Responsibilities

• Help shape and execute the growth strategy for GGA’s health practice.
• Serve as a senior counselor and relationship lead for major healthcare clients.
• Originate, win and expand business across existing and new client relationships.
• Lead teams with clear direction, high standards and a commitment to developing talent.
• Create distinctive communications strategies for complex healthcare, business and policy challenges.
• Partner with firm leadership to set priorities and drive profitable growth for the health practice while maintaining exceptional client service.
• Act as senior strategic counselor and relationship lead for major healthcare accounts, working closely with firm and practice leadership.
• Build and convert a strong new-business pipeline, expand existing accounts and contribute to proposals, pitches and commercial negotiations.
• Advise clients on corporate reputation, executive positioning, issues and crisis management, stakeholder engagement and business transformation.
• Lead integrated account teams, set clear expectations and ensure the work is strategic, creative, accurate and delivered efficiently.

Requirements

• At least 15 years of communications experience, including significant experience in a health-focused agency role and senior client leadership responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience across one or more areas of healthcare, such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, medtech, health technology, healthcare delivery, health insurance, public health or nonprofit advocacy.
• A record of winning new business and growing and sustaining significant client accounts.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and overseeing complex, integrated assignments.
• Excellent presentation, storytelling, writing and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort moving between enterprise-level strategy and hands-on oversight of execution.
• Highly organized, proactive and calm under pressure, with strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.

Benefits

• health benefits, life insurance, disability benefits, 401(k) employer matching, volunteer time off, an annual global travel stipend, generous paid time off, hybrid work and professional development opportunities.