Vice President, Account Director

Are you comfortable being a small fish in a very big pond or would prefer a big fish in a small pond with endless capabilities? We are searching for a VP, Account Director that leads integrated teams to drive strategic growth for key healthcare clients, ensuring successful multi-channel marketing execution and regulatory compliance. Key responsibilities include fostering strong client partnerships, delivering excellence in both strategy and execution, and providing direction on business-critical events. This leadership role requires deep category expertise and a focus on driving team performance, accountability, and alignment with brand goals. Overview The VP, Account Director (VP, AD) is responsible for leading the integrated team and driving strategic growth for a key healthcare client. In this role, you will foster strong client partnerships, and internal teams alike, and ensuring the successful execution of integrated marketing campaigns across multiple channels. The VP, AD is responsible for delivering client satisfaction, driving team performance, and supporting business development efforts. A deep understanding of the healthcare and pharmaceutical advertising landscape, regulatory requirements, and strategic planning is essential. The VP, AD should lead by example, Serves as the source for direction on compelling events that directly affect business and proactively alerts and discusses the agency’s POV on a situation. They possess deep understanding of the category, the product, and the issues.driving excellence in both strategy and execution, inspiring the team, and ensuring flawless delivery for clients. You will ensure the team is aligned to brand goals, regulatory standards, and client expectations, fostering collaboration, accountability, and excellence across all disciplines. Key Responsibilities Strategic Acumen: Serve as the bridge between strategy and execution—ensuring the strategic vision is clearly articulated to clients, translated into actionable plans for the team, and consistently reflected across all brand initiatives and deliverables. Client Partnership: Build and nurture trusted, client relationships by providing proactive strategic counsel, anticipating needs, and ensuring excellence in delivery. Day-to-Day Account Leadership: Maintain strong, professional presence that immediately puts internal team and clients at ease. Manage the daily operations of assigned accounts, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and communications are clear, accurate, and consistent across all internal and client teams. Team Management & Mentorship: Provides leadership for teams by guiding and motivating staff to achieve their potential. Sets example for the department and serves as advocate for their teams. Lead with a coach/player mentality, providing strategic oversight across workstreams. Culture setting: Their reputation speaks as loudly as their actions. Known for smart work style, execution, and sacrifice. Instills in their team the ownership and accountability for all jobs. Embrace a lean-in culture with ability to also rolling up your sleeves to ensure flawless execution. Financial Excellence: Oversee financial management, forecasting, SOW development and process optimization to drive both efficiency and profitability. Qualifications 10–15+ years of healthcare advertising experience with proven success leading integrated accounts. Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to inspire confidence and collaboration at all levels. Demonstrated track record of driving client satisfaction, operational excellence, and financial growth. Experience in ophthalmology and/or rare disease strongly preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr