Vice President, Health Communications

Vice President (Pharma)

Overview: We are looking for a Vice President (Pharma) to join our Health team!

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior-level account planning and serve as the strategic liaison among clients, account teams, and industry group leaders.
• Act as primary client contact for client business units, continually fostering the client-agency relationship to build trust and become a valuable resource to the client.
• Demonstrate expertise and understanding of clients' marketplace and business with experience managing communications to support data and regulatory milestones.
• Design and implement strategic programs and solutions, identifying and alerting teams and clients to trends.
• Demonstrate strong quantitative and analytical abilities to define measurable objectives, assess campaign metrics, and report.
• Demonstrate and develop presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills; demonstrate ability to develop a full range of materials, including media materials, byline articles, client correspondences, and reports.
• Successful track record at building and presenting new concepts and programs for clients and business development opportunities, including earned, social, and digital programming.
• Collaborate with specialists across earned media, paid media, social media, strategy, creative, and more.
• Encourage and create a can-do working environment while reinforcing the importance and value of each team member's contributions.
• Reinforce Ketchum values, ethics, culture, and critical success factors.
• Maximize utilization of team members through effective recruitment, employee goal-setting, appraisals, development plans, etc, in addition to working with human resources in dealing with personnel matters.
• Function as a key player in pursuing new business opportunities and in leading the proposal and presentation processes.
• Encourage and train account teams on developing incremental business while guiding them in how to recognize and develop new business opportunities with clients.
• Stay on top of PR trends in the industry, bringing them to the attention of clients and associates.
• Maintain team billability and productivity requirements; monitor for account profitability.
• Work with the financial manager to ensure client budgets are comprehensive, actual costs are monitored and approved, and billed accounts receivable are collected in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Marketing or a related field preferred. Master's degree in a communications field is desirable.
• At least 8+ years of experience of agency and/or corporate public relations experience.
• Proficiency in using AI tools like ChatGPT for research, content creation, and task automation is required.
• Direct experience in building and managing teams.

The salary range for this position is $120,000 to $140,000. This position may be bonus eligible depending on individual employee performance and Ketchum business performance. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, years of experience, past training, skills and abilities of applicant, internal equity and local geographic market data.

A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available.

What We Offer:

• Hybrid Workplace: Three days a week in the office
• Robust benefits program, effective within 30 days of hire
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Family Forming Benefits
• Employee Recognition Program
• Generous paid time off includes vacation, wellness, and extended holiday schedule
• Various development opportunities to enhance personal and professional life
• Tuition reimbursement
• Monthly Cell Phone & Wi-Fi reimbursement

Ketchum is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, alienage, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected class under federal, state or local laws.