Song Life Head of Strategy

Accenture • Albany, NY

33d • $150,900 - $413,600

About The Position

The Head of Strategy (HS) for Health & Wellness is a transformative growth leader responsible for building and leading a unified commercial, brand, and experience strategy offering across Accenture Song Life-anchored initially in Marketing and expanding across the broader capabilities in the Song Life portfolio. The HS will serve as a trusted advisor to clients and internal leadership, connecting strategy to creative, insights to execution, and science to market impact. This role unites insight-led storytelling, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration to help clients achieve growth, improve outcomes, and deliver continuous relevance.

Requirements

• 12+ years progressive strategy experience with at least 5+ years in senior leadership within creative, healthcare, or consulting environments. Experience should include:
• Deep expertise in pharmaceutical and health & wellness marketing for both HCP and consumer audiences.
• Proven track record in bridging commercial, brand, and experience strategy into a single, cohesive offering.
• Strong storytelling ability to connect complex healthcare challenges to compelling strategies that drive creative and commercial outcomes.
• Skilled at translating data and regulatory complexity into insightful, inspiring, and actionable strategies.
• Fluency in media, technology, and innovation trends shaping the future of healthcare engagement.
• Recognized for collaborative leadership, executive presence, and ability to influence across diverse internal and client ecosystems.
• Must be able to work East Coast hours

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver a best-in-class strategy capability for health & wellness that unites commercial, brand, and experience strategy to drive measurable client growth.
• Partner closely with subject-matter expertise across the Accenture ecosystem to solve client problems with depth of experience and breadth of expertise.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, guiding them across the product lifecycle-from market entry and launch planning through brand positioning and narrative development for patient, provider, payer experience strategy.
• Unify and evolve strategic disciplines-medical, brand planning, engagement, and data science-into a connected, insight-led capability while maintaining the core value of each discipline.
• Bridge strategy and creative to ensure ideas are insight-led, data-informed, and transformed into bold, effective creative platforms.
• Translate complex science, regulatory landscapes, and commercial challenges into compelling narratives and actionable engagement strategies.
• Leverage data, analytics, and behavioral insights to uncover opportunities, optimize market entry, and guide strategy across launch and growth phases.
• Shape client narratives that simplify complexity, align leadership teams, and accelerate business momentum.
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing strategy team, inspiring collaboration across creative, account, production, and medical/scientific disciplines.
• Collaborate with Song Account Leads (SAL), Song Life Leadership, and commercial partners to assemble purpose-built teams tailored to win and convert high-value opportunities.
• Act as a thought leader for Song Life's health & wellness vision, representing the organization through industry publications, conference engagements, and strategic partnerships.
• Champion a connected strategy practice that scales across Accenture Song Life's global health & wellness offerings.
• Partner with global teams to integrate regional perspectives into a cohesive global healthcare & wellness strategy, ensuring strategic alignment and synergy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees