Supervisor, Media (Pharma)

Adelphi Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Media Group's SSCG Media Group is seeking a strategic, data-driven leader for a senior omnichannel media role in New York. You’ll integrate audience insights, channel strategy, and investment decisions into clear client recommendations.

You’ll lead plan development across biddable media, ensure budget stewardship, and mentor junior staff, while navigating pharma regulations and delivering measurable results for assigned brands.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Advertising/Marketing/Communications or Business preferred.
• 5–7+ years of media planning experience; pharma vertical is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of the healthcare media ecosystem.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into insights.
• Collaborative interpersonal and diplomacy skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic media lead and primary decision-maker for assigned brands.
• Translate objectives into full funnel, omnichannel media strategies.
• Lead annual strategic and tactical media plan development grounded in data.
• Present results and forward-looking strategies to clients and stakeholders.
• Develop consultative client relationships and act as trusted advisor.
• Oversee plan development across SEM, social, programmatic, and other channels.
• Ensure budget stewardship, tracking, and reconciliation.
• Maintain QA across deliverables and pharma regulatory compliance.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members and promote collaboration.

Skills

Pharma media experience

Strategic leadership

Client communication

Presentation skills

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Advertising/Marketing/Communications/Business

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Media research tools

Job description

Agency:

Omnicom Media

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Media Planning and Buying

Job Description:

About Us

SSCG Media Group is one of the largest full-service, 100% pharma-focused strategic media planning and buying groups in the world — and we’re proud to be part of Omnicom Media Group.

But here’s what really matters:

We’re a team that believes great work starts with curious minds, collaborative energy, and people who aren’t afraid to speak up. Our values — S ubstance, S tyle, C onviction, and G race — guide how we show up for our clients and for each other.

We move fast. We support each other. We grow talent

We are committed to providing meaningful growth opportunities and early ownership for our team members.

Who You Are

You’re a strategic, data-driven media leader with strong healthcare/pharma experience and a passion for building smart, omnichannel plans that drive results. You connect audience insights, channel strategy, and investment decisions into clear, actionable recommendations.

You’re equally comfortable leading client conversations as you are overseeing execution, budgets, and optimization. You thrive in a regulated environment, bring proactive solutions to the table and elevate the work and the team around you.

Confident, collaborative, and accountable. You lead with both vision and follow-through.

What You’ll Own

Strategic Leadership & Client Partnership

• Serve as the strategic media lead and primary decision-maker for assigned brands

• Translate brand and business objectives into full funnel, omnichannel media strategies

• Lead development of the annual strategic and tactical media plans grounded in audience insights, data and performance analytics

• Present recommendations, results and forward-looking strategies confidently to clients and senior stakeholders

• Develop strong, consultative client relationships, act as a trusted advisor with strong, informed point of view

• Contribute to new business initiatives and participate in agency growth opportunities

Omnichannel Planning & Execution

• Oversee all aspects of plan development across biddable media (SEM, social, programmatic), endemic, point-of-care, custom programs, conferences/events, video and emerging channels

• Ensure alignment between channel strategy, creative messaging and customer journey

• Supervise plan execution including RFP development, partner negotiations, buying oversight, trafficking coordination and launch

• Ensure budget stewardship, accurate financial tracking and reconciliation

• Maintain quality control across all deliverables and ensure compliance with internal, client and regulatory guidelines (including pharma-specific requirements)

Team Leadership & Development

• Supervise and mentor junior team members, fostering professional growth and skill development

• Provide clear direction, constructive feedback and performance guidance

• Promote collaboration across planning, analytics, activation, strategy and creative teams

• Lead by example, modeling accountability, integrity, inclusivity and solutions-oriented mindset

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (Advertising/Marketing, Communications, or Business preferred)

• 5 – 7+ years of media planning experience (Pharma vertical is a plus!)

• Strong knowledge of the healthcare media ecosystem

• Excellent presentation and communication skills

• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable insights

• Collaborative mindset with strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suit; familiarity with media research, planning and reporting tools preferred
  New York: $50,000.00-$95,000.00

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