Senior Director, Engagement Strategy & Impact

Openkrill; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with employer match

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Hybrid and remote work options

Global mobility opportunities

Vacation and holidays

Job summary

Avalere Health is seeking a Senior Director of Engagement Strategy to lead large, multi-workstream programs and shape how audiences experience brands across channels. This leader advises clients, guides internal teams, and ensures high-impact, strategically rigorous engagements.

The role requires 8+ years in engagement strategy, strong synthesis and storytelling, and willingness to travel up to 10%. Hybrid/remote options are available to support flexibility and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in engagement, digital, or omnichannel strategy, including leading complex, multi-workstream engagement initiatives.
• Proven ability to operate as a senior engagement strategy lead—setting direction, guiding decision-making, and ensuring strategies move successfully from concept through activation.
• Deep experience designing and overseeing journeys, ecosystems, activation strategies, channel roles, and content frameworks.
• Strong strategic synthesis and storytelling skills; able to bring clarity to complexity and align diverse teams around a shared engagement vision.
• Confident client leader and internal partner; able to influence at senior levels and navigate ambiguity with sound judgment.
• Experienced people leader; skilled at coaching Directors and developing future engagement leaders through feedback and example.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally (generally up to 10%)

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex engagement strategy programs end-to-end; set strategic direction, structure workstreams, and ensure high-quality execution across teams and channels
• Translate brand strategy into holistic engagement approaches, defining how journeys, ecosystems, channel roles, and activation strategies work together to drive behavior and outcomes
• Make senior-level strategic decisions within engagements; prioritize audiences, channels, and experiences based on insight, feasibility, and impact
• Serve as a senior client partner for engagement strategy; lead high-stakes discussions, guide decision-making, and provide clear strategic counsel
• Partner closely with Brand Strategy, Creative, Media, Analytics, Medical/Scientific, and Account leadership to align strategy, execution, and measurement
• Use platform, behavioral, and performance insights to refine strategy, support optimization, and strengthen engagement effectiveness over time
• Anticipate risks, gaps, and misalignment across channels or teams; course-correct proactively to protect strategic integrity and outcomes
• Mentor and guide Directors and Associate Directors; review work, elevate strategic rigor, and build confidence in independent leadership

Skills

Engagement strategy leadership

Multi-workstream programs

Brand strategy synthesis

Senior client leadership

People leadership

Job description

Avalere Health is seeking a Senior Director of Engagement Strategy to lead large, multi-workstream programs and shape how audiences experience brands across channels. This leader advises clients, guides internal teams, and ensures high-impact, strategically rigorous engagements.

The role requires 8+ years in engagement strategy, strong synthesis and storytelling, and willingness to travel up to 10%. Hybrid/remote options are available to support flexibility and collaboration.