Account Director

Summary

Join Avalere Health as an Account Director and become a strategic partner for pharmaceutical clients, guiding them through the evolving healthcare landscape. You will build and maintain strong client relationships, lead client sessions, and develop a deep understanding of their market. Responsibilities include developing multichannel marketing strategies, managing project finances, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of agency account management experience, including 5+ years in pharmaceutical advertising, expertise in digital omni-channel tactics, and a BA/BS degree. Avalere Health offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits (bonus, pension, healthcare, life cover), and a remote work opportunity (EST). The company prioritizes employee development and offers a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• 8+ years of agency account management experience, with at least 5 years of pharmaceutical advertising experience
• Expert in digitally driven full omni channel tactics including working on robust media plans including performance measurements
• BA/BS degree required
• Must possess a deep and thorough understanding of the pharma/healthcare advertising industry, including new product launches
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• DAOR experience strongly preferred
• Experience leading digital marketing initiatives
• Strong digital omni-channel background

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits (bonus, pension, healthcare, life cover, etc)
• Flexible working practices
• Generous company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy
• Many other excellent employee benefits