Job summary
Job post source
This job is directly from imre
Job overview
The VP, Medical Strategy at imre leads medical strategy across multiple healthcare brands, impacting brand positioning and market shaping within the agency.
Responsibilities and impact
The role involves understanding clinical data, partnering with Brand Strategy for medical accuracy, attending scientific meetings, managing the Medical team, developing team skills, leading pitches, and identifying growth opportunities.
Experience and skills
Requires 8-11 years of healthcare agency experience and an advanced life sciences degree (PharmD, PhD, or MD), with strong communication, attention to detail, and collaborative skills.
Career development
The position offers opportunities to develop team members' skills and elevate thought leadership within the industry.
Work environment and culture
imre values empathy, optimism, kindness, innovation, and disruption, embracing diversity and inclusion with a culture influenced by its home cities and WFA employees.
Company information
imre is an independent, award-winning brand-engagement creative agency focused on consumer and healthcare brands, founded by LGBTQ+ individuals and emphasizing diversity as a key to success.
Team overview
The candidate will manage the Medical team and collaborate closely with Brand Strategy and Creative teams.
Job location and travel
The company has offices in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and WFA employees across the USA, indicating possible remote and office work options.
Unique job features
The role includes unique opportunities to lead medical strategy on HCP and DTC pitches and to influence brand messaging and market shaping in healthcare advertising.
Company overview
Imre is an independent, LGBTQ-owned marketing communications agency founded in 1993 and headquartered in New York, NY. The company specializes in social, digital, and creative services, working with leading consumer and healthcare brands to create authentic brand engagements. Imre has been recognized as one of Adweek's Top 100 Fastest Growing Global Agencies and has a revenue of approximately $30.6 million. The agency employs around 335 people and operates from multiple locations, including Baltimore and Los Angeles.
How to land this job
Position your resume to highlight your extensive healthcare agency experience, especially your expertise in medical strategy across multiple therapeutic areas, showcasing your ability to integrate clinical data and competitive insights into brand positioning.
Emphasize your advanced life sciences degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, or equivalent) and your skill in ensuring medical accuracy and consistency in all communications, as well as your leadership in managing medical teams and developing talent.
Apply through multiple channels including imre's corporate careers page and LinkedIn to maximize your chances of being noticed for the VP, Medical Strategy role.
Connect with current imre employees in the medical strategy or brand strategy divisions on LinkedIn; use ice breakers like commenting on recent imre campaigns, asking about how imre integrates medical insights into creative work, or inquiring about the culture shaped by imre's core values of empathy and innovation.
Optimize your resume for ATS by incorporating keywords from the job description such as 'medical strategy,' 'clinical data,' 'brand positioning,' 'therapeutic areas,' 'medical accuracy,' and 'healthcare agency experience' to pass automated screenings effectively.
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