VP Director

Virgo Health works for pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies to inform and educate healthcare professionals about the latest developments in clinical research and therapeutic approaches. We leverage our meetings, digital, and interactive expertise to understand what’s easy and relevant for healthcare professionals to engage with. We tailor our content and design it to offer choice and active participation. Real, relevant, and human.

The VP Director is the main point of contact for the client and is responsible for identifying and pursuing business opportunities, both new and organic. The VP will be expected to lead tactical brainstorming, in partnership with Virgo leadership, and create a yearly peer-to-peer (P2P) tactical proposal for the account(s) they oversee. The VP is also responsible for mentoring and training junior team members, overseeing the team’s capacity, and setting clear expectations on job roles and responsibilities.

The VP will also create and maintain strong relationships with inter-agency departments, ie, scientific, editorial, and creative, to effectively work together to ideate and execute solutions that meet the client’s objectives. The VP is ultimately accountable for all deliverables they oversee, including financial forecasting/management, and must ensure they work effectively with all Virgo team members to deliver creative, engaging P2P solutions within the agreed upon timeline.

• Oversee designated accounts while appropriately directing account team activity
• Provide direction, inspiration, and strategic counsel where necessary
• Set performance targets with the client
• Monitor progress on account against targets and make necessary changes to activity to achieve them
• Evaluate success of projects and overall programs
• Take accountability for the profitable management of accounts and team budgets
• Identify organic growth opportunities and drive new business growth
• Ensure all written communication across the agency is produced within Virgo house style format and quality
• Accurately input hours worked into timesheets on SAP

• Clearly set expectations and standards and manage team members to achieve their potential
• Delegate work fairly and consistently across the team
• Create a supportive learning culture and coach and mentor others
• Flex tone/style and delivery to better connect and get the best from others
• Effectively manage and balance client demands with the team’s resources and capability
• Recognize and celebrate success both individually and as team
• Assist with recruitment and induction of new team members
• Conduct regular appraisal/performance reviews and ensure team has challenging and aspirational PDPs
• Assist with talent management and team success planning

• Demonstrate an understanding of the overall business strategy and translate this into day-to-day operations
• Assist with the development and delivery of an element of the divisional business plan
• Actively contribute and participate in divisional management team meetings
• Provide financial oversite, including drafting work orders, reviewing timesheets for all jobs under your purview, and budget management

• Cultivate working relationships with KOLs for Virgo
• Continue to give shape, coherence, and direction to all written materials, ensuring they meet strategic needs and overseeing quality control for all written materials

• Contribute to client strategy and thinking
• Demonstrate the ability to consult at the highest levels of the client’s organization and be recognized as a member of the senior team
• Demonstrate an understanding of the wider marketing mix and be able to provide senior client counsel
• Take responsibility for…