VP Group Account Director
Montclair, NJ, United States
Job Description
This client is an agency/consultancy firm focused exclusively on market access (ie, payer marketing) - is seeking a Vice President, Group Account Director who wants to contribute, learn, and advance in a highly collaborative, high-energy setting. Their culture will empower you to stretch your capabilities and fulfill your potential.
This client is dedicated to helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies gain market access for their brands and thrive in the changing healthcare landscape. They also specialize in helping other types of healthcare companies, including service providers and technology companies capitalize on changing market dynamics and healthcare reform trends. This client operates at the intersection of traditional market research, strategy consulting, and advertising agency services. This innovative model allows us to help clients deeply understand their customer targets and then engage with precision and purpose to drive results
This client works to maintain a culture that is entrepreneurial and excellence oriented. They invest in the professional growth and development of their teams, collectively and individually and they actively encourage and support their team in gaining new experiences and building new skills that can be shared with each other and with their clients. They also believe strongly in the value of collaboration. This client's employees enjoy significant autonomy and flexibility, yet work closely in teams to offer clients the benefit of their collective experience, talents, and perspectives.
Requirements
The role of Vice President, Group Account Director operates at a senior level working to plan, coordinate and direct advertising campaigns for agency clients as well as identify and address changes in the marketing environment. We're seeking an idea generating, solutions-oriented agency leader that will drive agency growth in partnership with our Principal. This is a management, client-facing role.
Minimum 8-10 years of experience in a fast-paced agency environment
Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising or related field
Candidates must possess US work authorization
Supervises account team members and monitors their performance both with their client counter parts and internally with other creative and operational departments. Distributes projects and reviews their progress continually to ensure professional growth is attained.
Excellent communicator with especially strong writing skills and experience presenting strategic and tactical plans to senior management
Ability to work in a team environment fostering ideas through integration and inclusion
Market Access experience
Demonstrated experience and success in leadership of cross-functional agency teams
Sound financial skills
Identifies process or procedure opportunities for improvements and suggests resolutions
Supervises creative development to ensure it adheres to the highest quality standards and communicates against strategy and objective across all communication channels
Serve as primary team interface with client product directors and directors of marketing strategy liaison with client on brand and business issues
Leads and supervises all activities between agency departments on the team
Reviews monthly and quarterly financial tracking reports with Operations lead and presents reports to client brand management
Provides leadership role for client and agency product teams
Formulates plans to extend business with established accounts
Supervises and participates in new-business development
Confident and organized individual who is able to apply their experience in order to provide insights and recommendations to clients
Participates in leadership initiatives to strengthen the company's internal structure
Responsible for the strategic development and implementation of integrated marketing programs as well as ensures that all professional activities are in line with the agreed upon strategic direction
Efficiently manages account budget, identifies areas of risk and provides solutions
Experienced manager who can lead a large cross functional team
Actively instills the company culture amongst the team
Excels at client relations to ensure that the client has the optimal customer service experience
High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Effectively leads client engagement and ensures the organic growth of the business through client relations
Fluency in Microsoft Office applications
Occasional travel maybe required
Benefits Competitive compensation packages
Bonus incentives
401K plan
Medical/dental/vision/HSA/FSA packages