Vice President, Group Account Director

Company Description

At Publicis Health, we believe keeping the world healthy is our most extraordinary social endeavor. Because one person’s wellbeing is the responsibility of the many. As part of Publicis Groupe and built on the world’s foremost intelligence platform, we create sharper, more memorable, and valuable brands for better outcomes. Powered by more than 8,000 healthcare communications, data, and medical specialists, our global agency collective is at the heart of international health communications. We Make Health Happen. For more information, visit us at www.publicishealth.com.

Overview

The VP, Group Account Director is a senior client leader responsible for building strong partnerships, driving strategic thinking, and ensuring exceptional work moves forward across the business. This person will serve as a trusted advisor to senior clients while partnering across strategy, creative, project management, and other disciplines to deliver integrated healthcare communications that support the brand and its business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior client partners and serve as a strategic advisor across assigned business
• Develop a deep understanding of the brand, business objectives, therapeutic area, competitive landscape, and audience needs
• Champion the brand strategy and ensure it comes through clearly and consistently across the work
• Partner closely with strategy, creative, project management, and other agency disciplines to bring strong ideas to life
• Translate complex client needs into clear direction and actionable priorities for internal teams
• Lead the development of annual and tactical marketing plans, scopes, budgets, timelines, and key deliverables
• Provide strategic oversight across projects while keeping teams focused on the bigger picture
• Anticipate business challenges and proactively bring solutions and recommendations to clients
• Identify opportunities to deepen client relationships and expand the agency’s partnership
• Maintain strong financial stewardship across assigned business, including forecasting, scopes, budgets, and profitability
• Navigate changing priorities, resolve challenges, and make thoughtful decisions that keep the business moving
• Ensure client communications, presentations, and recommendations are clear, compelling, and strategically grounded
• Support new business efforts and organic growth opportunities
• Help create an environment of collaboration, accountability, and strong partnership across the agency

Qualifications

• 12+ years of client services/account management experience, with significant experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising
• Experience leading complex healthcare brands and partnering with senior-level clients
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical marketing and the development of integrated healthcare communications
• Ability to think strategically while staying close enough to the business to anticipate challenges and move work forward
• Strong financial and operational understanding, including scopes, budgets, forecasting, and resource planning
• Demonstrated success strengthening client relationships and identifying opportunities for organic growth
• Experience contributing to new business pitches and presentations
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and influence senior stakeholders
• Collaborative leadership style and the ability to work effectively across disciplines
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with sound judgment and a strong sense of ownership

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re 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.

 

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

 

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Compensation Range: USD $149,340.00 - USD $239,148.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/2/2026.