Vice President, Strategy

Unlock Health•Nashville, TN

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President of Strategy sets the standard for strategic excellence and leads a portfolio of clients toward rigorous, differentiated thinking that drives impact. The role centers on identifying the human problem behind the business problem by uncovering emotional, behavioral, and cultural truths that inform meaningful strategies and effective creative work. The VP serves as a trusted advisor to senior client leaders, helping them navigate complexity, challenge assumptions, and identify opportunities for growth. Internally, the VP elevates strategic quality, strengthens the agency’s approach to its work, and inspires teams to develop ambitious, insight-driven solutions. The role connects business challenges to human insight, shapes strategic narratives, partners closely with creative teams, and guides work toward outcomes that are both effective and meaningful. This position follows a hybrid work model from the Nashville or Chicago office, combining in-office and remote work. Employees are expected to maintain a regular in-office presence, with remote-work flexibility. Exact schedules may vary by team and are aligned with manager expectations and organizational needs.

Requirements

10–15 years of experience in strategy, consulting, or healthcare planning, with a track record of leading complex, high-impact work.
Agency experience and a strong understanding of operating and leading in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.
Proven ability to shape strategic thinking at the highest level, bring clarity to ambiguity, and influence senior stakeholders.
Executive presence and strong communication skills, with the ability to build trust quickly.
Exceptional storytelling and narrative-development skills, including the ability to shape compelling strategic stories that inspire teams, clients, and creative work.
Expertise leading high-impact workshops and facilitating strategic conversations across audiences and organizational levels.
Strong cross-functional relationship-building skills and the ability to create trust and alignment across strategy, creative, media, analytics, client experience, and leadership teams.
Demonstrated ability to mentor, develop, and elevate strategic talent.

Responsibilities

Own and drive understanding of high-value client business problems and how to solve them through insight-driven, effective, creative solutions.
Identify the human problem behind the business problem, translating audience insight into strategic opportunity and creative direction.
Lead strategy across multiple clients or a portfolio of accounts, setting direction and ensuring consistency and quality.
Serve as the primary strategic advisor to senior client stakeholders, building credibility through expertise and perspective.
Partner with creative teams throughout the process to bring strategy to life and unlock bold, differentiated, effective work.
Lead high-impact workshops, working sessions, and presentations across client organizations to align teams and drive decisions.
Mentor and develop strategists, senior strategists, and directors, strengthening talent and organizational capability.
Set and uphold a high bar for strategic output, driving quality, consistency, innovation, and measurable results.
Integrate and inspire across disciplines, applying fluency in media, analytics, and creative to ensure connected, effective solutions.
Participate in pitches and new-business efforts, shaping the strategic narrative and approach.
Shape methodologies, processes, and strategic approaches to evolve how the organization works.
Foster a culture of curiosity, creativity, discipline, and generosity, raising the level of thinking across the organization.
Use emotional intelligence to push teams and clients toward more ambitious thinking, challenge assumptions, build alignment, and move work forward.
Elevate strategic thinking across the organization and help others build stronger problem-solving skills and sharper perspectives.