Responsibilities

• Lead client relationships as the primary point of contact, ensuring the agency's resources are deployed effectively to meet their best interests.
• Contribute to the development of strategic communication plans for medical communications deliverables.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to expand agency business within and across client accounts.
• Demonstrate understanding of the brand’s strengths/weaknesses and continue to learn and apply knowledge to reviews of content and materials. Guide and advise the account team on developing and presenting new proposals, including innovative
• Anticipate and meet client needs, frequently communicating with them regarding project direction and updates.
• Lead the budgeting process for accounts and projects.
• Collaborate with leadership to prepare annual client budgets and ensure they're kept up to date.
• Oversee project execution (quality/estimates/timelines), manage account team workload, and partner with the client to ensure tactics meet a defined need.
• Manage account financials, including client financial reporting and discussions; monitor, manage, and report on key financial metrics according to processes set by AD.
• Manage account revenue and write-offs, keeping the AD informed of any issues.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (minimum), preferably in health sciences, marketing, or communications field; an advanced degree (PharmD, BSN, PhD, MS) is a plus.
• Experience: 5-7 years of pharmaceutical and/or medical communications agency experience.
• Skills:
• - Extensive experience with estimating costs, developing budgets, and managing project finances.
• - Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• - Prior supervisory experience and the ability to mentor and motivate a team.
• - Strong knowledge of the pharmaceutical and agency industries.
• - A thorough understanding of communications planning and scientific messaging.
• - Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
• - Superior oral and written communication skills, with excellent presentation and interpersonal abilities.

Preferred

• an advanced degree (PharmD, BSN, PhD, MS) is a plus.