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Title: SVP Group Strategy Director

Company/Location: New York, NY 

Department/Discipline: Strategy & Insight 

Description:

The Senior Vice President, Group Strategy Director is a conscientious, collaborative, creative, and—most importantly—curious leader of a significant portion of the Omnicom Health Group business and the visionary trendsetter for the agency. The SVP works independently and oversees VPs and below to inspire great work, and collaborates broadly across functions to empower everyone to “welcome the weird” ideas that keeps aheadOmnicom Health Group of the competition and maintains and grows its reputation as the single best agency for anti-cancer therapies.

The SVP Strategist will be evaluated on their ability to foster rare insights and develop deep relationships across multiple clients/brands/indications, and manage/grow members of the team, as well as curiating  repuation for being  a thought leader within the organization regarding the role of insights and strategy in the development of effective oncology content and engagements.

Responsibilities

Lead/Motivate (65%)

• Foster a culture that incubates innovation to truly leverage the talent of the range of reports
• Direct the development of differentiated 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 by others
• Be a leader in strategic skills and thinking across disciplines in the squad
• Create discipline best practices
• Be a respected thought leader among the Omnicom Health Group leadership team to create an environment that encourages strategic thinking from every discipline

Develop, Mentor, Model (35%)

• Embody the core values: Open Mind, Brave Heart, Ready Hands
• Demonstrate Agency’s purpose: Be the Delta
• Present a professional and positive image of Omnicom Health Group both internally and externally
• Follow agency processes and policies and ensure their team is doing the same​
• Manage the fiscal responsibility their role has to the team/department and agency
• Act as an advocate of their team/department; make suggestions/decisions with the team/department’s best interest in mind
• Proactively provide suggestions to agency leadership on processes. relationship building, and deliverables
• Train and develop talent within their team/department
• Motivate and encourage direct reports and act as a mentor to those within their team/department

Support as needed

• New business needs
• Cultural initiatives

Qualifications: 15+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical marketing and/or strategy consulting in pharmaceuticals/healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency experience / or experienced industry consulting strategist

• 5 years+ strategic leadership of oncology brands throughout different lifecycle points -- prelaunch, launch, postlaunch, competitive intrusion
• Ability to teach oncology clinical and marketing terms
• Extensive Experience with developing tailored templates and processes for the identification and presentation of strategic recommendations
• Strong presentation and moderation skills and exceptional slide deck storytelling capabilities
• Experience in career growth for VPs and below

SVP Roles and responsibilities

• Embody the core values: Open Mind, Brave Heart, Ready Hands
• Demonstrate Agency’s purpose: Be the Delta
• Present a professional and positive image of Omnicom Health Group both internally and externally
• Follow agency processes and policies and ensure their team is doing the same​
• Understand the fiscal responsibility their role has to the team/department and agency
• Provide leadership within their team/department
• Act as an advocate of their team/department; make suggestions/decisions with the team/department’s best interest in mind
• Proactively provide suggestions to team/department leadership that could positively influence daily functions
• Train and develop talent within their team/department
• Motivate and encourage direct reports and act as a mentor to those within their team/department
• Understand when it’s appropriate to make decisions independently and when to escalate issues/decisions to manager

Key Verbs

• Innovate
• Inspire
• Empower
• Motivate
• Create culture
• Mentor
• Lead/Identify

Best advice we'd give someone at this level:

Use your power to empower others: Undervalued ideas. Creative that is powerful yet misunderstood. Challenges that need to be voiced yet require executive backing to do so. Addressing elephants in rooms, respectfully yet honestly. Show up with integrity and intelligence at everything you do.

How would we answer the question: "What is the most important thing to care about at my level?"

Generate cross-function enthusiasm about a “learning-mindset” environment that consistently delivers proactive, relevant strategic thinking; positive attitudes; and embracing of novel solutions and innovative approaches.

What it takes to get to the next level:

A recognized source of strategic  thought leadership internally and externally; promotions for  multiple associate team members;  proven to develop novel tools and processes that become adopted throughout the agency, and trusted recommendations from partners and clients.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $180,000 - $266,500

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse 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.