Vice President, Client Experience

Vice President, Client Experience

The Weber Shandwick Boston Office is currently seeking a Vice President for its Healthcare Practice.

The VP is responsible for managing client and inter-agency relationships, playing a critical role in shaping the future and long-term success of our Health Practice.  The VP will be responsible for all aspects of a client relationship and account team. Responsibilities include recommending programs and activities coordinating with client's goals, effectively delegating projects, offering counsel to team members and allocating agency resources to match client budgets. VPs are also engaged with business development, strategic program planning and the development of creative concepts. The ideal candidate will have experience working with biopharmaceutical companies with a proven track record of managing a range of health campaigns, from reputation building to patient storytelling.

If you are excited about managing talented junior staff members, building strong relationships with clients, and taking your PR career to the next level on a team that’s dynamic, creative, smart and fun, then we want to talk to you.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Day-to-day client management and counsel
• Facilitating integration efforts across team and with other agency partners
• Driving communications support to solve reputational challenges
• Working across internal specialists including media, digital and creative
• Working with senior counselors on strategy and creative ideation

Qualifications:

• Strong client-relationship management/relationship-building
• Experience managing cross-functional teams
• Corporate health experience
• Can turn ideas into workable, integrated plans
• Capacity to convey ownership of assigned projects to junior team members
• Can problem-solve  
• Can mobilize and motivate teams
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent oral and written business communication skills
• Aptitude for financial analysis
• Can complete challenging projects within set parameters
• Commitment and dedication to the agency's success as well as individual career
• Can anticipate client and team needs
• Attention to detail and quality
• Instills confidence with clients and colleagues

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefits

Boston Salary range: $138,000.00 - $170,000.00

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.