VP Strategy Director
About the job
- At least 11 years of experience in brand strategy within pharmaceutical advertising or healthcare marketing.
- Proven leadership across multiple brands, teams, and complex client portfolios.
- Deep understanding of pharmaceutical markets, audiences, and regulatory environments.
- Strong track record of shaping high-level brand and business strategy.
- Executive-level client presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience leading and developing senior strategy talent.
- Ability to connect science, brand, and commercial strategy into a unified point of view.
- Strong cross-functional leadership across creative, medical, and account disciplines.
- Lead strategy across multiple pharmaceutical brands, therapy areas, and accounts.
- Set and evolve strategic direction across brand, medical, and creative disciplines.
- Partner with clients at the highest level as a trusted strategic advisor.
- Oversee and guide Brand Strategy Directors and Medical Strategy leadership.
- Define integrated brand and communication frameworks across portfolios.
- Ensure consistency, rigor, and commercial impact across all strategic output.
- Lead key brand and enterprise-level planning engagements.
- Identify growth opportunities across accounts and new business.
- Champion the role of strategy in shaping creative excellence and business outcomes.
About the company
Trimble Forestry Europe Oy is the forestry software arm of Trimble Inc., formed by combining Fifth Element Oy with Savcor Oy and Silvadata Oy in Finland. It provides software solutions for forest management and operations, part of a global Trimble Forestry suite. The products help customers collect, manage, and analyze data to plan and execute forestry activities, integrating with Trimble’s hardware and other software tools. What sets it apart is its integration of multiple Finnish forestry software assets into a single global brand, supported by Trimble’s large engineering and product resources and a dedicated forestry software team. The company’s goal is to deliver end-to-end forestry software solutions worldwide under the Trimble Forestry brand, helping customers optimize planning, monitoring, and execution of forest operations.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Jyväskylä, Finland
Founded
2005
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- PharmaLive named Fifth Element an Agency on the Rise in April 2026.
- The agency won industry attention immediately after its October 2025 launch.
- Recent staffing growth and a New York office support faster account expansion.
What critics are saying
- Interpublic Group sued Fifth Element Health LLC in 2026, creating distraction and legal cost.
- Ten clients expose revenue concentration if one major account leaves in 2026.
- Eleven-to-fifty employees limits delivery capacity against Publicis Health and Fingerpaint.
What makes Fifth Element unique
- Founded October 2025 by Robert Blink and Renée Mellas, both healthcare agency veterans.
- Closed 2025 with 10 clients, signaling fast early traction in healthcare communications.
- Independent full-service model spans advertising, medical education, and global healthcare audiences.
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