Vice President, Director Brand Strategy

CoLab is a fully integrated, cross-discipline team that provides best-in-class services in a fluid and modular way. With our clients at the center, we create brand movement at the speed of people’s lives by connecting real-time data with world-class creative, content, and media in service of growth and Return on investment.

CoLab is a “power of one” solution, encompassing data, media, and production. By drawing from across the vast Publicis Groupe network, we are uniquely positioned to deliver innovation and specialized skills to our clients, as well as enriching opportunities and inclusive benefits to our employees. We pride ourselves on combining the atmosphere of a startup company with the stability and experience of a global leader.

The Strategy group is responsible for the development of insights-driven briefs and customer-centered marketing strategies and programs for clients, leveraging all channels to build exceptional brand experiences across relevant touch points. The Strategist owns the understanding of the target audience: what interests and motivates them, where they go for information, what their journey is, what drives their decision making, and how they react to communications.

The Strategy group works collaboratively with account management, creative, project management, and technology, ensuring all team members have input on strategy development and are fully briefed on customer insights.

You must be able to:

• Direct qualitative and quantitative market research
• Synthesize insights from qualitative and quantitative research as well as other data sources
• Understand customer usage of media/channels
• Create briefs and provide input to program design as well as analytics
• Lead brand planning and other strategic planning efforts
• Contribute to new business pitches
• Support the development of the nascent Strategic Planning group, including creation of best practices and agency education

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, anthropology/sociology or psychology (preferred)
• 7-10 years’ experience in healthcare marketing/planning
• Hospital experience or a strong interest in understanding how hospital systems operate is a plus.

• Demonstrated ability to think comprehensively and proactively about brand marketing strategy
• Experience in generating and strategically applying both qualitative and quantitative research
• Experience conducting strategic planning across all target audiences (i.e. HCP, Patient, Payer) and all channels (i.e. traditional in-person reps and conferences, social media, print, digital)
• Exceptional writing, communications, and presentation skills, both in developing the story architecture and delivering compelling presentations
• Strong curiosity, ability to deal with ambiguity, work autonomously and a preference for a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork skills, with ability to work across agency and network teams

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and…