# Group Business Director **Company**: Translation **Location**: Brooklyn, NY **Experience**: executive **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $175,000 - $210,000 **Category**: Marketing **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/unitedmasterstranslation/jobs/8931239002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_40f00ace-ad5 ## Description We are looking for a Group Business Director to help lead our growing Eli Lilly partnership, shaping culturally relevant creative work for brands that impact people's health. As a Group Business Director, you will own the health, growth, and performance of a portfolio of Eli Lilly brands and workstreams. You will serve as a senior strategic partner to VP- and SVP-level marketing stakeholders, connecting brand priorities, patient needs, and cultural opportunities into a clear vision for the business. **Lead Portfolio Strategy and Growth** - Partner with the Executive Director to drive portfolio performance and strengthen client relationships, setting priorities across assigned brands and workstreams and proactively addressing risks to the partnership. - Develop and drive growth plans that connect unmet client needs with Translation's capabilities, expanding relationships and agency impact. - Build a deep understanding of Lilly's business, patient audiences, and competitive dynamics; identify opportunities across brands and connect them into a broader business vision. **Build Senior Client Partnerships** - Build trusted relationships with senior marketing leaders, shaping client agendas and influencing decisions through clear, proactive counsel. - Navigate complex stakeholder needs, constructively challenge assumptions, and lead sensitive conversations about priorities, investment, and the work. - Maintain a consistent pulse on client satisfaction, risks, and opportunities, aligning Lilly's brand teams, internal creative team, and agency partners. **Champion Strategic and Creative Excellence** - Ensure work solves meaningful business problems and meets Translation's standards for strategic rigor, creative and cultural excellence, and client readiness. - Guide Strategy, Context, Creative, and Analytics toward ambitious ideas grounded in audience insight, business objectives, and clear measures of success. - Champion empathetic, accessible health communications that reflect real patient experiences, with alignment to client-provided medical, legal, and regulatory guidance. **Own Commercial Performance** - Co-own portfolio financial performance with Program Management, including resource allocation, profitability, forecasting, and long-term growth. - Lead senior client conversations on scopes, fees, changing needs, and investment; ensure commercial implications are addressed before commitments are made. - Coach Business Directors on commercial judgment and make investment recommendations across the portfolio, balancing immediate needs with long-term opportunity. **Develop Teams and Align Delivery** - Lead, mentor, and develop Business Directors and Business Supervisors through regular coaching, semi-annual performance reviews, and meaningful development opportunities. - Establish clear roles, accountability, and development pathways, building teams that exercise sound judgment and collaborate effectively. - Partner with Program Management, which leads operational planning and delivery, to align staffing, scope, schedules, and review requirements with business goals. - Ensure seamless integration across Strategy, Context, Creative, and Production; confirm feasibility before major commitments and resolve competing portfolio priorities. **Strengthen the Agency** - Partner with department leaders to shape Business Leadership standards, improve ways of working, and strengthen agency capabilities. - Support new business pitches and represent Translation through relevant partnerships and industry participation. - Help recruit and develop a strong pipeline of future Business Leadership talent. **Knowledge Skills and Abilities** - Strong business judgment and strategic fluency, with the ability to turn complex client needs into clear priorities across multiple brands. - Executive presence and exceptional communication skills, with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders and navigate difficult conversations. - Commercial acumen across scopes, staffing, profitability, and forecasting, paired with a collaborative approach to Program Management. - Ability to champion integrated creative work while respecting accuracy and medical, legal, and regulatory review requirements. - A decisive, curious leadership style that develops other leaders and builds a culture of accountability and collaboration. ## Skills ### Required - strategic fluency - business judgment - executive presence - communication skills - commercial acumen - integrated creative work ### Nice to have - pharmaceutical experience - healthcare experience - regulated brands experience - medical review experience - consumer health communications experience --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/unitedmasterstranslation/jobs/8931239002?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)