Senior Vice President, Earned Strategy, Health PRS&I

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in the ever-changing healthcare environment, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for all healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity—operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of Ogilvy’s capabilities and global talent—Ogilvy Health brings forth world-class creative solutions for its clients.

Over the past year alone, the Ogilvy network has been recognized with the following:

• Global Agency Network of the Year (Ad Age)
• Global Agency of the Year (Adweek)
• One of the “Best Places to Work” for LGBTQ+ equality (Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index)
• Most Effective Agency Network (Effie Worldwide)
• Agency Network of the Year (Clio Awards)
• Network of the Year (One Show)
• Global Network of the Year (LIA Awards)
• Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader
• Most Awarded Agency (Influencer Marketing Awards)
• …and Ogilvy was the first agency network to secure the top rankings on both WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 in consecutive years

For more information on us, visit OgilvyHealth.com, or follow Ogilvy Health on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and Threads.

About the Role 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced SVP of Earned Strategy to lead the development and execution of innovative and effective earned strategies for our healthcare clients and new business pursuits. This role will be instrumental in driving brand growth, agency share of wallet, and exceeding client expectations through culture-driven insights and a deep understanding of the healthcare landscape. As a Senior Vice President, you bring value through exceptional modern marketing skills. “In it to win it,” you should have great hunting instincts and know when to bring in the capabilities to meet client needs and help close the deal. You should be a team builder who drives client business results, as well as our Agency share of wallet. Importantly, you are an advocate and champion of the Ogilvy and Ogilvy Health brand to our clients, employees and candidates. Possessing C-Suite gravitas, you should have a marketable body of expertise to be an exceptional team leader who inspires others to act courageously. 

What You’ll Do 

Account Leadership: Client Management & Strategic Thinking 

As an SVP, you are responsible for successfully and autonomously overseeing client business and being the client’s strategic thought partner and relationship manager. Beyond client work, your role is to provide strategic counsel, bring new and innovative thinking to the client, and manage ad hoc issues. In this role, you will be responsible for championing an Earned Creative approach as part of our Public Relations, Social & Influence team to our clients and colleagues alike. 

Responsibilities include the following: 

• Business Development: Contribute to agency growth by driving new business pitches by cultivating data-driven cultural insights, developing earned creative strategies, and working with Creative teams to build programming that earns attention 
• Hunting for organic new business growth and identifying new business opportunities
• Developing strategic plans, including annual brand plans and ad hoc plans throughout the year, generating creative ideas and actions that produce tangible business results
• Nurturing and growing key senior client relationships by being a trusted advisor to senior client management and working as an objective insider and advocate for their organization
• Reviewing and analyzing marketing and business analytics and developing a POV on how communications strategies should adjust to reflect that data
• Integrating and liaising with experts across the Ogilvy Health, Ogilvy, and broader WPP network, including social and digital teams, paid partners, strategy, and creative
• Bringing industry trends and forward thinking to your clients, thinking beyond the client’s stated needs and providing proactive counsel in areas that the client can benefit from understanding
• Seeking and supporting thought leadership opportunities and content such as bylines, speaking opportunities, and awards