
Strategic Planning Director
Adelphi Graduate Careers
Summary
Adelphi Graduate Careers is the graduate recruitment division of Adelphi Group, a leading global pharmaceutical consultancy and healthcare services organization. Founded in 1986 and part of the Omnicom Corporation since 1998, Adelphi Group provides comprehensive strategic support services across the entire pharmaceutical lifecycle. The company specializes in strategic product development consultancy, health economics and outcomes research, real-world disease understanding, market research, medical communications, and post-marketing brand support services. With a global network of offices across the US, Europe, and Asia employing over 1,000 staff worldwide, Adelphi supports the world's leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to improve patients' lives. The graduate program recruits talented individuals across various disciplines including life sciences, psychology, business studies, and health economics, offering roles in research, health economics, client services, and medical writing. Adelphi has been recognized as the 'Top Pharmaceutical Consultancy in Europe 2025' for its innovation and unique contributions to the life sciences sector.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted strategic partner to clients, building strong relationships through a deep understanding of their business, customers, and competitive challenges.
- Develop strategies that connect brand positioning with product marketing, ensuring individual products and launches reinforce a clear, differentiated brand story.
- Translate complex products, technologies, and service capabilities into compelling customer benefits, messaging, and creative opportunities.
- Develop audience and messaging strategies that address the distinct needs of business decision-makers, end users and additional stakeholders across the customer journey.
- Collaborate across an integrated agency team to align complementary disciplines and partner perspectives around a shared strategic direction.
- Partner closely with creative and account teams from initial brief through execution, helping develop ideas and ensuring the work delivers against the strategy.
- Lead the development of messaging frameworks, creative briefs and integrated communications strategies.
- Partner with clients and analytics teams on research initiatives, translating customer insights, data, and findings into actionable strategic direction.
- Facilitate internal brainstorms and client workshops focused on engagement, customer journeys and experience optimization.
- Support new business efforts and pitches.
Requirements
- Experience connecting insight to action, turning complexity into clear strategic direction.
- Ability to connect commercial priorities with customer motivations, balancing functional benefits and business value with emotional relevance.
- Curiosity and confidence in learning complex businesses, asking incisive questions, and turning technical information into clear strategic direction.
- Strong storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to make strategic thinking clear, persuasive, and inspiring.
- Comfortable collaborating across disciplines and leading through influence, with the confidence and clarity to build trust with clients and teams.
- Experience developing B2B brand or communications strategies, particularly in categories with complex purchase decisions and multiple stakeholders, is a plus but not required.
Requirements
- Experience connecting insight to action, turning complexity into clear strategic direction
- Ability to connect commercial priorities with customer motivations
- Curiosity and confidence in learning complex businesses
- Strong storytelling and presentation skills
- Comfortable collaborating across disciplines and leading through influence
- B2B brand or communications strategy experience (preferred)
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Paid Time Off
Company overview
Adelphi Graduate Careers is the graduate recruitment division of Adelphi Group, a leading global pharmaceutical consultancy and healthcare services organization. Founded in 1986 and part of the Omnicom Corporation since 1998, Adelphi Group provides comprehensive strategic support services across the entire pharmaceutical lifecycle. The company specializes in strategic product development consultancy, health economics and outcomes research, real-world disease understanding, market research, medical communications, and post-marketing brand support services. With a global network of offices across the US, Europe, and Asia employing over 1,000 staff worldwide, Adelphi supports the world's leading pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to improve patients' lives. The graduate program recruits talented individuals across various disciplines including life sciences, psychology, business studies, and health economics, offering roles in research, health economics, client services, and medical writing. Adelphi has been recognized as the 'Top Pharmaceutical Consultancy in Europe 2025' for its innovation and unique contributions to the life sciences sector.