Business Lead
- Full-time
Company Description
Publicis Health France (75020), Publicis Groupe healthcare communication agency in France, is looking for a Business Lead for a global client.
Publicis Health France, part of Publicis Groupe, is one of the leading healthcare agencies in France. Within Publicis Groupe, we offer healthcare based creative and strategic expertise to help grow and transform businesses. Our ambition is to impulse health and wellness for all Publicis Groupe clients. Ultimately, at Publicis Health, we dream to create a world where people are equipped and motivated to take control of their health.
Job Description
As a Business Lead your job will include being a key strategic and business partner for a multinational client across a portfolio of local accounts. You will also actively contribute to new business efforts.
You will report to the CEO of the agency.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead a portfolio of local accounts
Develop strong client relationships as a key strategic and business partner
Guide the strategic direction in relation to our clients’ omni-channel marketing approach
Assist team in planning activities such as brainstorming, client onboarding, and internal meetings
Play a key role in understanding client business needs and the strategic competencies required to address them, and activating those competencies across multiple business units
Convert client needs into operational actions and drive team work and results accordingly
Client Relationship :
Communicate key client issues/ initiatives to team accurately and in timely manner
Build trusting relationships with client counterparts (marketing departments). Is seen as strategic, integral to the account, and offering added value.
Brand Champion: Ensure everyone focused on brand strategy and positioning: client, account team, and other internal departments
Agency Champion: Understand, communicate and advocate the agency POV; ensure client is kept apprised of all account activity: this includes ultimate responsibility for ensuring that appropriate written reports are delivered accurately and quickly; present complex data or messages in clear, succinct, compelling manner to clients
Lead role in ensuring timely, accurate client documentation & correspondence
Knowledge :
Demonstrate strong expertise in healthcare marketing
Perfect knowledge of the French local healthcare landscape, as well as a good understanding of the global challenges.
Demonstrate and apply extensive and expert knowledge of assigned brands
Successfully serve as point of authority and/or source of advice for therapeutic area
Ensure team adherence to agency process. Identify issues and lead problem resolution
Is familiar with innovation and modern techniques to work and collaborate with clients (service design, design thinking, etc.)
Have a strong experience in data management
Agency Operations :
Finances: Develop and administer clients’ budgets based on accurate estimating and tracking of hours, out-of-pocket expenses and reconciliation against estimates. Raise client awareness as to when changes in client direction affect estimates. Thorough knowledge of contract and its implications.
Trouble shoot: solutions oriented. Know when things might get off track in agency operations. Use experience and judgment to proactively solve for potential problems before they get too big. Ability to solve client issues, independently moderate conflicts and influence management decisions
Team Leadership: take on wider, formal and informal leadership responsibilities within the agency
Management: team leader, provide clear and fair direction & feedback
Qualifications
15+ years of business experience in communication agencies and healthcare communication agencies, will have worked on large clients and portfolios
Deep, expert understanding of pharmaceutical and healthcare professionals
Managerial experience required
Great interpersonal skills
Superb and persuasive communications skills, both written and verbal
Adept at storytelling
Able to simplify and clarify complex concepts
Excellent analytical skills
Must have experience leading large teams across multiple brands
Proven new business skills
Financial acumen
Collaborative approach
Strong leadership skills
Creative thinker
Fluent in both French and English mandatory
Additional Information
Viva La Différence !
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Nous valorisons ainsi toutes les singularités, sans distinction d’âge, de sexe, de couleur de peau, d’origine sociale, de religion, ou d’orientation sexuelle… seules la compétence et l’énergie comptent ! Nous encourageons toutes les candidatures qualifiées et seront ravis d’accompagner tout au long du processus de recrutement, de manière personnalisée un.e candidat.e en situation de handicap qui en ferait la demande.
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