Vice President, Management Supervisor, Medical Education

About Ogilvy

Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. It builds on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying its ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities. Ogilvy is a WPP company (NYSE: WPP). For more information, visit Ogilvy.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and Facebook.

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in the ever-changing healthcare environment, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for all healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity—operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of Ogilvy’s capabilities and global talent—Ogilvy Health brings forth world-class creative solutions for its clients.

Over the past year alone, the Ogilvy network has been recognized with the following:

• Global Agency Network of the Year (Ad Age)
• Global Agency of the Year (Adweek)
• One of the “Best Places to Work” for LGBTQ+ equality (Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index)
• Most Effective Agency Network (Effie Worldwide)
• Agency Network of the Year (Clio Awards)
• Network of the Year (One Show)
• Global Network of the Year (LIA Awards)
• Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader
• Most Awarded Agency (Influencer Marketing Awards)
• …and Ogilvy was the first agency network to secure the top rankings on both WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 in consecutive years

For more information on us, visit OgilvyHealth.com, or follow Ogilvy Health on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and Threads.

About the Role

The Vice President, Management Supervisor will lead and oversee the development and execution of strategic medical education programs for our pharmaceutical and biotech clients. This role requires a deep understanding of medical education (promotional/commercial medical education and medical affairs), the healthcare landscape, and the ability to foster strong client relationships. This individual serves as the primary client liaison, communicating client needs to the cross-functional agency team (medical, program management/coordination creative, finance, etc.). The ideal candidate is strategic, a highly motivated, results-oriented leader with a proven track record of success in medical education and client engagement.

What You’ll Do

• Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic direction and oversight for all assigned accounts, ensuring alignment with client objectives and overall agency strategy. Facilitate the development of tactical concepts for annual brand planning.
• Client Relationship Management: Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with key client contacts, serving as a trusted advisor and strategic partner. Manage client team engagement with the brand as well as extended cross-functional client teams (marketing, commercial, medical affairs, patient education, market research, , agency partners, etc.). Experience with global markets preferred. Proactively communicate, manage meetings, develop and deliver presentations, and be responsive to client questions and issues.
• Team Management: . Foster strong collaboration with internal cross-functional team (medical, program management/coordination, creative, finance, etc.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and support to junior team members, fostering their professional development.
• Financial Management: Oversee account budgets, ensuring profitability and efficient resource allocation. Develop, manage, and reconcile annual/ad hoc statements of work (SOWs), including client alignment, annual brand planning process, and financial reviews.
• Program Development: Lead the development and execution of innovative and impactful medical education programs, including live and virtual events, unbranded and branded content, enduring materials, and digital initiatives. Ensure project deliverables are efficiently delivered on time and within budget.
• Compliance and Regulatory: Ensure all programs adhere to relevant regulatory guidelines and industry best practices.
• Business Development: Contribute to new business pitches and proposals, leveraging expertise in medical education to secure new clients and expand existing business. Seek organic and new business growth opportunities.
• Innovation: Stay abreast of emerging trends and technologies in medical education, identifying opportunities to enhance program effectiveness and client value.

What You’ll Need

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in healthcare marketing and communications, with a focus on medical education within a healthcare advertising agency or related field.
• Proven track record of successfully managing and growing client accounts.
• Deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including regulatory and compliance requirements and global markets, a plus.
• Ability to think and work independently and as an extension of account and scientific/medical leadership.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. Able to collaborate across disciplines within Ogilvy Health to fortify current business and seek organic (current) and new (pitch) business growth opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate teams.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel both domestic and global.

How We’ll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.

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At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

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