Multilingual Director, Strategic Planning (German & English Speaking)

Director, Strategic Planning (German & English Speaking)

• Full-time
• Department: Marketing Agency

EVERSANA INTOUCH is a leading full-service, global healthcare agency serving the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. We provide next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions, and data analytics services for clients.

We combine the power of world-class creative and digital teams with deep market access, payer, and healthcare communications expertise to provide innovative solutions to life science companies that want to connect with consumers, healthcare professionals, and payers.

A Director, Strategic Planning will own the process to get to real, rounded, and actionable insights to create powerful brand strategies. Lead the charge with confidence and creativity to inspire teams to strategic brilliance. This role will play nice with others—becoming an invaluable partner to Creative Leaders, Account Directors, and key subject matter experts.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As lead Strategic Planner on assigned accounts, determine the best strategic approach for each client engagement, develop and deliver strategic deliverables that inspire clients and teams.
• Contribute to new business proposals by providing insightful strategy and content, and deliver pitch proposals as part of the “A-list” pitch team.
• Provide Europe-focused expertise to client teams, including a strong understanding of regulatory and cultural differences between key EU/UK markets.
• Leverage your subject matter expertise to develop strong relationships with clients and with internal teams.
• Provide thought leadership that elevates the work and delivers high value to clients.
• Conduct primary and secondary market research to uncover new insights for your brand and author strategic POVs that elevate thinking and lead to better outcomes.
• Mentor and develop team members who can benefit from your experience.

EXPECTATIONS OF THE JOB:

• The role can be based in the following countries: Germany, Italy, Ireland, UK, Spain and the job holder must be legally eligible to work in the European Union or in the UK.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Demonstrated experience developing winning branded and unbranded strategies for pharma products in Europe, including new product launch, across a variety of therapeutic areas.
• Deep appreciation of the global healthcare space, including European pharma marketing requirements; practical European activation experience required.
• Understanding that planning is not an abstraction, bringing proven techniques to influence the process and be at the heart of the work.
• Excellent storyteller with a compelling communication style that attracts others.
• Educate, counsel, and inspire clients on emerging trends.
• Native/fluent English a must; additional languages welcome.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or advertising required; agency AOR experience a must.
• At least 8 years of experience in a similar role in the industry.

Patient Minded: I act with the patient’s best interest in mind.

Client Delight: I own every client experience and its impact on results.

Take Action: I am empowered and hold myself accountable.

Embrace Diversity: I create an environment of awareness and respect.

Grow Talent: I own my development and invest in the development of others.

Win Together: I passionately connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime to achieve results.

Communication Matters: I speak up to create transparent, thoughtful, and timely dialogue.

Always Innovate: I am bold and creative in everything I do.

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From EVERSANA’s inception, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds who share a passion for improving the lives of patients and leading innovation within the healthcare industry.

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