create impactful marketing solutions? Are you energized by solving complex business challenges and helping teams deliver breakthrough thinking? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key strategic partner to clients and internal teams, helping guide brand and communications strategy
• Build a deep understanding of clients' business objectives, market dynamics, competitive landscape, and growth opportunities
• Develop meaningful customer insights through qualitative and quantitative research, market analysis, and strategic exploration
• Support the development of brand positioning, messaging platforms, customer journeys, and engagement strategies
• Collaborate closely with creative, account, medical, analytics, media, and experience teams to ensure strategic alignment across initiatives
• Translate research and insights into clear, actionable strategic recommendations
• Develop creative briefs, communication frameworks, strategic presentations, and workshop materials
• Facilitate internal brainstorming sessions and strategic workshops that inspire innovative thinking
• Provide thought leadership on healthcare market trends, customer behavior, and emerging opportunities
• Contribute to new business opportunities, pitches, and organic growth initiatives
• Mentor and support junior strategists while helping elevate critical thinking across teams

Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years of experience in brand strategy, communications planning, marketing strategy, or a related rigor within a healthcare advertising, pharmaceutical, or life sciences environment
• Experience supporting HCP and/or patient-focused marketing initiatives
• Strong understanding of healthcare markets, customer engagement, and brand development
• Ability to synthesize complex information and distill it into clear, compelling insights and recommendations
• Experience developing brand positioning, messaging frameworks, communication strategies, and creative briefs
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with the ability to connect data, research, and business objectives
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Ability to confidently engage with clients and build trusted relationships
• Collaborative approach with a passion for partnering across multiple rigors
• Strong storyteller who can inspire teams and clients through critical thinking
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical brands is preferred; oncology experience is a plus

Additional Information:

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $81,225.00 - USD $129,987.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/26/2026.