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Strategic Planner
Chicago, IL
Job Description
STRATEGIC PLANNER - (REMOTE FIRST OPPORTUNITY)
Purohit Navigation (PNAV), an innovative healthcare marketing and strategy consulting firm, has an excellent opportunity for a Strategic Planner. This role provides critical support to strategy and research projects and ensures exceptional deliverables for our clients. The planner will also be responsible for developing and maintaining strong client relationships.
The Strategic Planner is a remote-first position.
The Position
The successful candidate will:
- Serve as a primary strategic point of contact for PNAV clients, providing guidance and client support on an ongoing basis
- Support PNAV projects by developing and seeing through strategic solutions to business challenges faced by clients
- Creatively embeds the client voice in developing thoughtful, persuasive and high-quality PNAV deliverables
- Possess strong, untemplated problem-solving skills as well as a strong ability partnering with analytics colleagues on market research, analytics, and synthesis
- Search out innovative ideas to meet client brand objectives
- Identify and anticipate potential hurdles for client brands and prepare strategic solutions that account for them
- Collaborate with the broader strategy team on the development of reports and presentations that clearly, concisely, and compellingly communicate marketing implications and recommendations to client satisfaction
- Collaborate with client management team to inform brand and creative strategy/brief development
- Support the design and facilitation of client workshops, strategy sessions and ad boards
- Support the annual client brand planning process
- Adhere to project responsibilities and timelines
- Communicate issues or concerns to the appropriate team members in a timely and effective manner
- Identify and recommend process and procedure improvements that may lead to revenue and profit enhancement
The Person
We are looking for a candidate who is smart, creative, and able to identify impactful key insights to inform solid and innovative strategy, while maintaining Purohit Navigation’s reputation for attention to detail and quality. The successful candidate will have:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, science, business or communications-related field or equivalent experience
- Successful track record with 1-2 years’ experience in commercial planning, strategic planning, consulting, or marketing analytics
- Understanding of pharmaceutical/healthcare brand marketing and promotional strategy
- Strong PowerPoint skills/proficiency is essential
- Strong multi-tasking, time management and organizational skills
- Experience in sales analytics and/or financial modeling a plus
- Ability to develop and maintain positive and productive client relationships
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced degree in marketing, market research, finance, science or related discipline
- This position is performed in a remote-first and office environment
- Required to work as necessary to meet responsibilities
- Travel to client and conference sites in performance of duties is also required
- Visits to client facilities that require COVID-19 vaccination may be necessary
- Proof of vaccination may be required
- Passion for work at all levels
- High-quality work that is strategically grounded
- Superior level of client service
- Culture of trust, empowerment, and commitment
- Collaborative and team-oriented spirit (no ego)
And, as a woman- and minority-owned firm, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. In fact, we are the first recipient of the MM&M "Diversity and Inclusion Champion" award for “the best commitment to diversity and inclusion.”
Purohit Navigation (www.purohitnavigation.com) is a unique full-service healthcare strategy and marketing firm. For nearly 35 years, the firm has combined groundbreaking insights with strong creative expertise to achieve behavioral change. Current and former clients include companies in the pharmaceutical (including genetic and rare diseases), diagnostic (molecular and plated media), medical device, hospital product, and disease awareness areas, giving Purohit Navigation extensive experience with more than 200 brands in 60 therapeutic areas.
Special Notes/Instructions
If you meet the qualifications for the Strategic Planner role and share our firm’s values, we encourage you to submit your application. Please submit your resume and cover letter
Job Summary
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
1 to 2 years
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