Associate Director, Growth

About the Role

We're looking for an Associate Director, Growth to serve as a senior leader within our Growth organization—someone who brings strong strategic judgment, narrative leadership, and confidence operating in high stakes, fast-moving environments. This role partners closely with agency leadership and cross functional teams to shape how Digitas Health shows up across new business and organic growth opportunities. You'll guide opportunity assessment, define strategic direction, and elevate the quality and clarity of our storytelling—ensuring every pursuit reflects our strengths, ambition, and point of view.

Responsibilities

• Lead Growth Strategy & Opportunity Assessment
  • Lead evaluation of new business and organic growth opportunities, including go/no-go decisions, resourcing, and pursuit strategy
  • Oversee multiple concurrent opportunities, balancing speed, rigor, and quality under pressure
  • Partner with senior leadership to align opportunity strategy with agency priorities and capabilities
• Shape Narrative & Strategic Direction
  • Guide the strategic direction of pitches and growth initiatives from intake through delivery
  • Shape the overall narrative, positioning, and engagement approach—ensuring clarity, relevance, and differentiation
  • Pressure test thinking, story flow, and strategic logic to elevate the quality of work
• Partner Across the Agency
  • Work closely with account, strategy, creative, media, data, and medical teams to drive integrated, high impact outcomes
  • Serve as a confident, trusted voice in senior internal and external conversations
  • Reinforce core growth and new business processes, ensuring teams understand expectations, timelines, and deliverables
• Support Organic Growth & Brand Health
  • Contribute to organic growth efforts across existing client relationships
  • Support Brand Health and broader growth structures that strengthen how the agency pursues and wins business over time
• Lead with Presence & Perspective
  • Bring calm, steady leadership to complex, high stakes moments
  • Influence without ego—commanding yet collaborative in style
  • Help set the standard for strategic excellence and Growth culture across the agency

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading growth, new business, or strategic pursuits within an advertising agency, healthcare agency, or integrated marketing environment
• Proven ability to shape pitch strategy, narrative, and positioning at a senior level
• Strong understanding of integrated agency capabilities and how they come together to solve client business challenges
• Confident presence in senior-level discussions; trusted judgment under pressure
• Highly strategic problem solver with a collaborative, practical approach
• Experience navigating ambiguity and complexity while driving clear outcomes

Pay

USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/Annually. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation.