Group Design Director - Health & Life Sciences Studio

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 151,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Song in Chicago seeks a Group Director of Design Leadership to energize studio teams, oversee multi-disciplinary design, and shape client outcomes across health and life sciences. You will lead client relationships, drive growth, manage budgets, present at industry events, and collaborate with Accenture Interactive leadership to deliver design excellence at scale.

This senior role requires 12+ years experience and 5+ years of managerial leadership, with a track record of building

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant industry experience; demonstrated experience leading a material multidiscipline design practice and demonstrated experience and expertise designing for health and life sciences clients, such as pharmaceutical, biotech, payer, provider, or medtech organizations.
• 5+ years of managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Rally teams around a purpose and vision, creates the conditions for them to do their jobs effectively and know when to lead and when to serve.
• Demonstrate the ability to see the business clearly and recognize course of action.
• Recognize the importance of key metrics and understand the information and management required to achieve and maintain performance metrics.
• Deeply understand the market, including health and life sciences, and can speak to our clients and the industry about our content, craft, and trends fluently and convincingly.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and embody values through words and actions.
• Drive business impact by organizing for growth and bringing great opportunities to great people.
• Lead points of view, proposal creation, and relationship management across key clients.
• Oversee the management and overall financial performance of this unit.
• Proactively interact with Accenture Interactive leadership and relevant client account leads in the identification, negotiation and delivery of all joint opportunities.
• Create a studio culture that values design quality and outcomes across studio portfolio.
• Manage at least one key studio account and oversee strategic direction and output of all projects for that account.
• Establish and lead client and account relationships for successful account growth.
• Present at conferences as an ambassador.

Skills

Design leadership

Studio leadership

Stakeholder management

Client relationships

People leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Sketch

InVision

Axure

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Accenture Song in Chicago seeks a Group Director of Design Leadership to energize studio teams, oversee multi-disciplinary design, and shape client outcomes across health and life sciences. You will lead client relationships, drive growth, manage budgets, present at industry events, and collaborate with Accenture Interactive leadership to deliver design excellence at scale.

This senior role requires 12+ years experience and 5+ years of managerial leadership, with a track record of building