Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain relationships with core clients and external audiences and partners
• Drive all aspects of planning and execution of client projects, ensuring timeliness, efficiency and high-quality delivery of results
• Serve as strategic counsel lead for client engagements based on broad communications landscape and business goals; takes immediate action on client feedback
• Respond to client concerns with thoughtful strategic guidance
• Manage financial performance for client engagements (i.e., client budgets, team capacity, planning and vendor management)
• Serve as facilitator for client workshops and events, including speaker training sessions, multi-stakeholder convening initiatives, internal messaging workshops, etc.
• Take an active role in developing staffing plans for core businesses
• Support development and presentation of new business proposals from start to finish; present during new business pitches with confidence
• Identify opportunities for organic account growth
• Demonstrate initiative and resourcefulness to work through issues independently

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business or health / science related field or equivalent experience
• 8+ years' communications or related marketing / advocacy / health experience; corporate or executive communications experience preferred
• Proven managerial acumen
• Ability to assemble and motivate well integrated teams to drive client businesses
• A leadership presence
• Superb internal and external communications skills (verbal, written, listening)
• Attitude that lends itself to quality client service
• Experience with media relations strategy and social media landscape
• Proactive, entrepreneurial, and solution-oriented mindset
• Passion about improving lives through innovations in health