Business Director

Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States

Company

hirify.global is an independent creative solutions company combining culture, technology, and storytelling to help ambitious brands address business challenges.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior business lead across assigned Eli Lilly brands and workstreams, building trusted client relationships and shaping business priorities.
• Translate brand priorities, patient experiences, engagement barriers, and competitive dynamics into strategic direction and creative opportunities.
• Partner with Strategy, Context, Creative, Analytics, Production, and Program Management to deliver integrated campaigns within scope, timing, and budget.
• Ensure creative work is client-ready and aligned with medical, legal, and regulatory guidance.
• Lead, coach, and develop Business Supervisors and other Business Leadership team members.
• Develop growth plans, manage scope changes and investment discussions, and contribute to account financial health and profitability.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of experience in an agency or communications-related industry.
• Experience with advertising, marketing, media, creative, production, and agency finance.
• Proven success managing integrated campaigns, working with mid-to-senior-level clients, and leading cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on production experience with large-scale, multi-channel initiatives.
• Experience coaching junior account team members and contributing to scopes, account financial management, and organic growth.
• Strong business judgment, strategic fluency, communication skills, commercial acumen, and ability to develop others.

Nice to have

• Experience with pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other regulated brands and medical, legal, and regulatory review processes.
• Experience with consumer-facing health communications, patient storytelling, or brand launches.
• Experience partnering with in-house creative teams or working in a multi-agency environment.
• Experience developing culturally relevant campaigns involving talent partnerships, social content, or experiential work.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial environment that values resourcefulness, tenacity, creativity, and intelligence.
• Work focused on culturally relevant creative solutions and brands that impact people’s health.
• Collaboration across internal creative, strategy, analytics, production, and program management functions, as well as agency partners.