Vice President, Creative
Future
Senior Vice President, Health
Edelman
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $128,000 - $205,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Serve as a high-level strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders, offering expert counsel on complex healthcare communications challenges.
- Oversee the development and execution of high-impact, integrated communications strategies that align with business objectives.
- Anticipate client needs and proactively identify innovative solutions and opportunities for account growth.
- Stay ahead of healthcare industry trends, regulatory changes, and competitive landscapes to inform client recommendations.
- Identify and implement process improvements to drive operational excellence across client accounts.
- Ensure strong financial stewardship of accounts, optimizing budgets, resource allocation, and profitability.
- Mentor and coach mid- and senior-level team members, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and professional growth.
- Drive organic growth opportunities within existing client relationships by identifying new areas of engagement.
- Lead new business pitches and proposals, contributing to the agency’s healthcare portfolio expansion.
- Build and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders to enhance the agency’s presence in the healthcare space.
- Champion a diverse, inclusive, and high-performance team environment.
- Connection is central to how we support each other and advise clients. Being together in the workplace strengthens our Culture, Community, and Collaboration. Show your commitment to our shared values by actively contributing to a strong, inclusive culture in all interactions.
- Embrace and engage with Edelman’s local market communities—they’re a core part of the Edelman experience. Active participation is expected of all colleagues and adds to the richness of the unique Edelman culture.
- Model collaborative behavior that encourages teams to build relationships beyond their immediate group, engaging individuals and teams across our network. Our strength lies in uniting diverse expertise—crisis and creative, public affairs and brand—to share insights, ideas, and learnings across practices. This begins with cultivating strong connections across skillsets, perspectives, and levels.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing or equivalent work experience.
- 10+ years of health communications experience (pharma comms experience required, agency experience preferred).
Benefits
- medical and dental insurance
- vision
- 401K
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- paid time off
- travel assistance
- wellness programing
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
health communicationspharma communicationsstrategic communicationsintegrated communications strategiesprocess improvementsfinancial stewardshipbudget optimizationresource allocationnew business pitchesproposal development
Soft skills
strategic advisingmentoringcoachingcollaborationrelationship buildinginnovationproactive problem solvingcultural commitmentteam leadershipcommunity engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in communicationsBachelor’s degree in public relationsBachelor’s degree in journalismBachelor’s degree in marketing
