SVP, Health & Life Science

FleishmanHillard; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

FleishmanHillard in New York is seeking a Senior Vice President to lead our healthcare practice with enthusiasm and collaborative energy. You will drive strategy, manage senior teams and build strong client relationships while delivering measurable impact for healthcare brands.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional coordination, and innovative program execution across media, stakeholders and audiences in a fast-paced agency environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in healthcare communications, either in-house or agency setting.
• Experience guiding teams and clients toward compliant, effective strategies.
• Strong writing, editing and client-facing advisory skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead healthcare practice activities, drive client programs and budgets.
• Staff, mentor and coordinate across teams to deliver high-quality work.
• Develop relationships with healthcare clients, media and external partners.
• Create strategic plans and outreach to stakeholders and audiences.
• Ensure project workstreams stay on time and on budget.

Skills

Healthcare communications

Client counseling

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Project management

Budgeting

Staff mentorship

Relationship building

Written communications

Job description

Agency:

FleishmanHillard

Job Function:

Consulting

Job Subfunction:

Business and Change Consulting

Job Description:

Overview

FleishmanHillard is seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and self-starting Senior Vice President to join our dynamic and collaborative healthcare practice. FH has built its reputation on creating customized, integrated solutions that deliver what our clients value most: meaningful, positive and measurable impact on the performance of their organizations meeting their specific challenges or opportunities. We're seeking energetic professionals with good instincts, who are early adopters and self-starters, and have an adventurous spirit and passion for collaboration.

Our culture values talented, nimble, creative people who both are exemplary leaders and effective team players. This position provides the opportunity to drive exciting communications programs for a leading healthcare brand, manage teams in partnership with senior leadership, develop key relationships with healthcare industry clients, and execute strategic plans and outreach to the media, third-party organizations, healthcare professionals and consumers.

FleishmanHillard values the importance of impact and inclusion to strengthen the bonds between us, grow our people and create spaces for everyone to thrive. We stay true to our commitment to our people and the communities in which we live and work. As part of our ongoing effort to be the world's most inclusive agency, we are committed to seeking candidates who possess and demonstrate a profound interest in furthering our impact and inclusion goals.

Responsibilities:

• Play a pivotal role in handling many of the day-to-day activities for the healthcare practice's account teams, including working with senior members of the team to drive client business and programs, connecting across our healthcare and agency teams, and providing client counsel.
• Be responsive and available to the team and clients, with a "roll up your sleeves" mentality (on internal and external calls, reviewing materials, working closely with the VP on staffing, roles & responsibilities, developing plans and strategic materials with the team).
• Be flexible and manage teams across accounts; coordinate with team on resources and mentor and manage staff; bring on agency resources to create the "best teams" and deliver results for your clients.
• Develop and edit high-quality written materials, including client annual plans, creative programs, social strategy and content, media and other stakeholder communications/materials, etc.
• Develop relationships and coordinate across external audiences: third-party organizations, healthcare professionals, media, etc.
• Explore and create opportunities for incremental business growth within your clients' organizations.
• Manage team driving program plans and budgets for profitability; ensure regular communication to clients and agency management.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.
• Cultivate diverse teams and contribute to an inclusive working and learning environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience. Pharmaceutical or healthcare communications experience within an in-house team or communications agency is required, including experience working in corporate healthcare.
• Pharma and regulated health expert, with a clear understanding of how to guide the team and client toward solutions that compliantly allow us to activate through the most effective channels.
• Breadth of understanding of different disciplines, with a 360 mindset to pull in the right people for the right activities.
• Expert oversight over multiple workstreams, with attention to detail.
• Solution-focused; offering clear counsel.
• Innovative - always pushing for excellence and thinking about how to achieve the best results (take things from good to great).
• Understands the business and how to show communications value in driving core business objectives.
• Client-focused, building relationships and trust to serve current business and seamlessly mine for new opportunities
• Is operationally minded and can manage staffing, projections, forecasting, etc.
• A thirst for knowledge, interest, and desire to work in the ever-changing world of healthcare and communications.
• Skilled at applied strategic thinking, anticipating issues, trends, and connections, and translating those insights into actionable ideas for the clients and our healthcare team.
• A collaborative team member and leader, with strong project management and problem-solving skills and ability to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to effectively supervise, train and mentor junior-level account staff, provide quality control, determine workflow and assignments.
• Strong client relationship skills and the ability to successfully represent FH and client companies to key stakeholders.
• Excellent writing and editing skills, including the ability to develop and strategically d