Strategy Director, Healthcare
FWD People
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Brooklyn • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Shape brands and businesses: define positioning, purpose, and value propositions that help clients stand apart in complex categories.
- Clarify the complicated: distill clinical, behavioral, and competitive data into sharp, simple strategic stories that guide creative work.
- Bridge disciplines: partner with account, creative, and medical strategy to connect brand thinking to activation, channel, and experience.
- Inspire creativity: translate insights into powerful briefs and frameworks that fuel great ideas—and elevate them through thoughtful feedback.
- Facilitate and guide: lead workshops, co-creation sessions, and client conversations that build belief and alignment.
- Champion excellence: uphold strategic and creative rigor across every deliverable, from foundational brand frameworks to launch campaigns.
- Be a trusted partner: build strong, collaborative relationships with clients, able to challenge thinking constructively and inspire confidence.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in brand, communications, or engagement strategy within an agency or consultancy.
- Proven ability to define and articulate brand narratives, frameworks, and creative strategies that drive impact.
- Strong storytelling and presentation skills; able to translate complex insights into compelling, actionable ideas.
- Experience leading workshops and client work sessions that foster alignment and shared ownership.
- Fluency in frameworks and tools (e.g., Brand Diamond, 4Cs, OGSM, journey maps) and comfort applying them across categories.
- Experience bridging strategy and creative execution, partnering cross-functionally to bring ideas to life.
- Background in healthcare, biotech, or life sciences; oncology or rare disease experience a plus.
- Familiarity with regulatory environments and experience working within MLR processes a bonus.
- Collaborative, curious, and pragmatic with a balance of big-picture vision and hands-on execution.
- Ownership without ego. You’re energized by bringing clarity to complex challenges and inspiring others to do their best work.
Benefits
- 25 days off per year + 16 paid holidays
- Matching 401(k)
- Medical, dental & vision insurance
- Paid maternity & paternity leave
- Home office setup
- Yearly team retreats
- Comprehensive professional development program including executive coaching and a yearly professional development stipend
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
brand narrativescreative strategiesstorytellingpresentation skillsworkshop facilitationclient engagementstrategic frameworkscreative executiondata analysisinsight translation
Soft skills
collaborationcuriositypragmatismleadershipcommunicationcreativityalignment buildingconstructive challengeinspirationownership