Senior Vice President, Client Lead
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
PHM is the leading health media agency in the US built for the modern healthcare experience. Here industry depth meets media scale where data becomes direction where creativity and storytelling bring truth to life and where orchestration replaces fragmentation.
Dedicated to making brands discovered PHM redefines what media can do through data content and creativity. Because in modern healthcare the brands that are found are the ones that lead. And when brands lead advantage follows. Go deeper. Be found.
TheSVP Client Leadprovides leadership across a single large client or a group of smaller clients. This person reports into the EVP Group Client Lead andis responsible forthe quality of work produced by the cross-functional teamsmaintainingstrong client relationships and driving organic growth on their assigned accounts.
Knowledge
Deep Pharmamediaexperience across a diverse set of conditions disease states and audiences (DTC HCP Payer etc.)
Perspective beyond Pharma to bring best practicesfor mediaacross audiences and channels ( retail)
Understands the total marketing process and the strategic role of media
Provides insights onindustry trends and clients business
Contributes tothought leadership in the form of POVs articles interviews the trades or at conferences
Proactively self-educates on PHM Publicis Groupe and client business functions capabilities tools and processes
Managing and Leading Others
Builds trust models inclusion and shows respect for all employees
Practices active listening to resolve issues andidentifyopportunities
Exerts lateral influence to managecross-functional employees
Provides clear communication on business initiatives and client requests
Ensures teams areproperly trainedon tools and processes
Drives adherence to PHM processes and best practices
Participates in formal development process including performance managementgoal-setting mid- and yearly reviews and coaching
Nurtures and developsmid-level talent on assigned accounts
Participates in PHMs recruitment and interviewing efforts
Refers new talent to PHM
Contributes to PHMs culture
Strategy & Account Management
Drives the planning process
Owns overall media strategy approach and plan on each account
Owns strategicquestions and concerns related to the clients media efforts
Collaborates withinternal cross-functional leadersto ensure strategic alignmentof deliverables with clientneeds
Representsthe interests of cross-functional teams in clientand agency partnermeetingswhere those teams are absent
Pushes for continuous improvement of self team and client deliverables
Encourages innovative out of the box thinking
Provides a point of escalation
Monitors team pacing to ensure profitability
Organic Growth and New Business
Assists EVP in settingorganicgrowth goals
Drives adherence to organic growth roadmaps and business plans
Refers new clients to PHM
Volunteers forpitch teams task forcesside hustlesetc.
Encouragesteam toincorporate newagency initiativesinto recommendations
Identifiesopportunities to upsell and cross-sell to existing clients
Scopes client work with Business Management partner
Client Service
Responsible forrelationshipswithclients and agency partners
Conveys passion for clients and their businesses
Works with clients to shape their marketing priorities
Takes initiative in developing new client relationships
Models outstanding client service for team
Drives professional impactful standards within team for all written and verbal contact with clients; gold-standard writer and presenter
Serves as point of escalation for client concerns
15 yearsmediaexperience
6 years management experience
Deep cross-channel media knowledge and experience
Pharmaceutical industrypreferred
BA/BS; advanced degree a plus
Our Publicis Groupe motto Viva La Différence means were better together and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities across all facets of intersectionality and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage dental vision disability 401K as well as parental and family care leave family forming assistance tuition reimbursement and flexible time off.
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Required Experience:
Senior Exec
About Company
Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark ... View more