Head of Strategy- Leading Global Creative Healthcare Communications Group

4 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Havas Lynx Group Full time

What if your expertise could help someone, somewhere, to live a better life?

Helping children living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis to communicate their pain, giving people with psoriasis their confidence back, shocking 2.3 million HCPs into taking action against second heart attacks to proving to the world that eczema isn’t a skin condition.

Havas Lynx Group is a creative communications agency dedicated to changing the way the world does healthcare communications for the better. We are committed to bringing about change. Change informed by experience, driven by innovation and proven in delivery. We work alongside healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and pharmaceutical brands to overcome the complex challenges of modern healthcare. Our work blends strategic insight and deep scientific understanding with creativity and digital innovation, delivering healthcare campaigns and solutions that really make a difference to people’s lives.

Everything this company achieves, every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins, is down to everyone that works here.

Our role

The role of Head of Strategy will see you will apply your advanced strategic knowledge and inquisitive nature to produce and take ownership of the overarching strategy for your client. You will lead your team to present solutions that are relevant, distinctive and of high quality, adding significant value to projects. You will work closely with the Creative team to shape big ideas and with the Accounts team to build strong client relationships, demonstrating an advanced ability in passionately presenting your ideas and actively looking for opportunities to bolster profitability. You will be a mentor to all Planners in your team, helping them to fulfil their potential. 

What you can expect to be doing:

To lead your team, devising solutions that fulfil and exceed the client brief whilst consistently pushing the strategy to its most innovative point To proactively ensure an advanced understanding of the industry, brand and products within your Agency. Take the lead role in defining the team’s overarching strategy To take overall responsibility for the work that you and your team produce, ensuring it is completed to deadline, is of high quality, demonstrating accuracy, attention to detail and ownership To adapt to working across digital projects, extensive research projects, brand development and workshops depending on your client’s needs To create and maintain a strong a collaborative working relationship with your wider team. Working harmoniously with client services, creative, science and digital To lead the preparation and delivery of client meetings and workshops – delegating to your strategic team as necessary and adding significant value  To proactively aid the progression of your strategic team, developing them for roles of greater responsibility

What we’d like to see from you:

Experience working across global brand strategy in a creative agency setting  Ideally some healthcare experience Experience with line management woth a team of 3 (min)- 6 people  Client management experience Leadership skills 

What you can expect from us

A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.

You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:

Hybrid Working Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service Option to buy, carry or sell holidays Early Friday finish throughout the year Seasonal working hours Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme Extensive L&D support Sabbatical opportunities Season ticket interest free loans for travel Cycle to work scheme Life insurance (4x salary) Company pension scheme Fully compensated company events Volunteer days Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more +Medicash healthcare benefit 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme
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