Strategy Lead - Toronto (or NY)
About The Position
Gemic is a global consultancy specializing in business and innovation strategy. We help leading organizations drive sustainable growth by applying human-centered research and systemic analysis of emerging cultural, business, and technological change. Our strategy consultants deliver research, business insights, and cultural analysis to inform growth and brand strategies for clients all over the world in many industries. Gemic is looking to fill the role of a Strategy Lead in the Toronto or New York area who can join our Commercial Impact practice. Our client portfolio in this practice includes pharmaceuticals, CPG, consumer health, fashion, luxury, automotive, and more. This role is for an experienced Strategy Lead that can primarily support the area of health and pharma within the Commercial Impact practice, while also being able to flex into other sectors.
Requirements
- 8+ years of client-facing experience in agency or consulting, or 5+ years in consulting combined with other relevant experience (e.g., public sector, client-side roles, etc.)
- Experience designing, overseeing, and executing global qualitative and quantitative research, including ethnography
- Proven background in any or all categories of innovation strategy, brand strategy, brand development, insights
- Experience working with health and pharmaceutical brands, ideally with clients in functions including commercial insights, HEOR, marketing, and/or patient engagement
- Expert project management skills
- Client management skills that project maturity, confidence, and trustworthiness
- A desire to work at the intersections of brand, business, culture and strategy and develop strategies from a human-centered approach
- Keen cultural analysis; background in a social science is an asset
- Adept translation of research and insights for clients without over-complication
- Resourcefulness, reliability, responsibility, curiosity, and adaptability
Responsibilities
- Lead sizeable and complex projects with multiple workstreams where you are the primary POC for clients, and with Gemic teams of 3-5 people
- Be a strategic leader and guide across all work – leading teams in developing persuasive, impactful narratives and frameworks, and driving the approach to both research and output creation
- Excel at producing fast, relevant, clear, concise and visually compelling work
- Bring significant expertise in qualitative methodologies (e.g., ethnography, semi-structured interviewing, semiotics, digital anthropology), along with a basic fluency in quantitative research
- Inspire trust and confidence from clients, serving as the primary contact for clients during and beyond projects
- Ensure project timelines and profitability stay on or exceeds target
- Provide leadership and mentorship to junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development
- Lead and contribute to business development through proposal writing, and bolstering existing client relationships
- Work with Directors and Partners to grow existing client relationships, forge strategic partnerships, and diversify service offerings within the practice
Benefits
- Twenty-five (25) vacation days per calendar year
- eleven (11) public holidays
- two (2) personal days
- five (5) sick days
- Retirement Savings (RRSPs): Gemic will match the regular contributions with a maximum of 3% of annual earnings.
- Health Benefits: includes Critical illness, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, dental care and a Health Care Spending Account ($1,000 annually for extra out-of-pocket health costs); counseling available through Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Emergency Travel Assistance Services
- Learning and Development Stipend - $950 CAD annually
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
