Director, Healthcare

About This Role

Directing strategic communications for healthcare sector clients is the core of this advisory role, based in the New York office. The position suits a candidate with specialist skills and a professional advisory background who can thrive in a generalist environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic advice to clients, drawing on specialist communications expertise and depth of professional advisory experience
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of business and strategic communications issues
• Influentially engage with key stakeholders
• Monitor level of account profitability and intervene as necessary
• Contribute to and assist with new business opportunities
• Apply knowledge and experience to lead new business development efforts (e.g., pitches, proposal development)
• Use deep knowledge of key sectors to promote new business approaches and ideas
• Identify new opportunities to deliver other Brunswick expertise to existing clients
• Actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships
• Build and maintain strong external networks in order to deliver valuable insight to clients and the Firm
• Actively and effectively manage account teams
• Drive the day-to-day account management
• Keep the partner and other team members informed of account and project status
• Foster development of team members’ skills and client handling ability by identifying new challenges and encouraging team to stretch where appropriate
• Serve as a role model and mentor for junior team members, supporting the development of colleagues across the firm

Requirements

• 10-15+ years of experience in an advisory position
• Experience managing teams of five or more people
• Proven ability to successfully interact with the media and external stakeholders in proactive and reactive situations
• Strong work ethic, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail
• Client service-orientation
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, client service environment
• Exceptional research, writing and communication skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Ability to think strategically and creatively
• Energetic team player
• Exhibit discretion with confidential client and personnel matters

Ideal Candidate:

• Excellent communicator with high energy and a strong work ethic
• Coaching mindset – someone who will invest in the people around them
• Entrepreneurial, collaborative and team-oriented – it’s a “roll your sleeves up environment”
• Adept at navigating and succeeding within high-performance environments