Vice President, Group Account Director - Market Access Marketing

This is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence at the client site.

• Possesses an in-depth understanding of client business issues, industry, competitors, and brands
• Is constantly attuned to the evolving needs of the client
• Communicates effectively—and is credible—with senior and executive clients

• Passionately defends, grows, and manages key accounts
• Coauthors and presents groundbreaking marketing communication plans
• Ensures plans are strategically sound and imaginative
• Contributes productively to creative concept reviews on major campaigns, providing thoughtful insights on the work and possible client reactions
• Attends and helps sell creative work on major campaigns
• Ensures consistency of voice across communication channels and that the voice of the customer/consumer is represented in creative work
• Provides astute input on first round of copy/layout on major campaigns

Coaches account team throughout all stages of development to ensure the work meets client expectations, and is on brand and on marketing strategy

• Is actively engaged in proactively driving day-to-day development of account team and other department teams
• Gives individuals freedom to try out new ideas and grow
• Provides inspiring team training and thoughtful input on career road maps
• Allocates resources effectively, balancing client needs with profitability
• Provides specific behavioral feedback, and models those behaviors

• Creates thought-provoking scopes of work that reflect client needs
• Develops important methodologies and work practices designed to enhance company performance and profitability
• Has a keen, almost intuitive sense of financial implications of business decisions
• Identifies organic growth opportunities
• Partners with peers to create innovative ways to impact business results
• Partners with strategy to provide business context; helps form insights into the category, competitive environment, brand health, and customer
• Understands results and adapts programs to maximize ROI and create new agency opportunities

• Manages the financial health of account(s), including growth, profitability, and delivery of forecasts
• Understands contractual relationships, and monitors contract compliance
• Oversees reporting and hourly reconciliations

• →Ensures the agency operates on a solid foundation by building strong, impenetrable senior client relationships
• →Helps clients articulate their needs, and works with the agency to propose groundbreaking solutions
• →Easily builds rapport and trust with others
• →Is viewed as a strong leader by agency colleagues
• →Integrates seamlessly with agency peers to facilitate collaboration and innovation
• →Resolves conflict easily and quickly, reducing organization and interpersonal issues

• 10+ years pharmaceutical agency experience
• 5+ years in direct client/ brand account management
• 5+ years of supervisory experience in managing a team
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Bachelors Degree in marketing, advertising, communications or related subject Preferred:
• 3+  years of managed markets experience