VP, Omnichannel
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About the role: The Vice President of Omnichannel is responsible for defining and executing the organization's client’s omnichannel vision, leading change management, creating personalized customer experiences that connect strategy, media activation, customer engagement, and technology infrastructure. This executive leads the development of next-generation engagement models that leverage customer data, AI, analytics, and marketing technology to deliver the right message, to the right audience, through the right channel, at the right time. The role serves as the connective tissue between commercial strategy, media, CRM, sales, analytics, medical, creative, and technology teams to build scalable omnichannel capabilities that improve customer experience and business performance. Reporting to the Chief Media Officer, this individual serves as the executive sponsor for omnichannel transformation and leads a high performing Omnichannel Center of Excellence.
What you'll do: Omnichannel Strategy
Develop the enterprise omnichannel vision and multi-year roadmap by assessing client omnichannel maturity and developing phased roadmaps using standardized omnichannel planning methodologies, engagement frameworks, and implementation playbooks tailored to each client’s technology ecosystem and organizational readiness. Create customer engagement strategies across HCP, patient, caregiver, payer, and consumer audiences
Design channel strategies spanning paid, owned, earned, CRM, field, point-of-care, social, search, email, websites, and emerging digital channels
Translate business objectives into integrated omnichannel customer journeys
Partner with brand teams to embed omnichannel planning into annual marketing strategies
Define governance models and omnichannel operating standards across the agency delivery team and client stakeholders
Change Management
Lead organizational change initiatives that support business transformation, operational excellence, and strategic growth with clients.
Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies that minimize disruption while maximizing employee adoption.
Assess organizational readiness and identify potential risks, barriers, and resistance to change.
Create stakeholder engagement plans to build alignment across executive leadership, cross-functional teams, and external partners.
Develop communication plans that clearly articulate the vision, benefits, timelines, and expectations of organizational changes.
Establish change governance processes, including steering committees, decision frameworks, and escalation paths.
Monitor adoption metrics, employee feedback, and business performance to measure change effectiveness and recommend adjustments.
Develop and maintain change management documentation, playbooks, communication materials, and implementation plans.
Media Activation Leadership
Direct omnichannel media activation across all digital and traditional channels for client portfolios
Partner with media strategy teams to optimize investments using customer insights
Define the operating standards that connect paid media, CRM, websites, field marketing, and customer support into a unified engagement ecosystem
Guide audience segmentation and media personalization strategies
Develop attribution frameworks that measure cross-channel effectiveness
Drive optimization using real-time performance analytics
Next Best Engagement (NBE)
Build the NBE capability from the ground up, integrating the signals available today including CRM activity, website engagement, content consumption, media response — and sequencing claims, field, and sales interaction data as client access is secured. Design decision engines that determine the Next Best Action, Next Best Channel, Next Best Content, and Next Best Time
Create engagement rules and AI-driven personalization frameworks
Partner with Data Science to deploy machine learning models
Advocate for and secure the client-side filed data access required to integrate field and digital engagement into unified customer experiences
Lead cross-functional orchestration of strategy, creative, media, CRM, field engagement, analytics, and content teams to operationalize Next Best Engagement across customer journeys.
Omnichannel Infrastructure Development
Own the roadmap for omnichannel technology capabilities, including Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), CRM platforms, marketing automation, journey orchestration, identity resolution, AI decision engines, data warehouses, reporting environments, content management platforms, and personalization engines identity resolution, AI decision engines, data warehouses, reporting environments, content management platforms, and personalization engines
Identify capability gaps and build business case that moves client to prioritize technology investments
Partner with client and internal IT and Digital Experience teams to establish scalable omnichannel architecture
Customer Journey Design
Develop end-to-end customer journey frameworks
Identify friction points across digital and offline experiences
Create journey maps for priority customer segments
Build measurement frameworks around engagement milestones
Partner with UX, Creative, Medical, and Analytics teams to continuously optimize experiences
Data & Analytics Leadership
Champion data-driven decision making across the organization
Define omnichannel KPIs and engagement scorecards
Leverage customer analytics to improve segmentation and personalization
Coordinate the development of executive dashboards measuring engagement health with Analytics team
Partner with Business Intelligence and Data Science teams to translate predictive models into engagement logic
Cross-Functional Leadership
Drive organizational adoption of omnichannel capabilities through education, training, change management, and cross-functional enablement.
Lead collaboration across Media, Strategy, Creative, Medical, Commercial Operations, Sales, Analytics, Data Science, Technology, Client Services, Product, and Finance
Serve as the executive sponsor for omnichannel transformation initiatives
Foster a strong, collaborative culture and shared sense of purpose across departments
Innovation
Evaluate emerging technologies including AI, Generative AI, predictive analytics, and automation and partner with the Avalere Health AI Team to determine best use cases for clients
Pilot new customer engagement models and introduce innovative media activation strategies
Stay current on healthcare, pharmaceutical, and digital engagement trends
Build partnerships with technology vendors and strategic partners
Team Leadership, Culture & Communication
Build and lead a high-performing Omnichannel Center of Excellence
Mentor directors and senior managers, supporting career development and growth
Establish governance frameworks and omnichannel best practices
Manage departmental budgets and lead executive presentations
Support business development and client growth initiatives
Represent the organization externally through conferences and thought leadership
About you: Executive-level experience in omnichannel marketing, digital strategy, media, CRM, customer engagement, or commercial excellence.
12 to 15+ years of experience in relevant fields, including 7+ years leading cross-functional teams and enterprise-scale transformation initiatives.
Deep expertise in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences marketing, including HCP and patient engagement strategies.
Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise omnichannel engagement capabilities across digital, CRM, media, field, and customer support channels.
Strong understanding of customer data platforms (CDPs), CRM, marketing automation, AI, analytics, and personalization ecosystems.
Hands-on knowledge of leading marketing technology platforms such as Salesforce (Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, Sales Cloud), Adobe Experience Cloud (AEM, Adobe Journey Optimizer, Real-Time CDP, Analytics), Veeva CRM, Microsoft Dynamics, and other enterprise marketing and customer engagement platforms.
Deep understanding of data privacy, consent management, and regulatory requirements impacting omnichannel marketing, including HIPAA, CAN-SPAM, TCPA, state privacy laws (such as CCPA/CPRA), GDPR, UK GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, and other global privacy regulations. Demonstrated ability to translate privacy and compliance requirements into scalable CRM and omnichannel engagement strategies across U.S. and international markets.
Experience partnering with Legal, Compliance, Privacy, Medical, Commercial, and IT organizations to develop compliant omnichannel engagement models and governance.
Strong understanding of identity resolution, customer data management, consent and preference management, and first-party data strategies.
Proven experience leading organizational transformation initiatives, driving adoption of new technologies, operating models, and ways of working.
What we can offer
You will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.
Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support. Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.
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