Account Director (Pharma Agency, Digital)

About Avalere Health
Established in 2001, Avalere Health is a purposefully built commercialization partner for the biopharmaceutical, medical technology, and wellness industries.
Our 1,500+ experts combine their knowledge and expertise across our core disciplines — Consulting; Medical; Policy; Value, Evidence, and Access; Marketing; and Digital Experience Technology — to create the connections that make better health happen.
Avalere Health partners with its clients to navigate the complex and rapidly changing healthcare ecosystem. Together, our experts help clients connect patients with life-changing therapies, realizing the potential of strategies and solutions to accelerate innovation that improves lives.
We live and breathe our five values in everything we do: We are authentic. We act with integrity. We value difference. We play for the team. We enjoy the journey. At Avalere Health, we imagine a healthier world and create the connections to make it happen. 
Salary: $Competitive + excellent benefits (bonus, pension, healthcare, life cover, etc)
Location: Remote (EST)  
About the roleAs an Account Director, you'll be a self-sufficient, dynamic account partner for clients, providing regular strategic counsel to help pharmaceutical marketers navigate the rapidly changing healthcare landscape and drive brand growth. You will be required to establish and maintain senior client level contact, leading to positive and effective client/agency relationships.

What you'll do

• 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

About you

• 8+ years of agency account management experience, with at least 5 years of pharmaceutical advertising experience
• BA/BS degree required
• Must possess a deep and thorough understanding of the pharma/healthcare advertising industry, including new product launches
• DAOR experience strongly preferred
• Experience leading digital marketing initiatives
• Strong digital omni-channel background
• 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

What we can offer
Avalere Health aims to empower every employee to develop and thrive. We empower our team with the tools, skills, and support needed to think differently and to solve healthcare’s most complex challenges.
At the center of our people-led culture is our Career Experience team, whose mission is to provide every employee with a purpose-driven career. We also pride ourselves on our personalized learning approach to ensure you receive the training you need to help you grow within the company and take advantage of our global scale and s