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Ogilvy Health

Makes advertising and PR for drug and health brands

Vice President, New Business Health

Proposal ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNew York, NY, USA$100k - $230kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience in business development or senior client services/account leadership within recognized healthcare, pharmaceutical, or wellness marketing agencies.
  • Deep understanding of pharmaceutical commercialization, including factors influencing decisions by pharmaceutical chief marketing officers, brand directors, and procurement teams across healthcare professional, direct-to-consumer patient, and payer/market access audiences.
  • Solid understanding of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Prescription Drug Promotion, and global regulatory environments, including how to push creative boundaries safely within regulated parameters.
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to deliver professional, persuasive, and scientifically sound presentations.
  • Demonstrated ability in abstract thinking, identifying health and wellness trends, understanding human behavior and patient journeys, and recognizing outstanding creative work.
  • Strong leadership, long-range strategic planning, budget management, and operational and time-management skills.
  • Curiosity and proficiency in using generative artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, and the ability to adapt to new tools and integrate artificial intelligence responsibly into daily work.

Responsibilities

  • Lead mid-to-large new business pitches as a strategic architect, facilitating the process from opportunity qualification through proposal development and pitch delivery.
  • Guide integrated teams in developing compelling strategies and narratives that balance breakthrough creativity with medical and scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance.
  • Work across disciplines to foster creative ambition and champion bold creative concepts that go beyond the request for proposal and challenge standard healthcare communications conventions.
  • Partner with scientific, medical, strategy, and creative leads to translate clinical data and complex disease-state landscapes into compelling, human-centered creative narratives.
  • Lead pitch-team discussions about winning strategies and improvements, ensuring recommendations address prospective clients’ commercial challenges and communicate a compelling vision for their brands.
  • Ensure pitch teams have relevant brand, clinical, regulatory, and competitive background, and provide strategic feedback throughout the process.
  • Build relationships with C-suite executives, commercial leads, pharmaceutical procurement teams, and health-specific pitch consultants.
  • Collaborate with Ogilvy Health Group agencies and WPP partners, providing leadership and support for network and integrated pitches.
  • Work with Project Management and Finance on financial and staffing models, including statements of work, full-time-equivalent allocations, and health/pharma-specific rate cards; understand internal resource costs and align growth goals with investment and expected return on investment.
  • Ensure deliverables meet high standards for scientific accuracy and creative execution.
  • Maintain knowledge of major pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and consumer healthcare trends, therapeutic categories, digital health innovation, and market access and payer dynamics, and educate agency leadership on market developments.
  • Manage and nurture New Business team talent, foster an inclusive environment that supports equity and professional growth, conduct regular team meetings, and set clear goals.

About the Company

Ogilvy Health

Makes advertising and PR for drug and health brands

Ogilvy Health is the healthcare marketing arm of advertising network Ogilvy, creating campaigns for pharmaceutical, biotech and other health companies. Its teams write and design promotion aimed at doctors and other healthcare professionals, along with patient and consumer campaigns about conditions and treatments. Beyond advertising, it handles public relations, social media and influencer work, brand strategy and digital experiences, drawing on the wider Ogilvy network for commerce and digital projects. Drug and health companies hire it to support specific brands, paying fees agreed in annual and project statements of work. Ogilvy Health is owned by advertising group WPP and is headquartered in New York.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York, NY
Founded
Not listed

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