Senior Account Supervisor, Healthcare

USA (On-site)

$100K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own client relationships and shape healthcare communications programs from discovery to media-ready outputs, balancing budget and stakeholder expectations.

  • Client stewardship: maintain objectives, priorities, and strategic vision with rapid updates.
  • Program development: lead PR planning and audience-focused materials across channels.
  • Team and process: mentor juniors, align internal teams, and manage timelines and budgets.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a day-to-day client and internal team contact, managing account activity and ensuring client objectives, priorities, and strategic vision are being advanced
  • Provide thoughtful client counsel and recommendations that reflect an understanding of client priorities, the healthcare landscape, and communications best practices
  • Demonstrate strong knowledge of clients’ businesses, including competitors, product landscapes, market trends, influencers, media dynamics, and factors that may impact communications strategy
  • Contribute to the research, planning, and development of comprehensive, contemporary, and strategic public relations and integrated communications programs
  • Apply innovative thinking to generate new, impactful, audience-focused ideas
  • Identify potential issues early, elevate challenges with recommended solutions, and know when to seek senior counsel
  • Lead the development of core communications materials, including media strategies, press releases, key message documents, social media content, briefing materials, communications plans, and client presentations
  • Ensure strong quality control across client materials, reviewing for accuracy, strategic alignment, clarity, and polish
  • Maintain a high level of responsiveness and communicate with clients, supervisors, and account teams in a clear, timely, and solutions-oriented manner
  • Lead effective internal team communication, encourage collaboration, and invite ideas and creativity from junior team members

Requirements

  • Minimum of 6+ years of experience in public relations, communications, healthcare communications, or pharmaceutical communications
  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, biology, life sciences, or a related field
  • Strong understanding of product communications, patient advocacy, disease awareness, and data/regulatory milestones
  • Familiarity with clinical trial phases, FDA approvals, and the broader healthcare communications environment
  • Experience with the MLR process and systems such as Veeva is preferred
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills, and organizational skills
  • Proven ability to manage multiple client workstreams in a fast-paced agency environment
  • Experience providing client counsel and managing day-to-day client relationships
  • Experience mentoring, managing, or guiding junior team members
  • Curiosity and comfort with integrating AI into communications and workflows

    Benefits

    • You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
    • You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.
    • Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
    • Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
    • Professional learning and development opportunities
    • Workplace flexibility
    • On-site and off-site social gatherings
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    Ruder Finn

    Ruder Finn is one of the world’s largest independent global communications and creative agencies. Founded in 1948, Ruder Finn has defined and redefined PR for 75 years, shaping communications that move industry-defining brands, companies, and leaders from what’s now to what’s next. Ruder Finn provides clients with bold communications strategies based on a global perspective and localized market knowledge that redefine leadership, reimagine the marketplace, and rethink customer experiences. The agency is organized around five core areas of expertise—Healthcare, Technology, Commerce, Leadership and Workplace—with AI-powered creative hub RF Studio53 and tech incubator RF TechLab providing cutting-edge predictive analytics, breakthrough creative, and customer-focused digital engagement. Ruder Finn has offices across 3 continents including the U.S., Asia and Europe. Wholly owned agencies within Ruder Finn Group include: Ruder Finn Inc., RF Studio53, RF Engage, Touchdown, Peppercomm, RF Comunicad, Mantis, jacobstahl, RF Bloom. For more information visit www.ruderfinn.com.+++At Ruder Finn we value integrity and transparency in our recruitment process. We have become aware of fraudulent actors impersonating our company on platforms like Telegram and similar communication platforms, falsely claiming to conduct job interviews. We want to clarify unequivocally: We Never Charge for Job Interviews or Ask for Your Financial Information: Our recruitment process does not involve any form of payment from candidates at any stage. If you’re being asked for payment or your financial information, it is not us! All our job-related communications come exclusively from our official email addresses (ending with @ruderfinn.com). If you are contacted for an interview or a job offer and have doubts about its legitimacy, or if you have any other questions, please contact us via our official website or official LinkedIn channel.

    Founded in 1948
    New York, New York, USA
    920 employees (158 in marketing)

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    Traffic Source Mix
    Search
    34.6%
    Direct
    49.2%
    Referral
    7.7%
    Social
    7%
    Paid
    1.4%

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    Current headcount: ~920

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