VP, Strategy

BIOUS BioLumina Group; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Biolumina seeks a Vice President, Strategy to lead marketing strategy across agency brands, translating market insights into actionable recommendations for clients. The VP will distill large amounts of complex information into a clear narrative and collaborate with internal and external partners.

The role requires 5-8 years in pharmaceutical marketing or strategy consulting, with oncology experience, strong storytelling and presentation skills, and a passion for uncovering novel opportunities to

Qualifications

• 5-8 years’ experience in pharmaceutical marketing and/or strategy consulting in pharmaceuticals/healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency experience.
• Experience with oncology brands.
• Strong presentation and moderation skills and exceptional slide deck storytelling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in general, as well as oncology specifically, and be able to rapidly communicate trends and business opportunities to colleagues and clients.
• Understand and assess available tools and data resources; recommend tools that would expand agency capabilities
• Understand beliefs (rational and emotional) of the target audiences (HCPs and patients) as well as drivers and barriers of behavior, and identify leverage points for change
• Demonstrate primary and secondary research capabilities, knowledge of market research design methodology, and ability to interpret results
• Design customized workshops (eg, positioning, messaging, competitive analysis) and dynamically lead facilitation
• Develop strategic deliverables that include but are not limited to: competitive analysis; brand positioning; creative core idea; market research synthesis, creative brief, workshops (activities and output reports), and brand plans
• Uphold the Company Values in all decisions and interactions

Skills

Pharma marketing

Oncology brands

Presentation skills

Storytelling

Job description

Agency: Biolumina Job Function: Strategy and Planning Job Subfunction: Account Planning and Brand Planning

Job Description: Title: Vice President, Strategy Company/Location: Biolumina, New York, NY Department/Discipline: Strategy

The Vice President, Strategy is a conscientious, collaborative, creative, and—most importantly—curious core member of the Biolumina team. The VP will be responsible for driving marketing strategy across all agency brands by deriving a deep understanding of the market, customer, competition, and brand; helping translate that into a unique and motivating narrative; and converting it into actionable recommendations for clients. The essence of this position is to find the signal in the noise of a large quantity of complex information and rapidly distill it. The successful candidate will be passionate about uncovering novel insights and developing innovative ideas, and be able to share perspectives clearly and persuasively across multiple internal and external partners. The VP will be evaluated on ability to uncover fresh business opportunities and share these opportunities with colleagues in order to ultimately be a part of the larger, collaborative team that creates positive change for HCPs and patients.

Primary Responsibilities

• Monitor the pharmaceutical/biotech industry in general, as well as oncology specifically, and be able to rapidly communicate trends and business opportunities to colleagues and clients
• Understand and assess available tools and data resources; recommend tools that would expand agency capabilities
• Understand beliefs (rational and emotional) of the target audiences (HCPs and patients) as well as drivers and barriers of behavior, and identify leverage points for change
• Demonstrate primary and secondary research capabilities, knowledge of market research design methodology, and ability to interpret results
• Design customized workshops (eg, positioning, messaging, competitive analysis) and dynamically lead facilitation
• Develop strategic deliverables that include but are not limited to: competitive analysis; brand positioning; creative core idea; market research synthesis, creative brief, workshops (activities and output reports), and brand plans
• Uphold the Company Values in all decisions and interactions

Qualifications

• 5-8 years’ experience in pharmaceutical marketing and/or strategy consulting in pharmaceuticals/healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency experience
• Experience with oncology brands
• Strong presentation and moderation skills and exceptional slide deck storytelling capabilities

Biolumina’s Values

• Open Mind Always ask why—of your teammates, your clients, and yourself. And don’t stop there—keep asking questions
• Be respectful of others’ ideas, opinions, and diverse backgrounds
• Be flexible and adaptive to new ways of doing things
• Brave Heart Speak your mind… and your heart
• Courageously step forward to try something new and help others to do the same
• Be brave enough to defend your opinions—and brave enough to change them
• Ready Hands Be proactive and push things forward
• Reach out to offer help and raise your hand to ask for help
• Go out of your way to show gratitude

$170,000 - $180,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together.

Join us—we look forward to getting to know you.

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