Director, Advocacy Strategy & Research

Chicago, IL, United States

Discovery is a Publicis Health (PH) company that is focused on identifying and implementing key collaborative advocacy and community engagement strategies for pharmaceutical companies. We believe in helping the industry live its vision of improving the lives of the patients and communities that serve them in ways that go beyond product development and delivery. Entire communities can benefit from initiatives that raise awareness, expand access, address disparities, and support improved standards of care. The Discovery advocacy team has been at the forefront of development in the healthcare advocacy and community engagement field since 2006, working with clients to develop internal advocacy structures, as well as collaborative initiatives in education, awareness, access, policy, and other key areas. We think beyond traditional parameters and develop innovative solutions to stay ahead of the evolving political, regulatory, legislative, medical, and economic environments.

About Publicis Health

At Publicis Health, we are united around one purpose: to create a world where people are equipped and motivated to take control of their health. We transform healthcare marketing and communications into healthcare engagement. We believe healthcare marketing is healthcare, fostering healthy conversations, healthy behaviors and healthy people. Publicis Health is a Dynamic Health Engagement Platform, an organizing principle that seamlessly connects data, content and technology; is driven by marketing and business transformation; and offers our clients fluid access to world-class talent and game-changing capabilities. With 40 offices and 15 brands across the globe, Publicis Health's worldwide staff is comprised of more than 3,000 healthcare professionals who are experts in advertising and branding, data and analytics, strategic planning, service design, digital media and technology, science, and medicine

Job Description Key Responsibilities

The Director, Advocacy Strategy and Research is responsible for strategic development, content development, and research aspects of Advocacy deliverables and for providing therapeutic, landscape, and advocacy expertise to advocacy clients.

This role is client facing and may require moderate travel.

Identifies the broad advocacy landscape opportunities across clients and therapeutic areas

Demonstrates expert ability to proactively monitor, research, understand, and translate the therapeutic and advocacy landscape into to advocacy strategy

Demonstrates expert ability to translate data into insights, and pulling recommendations from insights

Provides recommendations on advocacy community stakeholder prioritization

Analyzes and interprets health policy trends to inform advocacy strategy and initiatives

Acts as therapeutic and landscape expert for the Advocacy team and the client; produces reports/white papers/briefs to communicate findings

Provides strategic recommendations to enhance client's patient advocacy and engagement efforts

Leads internal, client, and advocacy community stakeholder meetings

Communicates Advocacy findings during meetings, brainstorming, and strategic discussions with the Advocacy team, clients, and advocacy community stakeholders

Responsible for the development and completion of Advocacy deliverables, including content development for tools/resources, writing, editing, and obtaining Advocacy team and client approvals

Conducts or guides landscape analyses

Advisory board meetings

Guides development of or develops pre-meeting and meeting content (e.g. objectives, agenda, discussion guide, slides, etc.)

Manages slide review and editorial needs for live and virtual meetings

Guides preparation of or prepares full range of meeting summaries

Pulls findings through to present implications and strategic recommendations

Develops and administers surveys and conducts advocacy thought leader and organizational interviews, and translates findings into strategic recommendations

Medical or community meeting coverage

Identifies sessions of strategic interest at medical meetings and congresses and community meetings

Attends appropriate meetings to support client needs

Participates in on-site and/or virtual meetings with key stakeholders

Develops meeting summaries and follow-up recommendations

Ensures that all Discovery Advocacy deliverables accurately reflect and integrate landscape research findings

Responsible for quality and overall and therapeutic and landscape accuracy and integrity

Demonstrates adherence to project parameters including deadlines, budget, and content specifications; tracks content throughout the development process to ensure on-time delivery

Addresses potential barriers to successful project completion that may arise, keeping Advocacy leadership team informed in a timely manner

Works with Advocacy colleagues to develop recommendations for organic growth with existing Advocacy clients

Represents advocacy internally in the Publicis Health network

Proactively identifies opportunities for advocacy growth with existing agency clients and engages appropriate account teams

Participates in new business pitches for advocacy division, and represents advocacy in agency pitches

Client relationships

Primary client contact for content, and therapeutic area advocacy strategy

Acts as landscape expert for clients, proactively providing insights and recommendations

Establishes and maintains key relationships with advocacy clients and clients' cross-functional counterparts as well as community leads where appropriate

Partners with other Discovery and Publicis Health colleagues to support mutual growth and development

Encourages and engages in personal and professional development

Qualifications Requirements

Expert ability to research, analyze, and interpret data and other information

Ability to hold and demonstrate knowledge of client and patient advocacy organizations through consultative and strategic interaction

Excellent client relationship skills; ability to professionally interact with clients and other external stakeholders

Ability to satisfactorily handle multiple, diverse projects, and tight deadlines

Ability to deal with ambiguity

Demonstrated ability to adapt innovation and best practices from other areas to support advocacy growth and benefit advocacy stakeholders

Demonstrated ability and willingness to provide leadership/mentorship within the department

Exceptional organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Adherence to all Discovery policies and procedures

Education and experience

Bachelor's degree in communications or health-related discipline

Advanced degree in science/medicine, public health/health policy, or related fields preferred

Strong understanding of health disparities and social determinants of health

7+ years of experience in healthcare communications, academia, and/or pharmaceutical industry preferred

2+ years of advocacy/engagement experience preferred

Additional Information All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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