Freelance VP, Group Strategy Director

About Klick

Klick Group is a life sciences-focused ecosystem that brings together Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures. Established in 1997, the company operates from New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. It has repeatedly been recognised as a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, and it aims to build a high-performance, people-first environment rooted in creativity, collaboration, innovation, and measurable impact.

About the Strategy Craft

The strategy discipline is responsible for defining where brands should compete and how they can succeed. It is built on research, insights, and an understanding of behaviour, and it helps set long-term direction for the business. Strategy teams question assumptions, spot growth opportunities, and inform decisions across the organisation.

Role Overview

The Freelance VP, Group Strategy Director will provide senior-level strategic leadership across healthcare and life sciences accounts. Working alongside cross-functional teams, this person will shape integrated brand, communications, and commercial strategies, advise senior client stakeholders, and help deliver work that produces meaningful business results. The role calls for deep healthcare knowledge, strong commercial judgement, and a collaborative style suited to complex regional and global engagements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop integrated strategies spanning brand, omnichannel, customer experience, and communications for healthcare and life sciences clients, covering both HCP and consumer audiences.
• Lead strategic planning meetings, executive workshops, and senior presentations that turn complex challenges into practical recommendations and measurable outcomes.
• Work closely with Client Services, Creative, Medical Strategy, Science & Regulatory, and Project Management teams to build strategic solutions aligned to commercial goals and audience insights.
• Contribute strategic thinking to new business efforts, pitch preparation, brand planning work, and client growth conversations.
• Use data, customer insight, market trends, and AI-enabled methods to strengthen strategy development, collaboration, and decision-making.

Requirements

• Multiple years of experience in healthcare communications, pharmaceutical strategy, life sciences consulting, or integrated agency strategy, with responsibility for complex regional or global client work.
• Hands-on experience creating omnichannel brand strategy, commercialisation strategy, customer experience planning, or integrated communications for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or healthcare brands.
• Proven ability to run executive workshops, strategic planning sessions, and senior stakeholder presentations while influencing brand and business decisions.
• Strong track record of collaborating with multidisciplinary partners including Client Services, Creative, Medical Strategy, Science & Regulatory, and Project Management.
• Experience supporting new business opportunities, strategic proposals, or client growth initiatives in healthcare communications, consulting, or life sciences settings.
• Comfort using AI regularly as part of day-to-day work is preferred.
• Exposure to therapeutic areas such as oncology, immunology, rare disease, specialty care, vaccines, or consumer health is preferred.
• Experience supporting regional and global healthcare brands across EMEA, North America, and APAC is preferred.
• Familiarity with behavioural science, customer insights, ecosystem strategy, or innovation approaches to solve complex commercial challenges is preferred.
• Experience working with executive leadership to shape long-term brand, portfolio, or commercial strategy within healthcare or life sciences organisations is preferred.

Additional Information

An AI-enabled tool may be used to help review applications by assessing experience, skills, and qualifications against the role. This tool supports the hiring process only and does not make final decisions or automatically reject candidates. Final hiring decisions are made by humans, with oversight intended to support fairness, transparency, and compliance. If you have questions or accessibility concerns about the tool, you may contact the company directly.

The company is committed to building a workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. It encourages applications from historically underrepresented communities, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, other people of colour, people with disabilities, people from gender- and sexually diverse communities, and people with intersectional identities.

An inclusive, barrier-free hiring process and work environment are also part of the company’s commitment. If you need an accommodation, you can contact careers@klick.com so your accessibility needs can be supported.

Commitment to Inclusion

The company reiterates its focus on creating an environment where diverse perspectives and experiences are valued. It also continues to emphasise inclusion, accessibility, and barrier-free recruitment as core parts of its culture and hiring practice.