Brand Strategy Director - Song Life, Part of Accenture Song

Accenture•Cincinnati, OH

3d•$80,400 - $266,300•Hybrid

About The Position

Accenture Song Life is reinventing the Agency of Record model to be a growth engine for biopharma, focusing on building continual relevance through intelligence-led strategies, agile execution, and world-class creativity combined with technology and consulting rigor. They aim to shift from campaigns to outcomes, acting as a growth partner rather than a supplier. The Brand Strategy Director will step into a complex HCP business, lead from day one, and translate business challenges into clear brand direction. This role involves partnering across Strategy, Client Solutions, Medical, Creative, and Engagement to shape omnichannel HCP marketing and serving as a trusted strategic advisor.

Requirements

8+ years of brand strategy or relatable experience in an agency setting.
5+ years in a strong creative agency, including working on non-pharma categories (e.g., CPG).
HCP experience.
Strong client-facing presentation and facilitation skills.
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
Experience developing positioning, messaging, customer journeys, and creative briefs.
Must work EST/CST schedule.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Some travel may be required based on business and client needs.

Responsibilities

Manage the day-to-day strategic workload across HCP workstreams (NPP and PP), ensuring 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, isolating real business problems and the roles of brand, communication, and channels within business plans.
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 client challenges, understanding the category and customers, and proposing business-changing strategies and multichannel solutions.
Collaborate with the full team to ensure 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.