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Accenture Song Life—A Partner for Growth
The Agency of Record model we all grew up with was built for stability—long planning cycles, rigid campaigns, and success measured in outputs. Today demands something more. With evolving pipelines, diverse patient populations, and accelerated launches, the challenge is not just communication—
it’s
staying continually relevant.
At Accenture
Song Life
, we reinvented the AOR to be a true
growth engine for biopharma
—anchored in one
objective
: helping you fuel growth by building continual relevance.
We do this by being
Smarter, Faster
,
Better
Smarter
—intelligence-led, powered by AI, data, and life sciences
expertise
, so your brand is always one step ahead.
Faster
—an agile, adaptive model that scales global blockbusters and targets rare disease communities with equal precision, moving at the speed of science and patient need.
Better
—world-class creativity combined with Accenture’s technology and consulting rigor, shifting from campaigns to outcomes—like launch uptake, adherence, and market share.
The reinvented AOR is not a supplier—
it’s
a growth partner. Accenture
SongLife
brings creativity, technology, and strategy together to serve as your growth engine—continually relevant, always accountable, and built to deliver impact for patients, providers, and your business.”
You Are:
You are a
seasoned
brand
strategy director
with
pharmaceutical
experience
who can quickly step into a complex HCP business and lead
from day one
. You combine strategic rigor with practical execution, translating business challenges into
clear
brand direction that inspires clients and creative teams alike.
Reporting to the SVP, Strategy Director,
you'll
partner across Strategy, Client Solutions, Medical, Creative, and Engagement to shape omnichannel HCP marketing across personal and non-personal promotion.
You'll
serve as a trusted strategic advisor, helping clients solve business problems while ensuring every deliverable is grounded in a clear strategic vision.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Manage the day-to-day strategic workload across HCP workstreams (NPP and PP), ensuring briefs — including client project briefs — and deliverables are clear, cohesive, and strategically sound
Translate high-level brand strategy into actionable guidance for creative development, maintaining alignment from strategy through execution
Frame thinking in its proper context
Isolate the real business problems a brand and communications can affect
Isolate the roles of the brand, communication and communication channels within business plans – thinking for tomorrow and not just today
Have a deep understanding of the client business and what makes it tick
Serve as a strong, confident strategic voice with clients — able to present, defend, and evolve strategic recommendations in real time
Lead development of key strategic outputs, including audience insights and messaging frameworks
Proactively propose strategies to help clients achieve their goals by studying a client's challenges, thoroughly understanding the category and customers, and proposing business-changing strategies and multichannel solutions
Collaborate with the full team to ensure that creative, engagement, and content solutions are on strategy and properly integrated within the larger marketing program
Be a catalyst for better ideas; bring people and disciplines together to create the best, most effective work for the brand and audiences
Why Join Us
You'll
help shape HCP strategy for one of the industry's most dynamic brands while working alongside leaders in strategy, creativity, technology, and AI. This role offers the opportunity to influence both client business decisions and the future of healthcare marketing.
Here’s what you’ll need:
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Role Location
Annual Salary Range
California
$94,400 to $266,300
Cleveland
$87,400 to $213,000
Colorado
$94,400 to $230,000
District of Columbia
$100,500 to $245,000
Illinois
$87,400 to $230,000
Maine
$80,400 to $196,000
Maryland
$94,400 to $230,000
Massachusetts
$94,400 to $245,000
Minnesota
$94,400 to $230,000
New York
$87,400 to $266,300
New Jersey
$100,500 to $266,300
Virginia
$87,400 to $245,000
Washington
$100,500 to $245,000
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