Remote Account Director

Summary

The job is for an Account Director at Avalere Health, a commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical and medical technology industries. The role involves providing strategic counsel to clients and leading multichannel marketing strategies. The position requires 10+ years of agency account management experience, with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical advertising, and a BA/BS degree.

Requirements

• 10+ years of agency account management experience
• At least 5 years of pharmaceutical advertising experience (Medical Device background a plus)
• BA/BS degree required
• Demonstrated effectiveness in managing multiple clients across an organization and agency partners
• Marketing acumen and demonstrated experience in leading an integrated agency team in brand planning, budget development, execution and measurement
• Demonstrated success at developing valued relationships with senior-level clients, and building relationships across all client levels
• Demonstrated success as strategic partner to clients
• Demonstrated presentation, verbal, written and communication skills
• Must demonstrate hands-on proficiency in developing and delivering presentations in PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Relationship master, able to confidently build client relationships and provide best in class client service
• Demonstrate strong facilitation and meeting management skills, able to run client sessions without additional senior level account support
• Able to develop a deep understanding of the client's market, trends, influencers, competitors, key players, budget and performance metrics
• Offer proactive multichannel and digital marketing guidance, grounded in a deep understanding of brand strategic imperatives, clinical data, industry best practices and emerging trends
• Lead the agency team in developing multichannel marketing strategies and campaigns, including but not limited to the annual brand planning process, that drive engagement and growth for client’s brands
• Able to facilitate a client through new work scope definition and subsequently document the details in the Statement of Work in partnership with delivery team and subject matter experts
• Develop and maintain revenue projections, identifying growth opportunities on assigned businesses to create additional value for the client and agency
• Accountable for the financial health of their accounts, including oversight of revenue projections, project profit margins, and timely invoicing and payments
• Collaborate with cross-functional agency team members by providing objective direction and feedback that inspires innovative, creative ideas and tactics that have measurable impact
• A natural problem solver, identifies and diffuse conflict situations, establishing consensus to drive the team toward solutions
• Effectively manages the dynamics of working with client’s agency, vendor and media channel partners to the benefit of the brand

Benefits

• Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We offer a generous company pension/retirement plan, private medical insurance, comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives, compelling time-off policy, plus many other excellent employee benefits
• We have city hubs across North America, Europe, and Asia, geared toward collaborating, training, socializing, and coming together as a global organization while maintaining and fully supporting flexible working practices