Associate Partner, Arc Bio Communications

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level10+ years expPart time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and shape a portfolio of pharma/biotech client work, driving day to day strategy, high level delivery quality and senior stakeholder influence.

  • Portfolio ownership: Define and grow the client portfolio with executive-level guidance and delivery excellence.
  • Strategic leadership: Set day-to-day direction, craft scientifically and commercially strong communication programs, and maintain C-suite relationships.
  • Business development: Leverage networks to win new opportunities and convert them into client workstreams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • With intermittent Partner/Managing Partner input works to build a portfolio of business and take ownership of this within its entirety.
  • Leads, builds and sets the direction and strategy of the portfolio on a day-to-day basis.
  • Develops industry leading scientific, creative and/or commercial communication strategies and programmes.
  • Leads, builds and maintains excellent relationships with clients and provides them ongoing consultation and counsel on a peer-to-peer basis.
  • Confident at conversing directly with and providing strategic guidance to c-suite and/or senior leadership teams within pharma and biotechs.
  • Works consistently to grow existing portfolio of business organically through high quality work and identifying new work of high strategic value.
  • Has a strong professional network that can be leveraged for business development.
  • Brings in new opportunities and works to convert them to new client workstreams
  • Networks consistently outside of Arc Bio, attends and contributes to industry and client events and meetings representing Arc Bio as a brand within the industry.
  • Accountable for high-level project planning and management, effective budgetary control and resourcing/team planning to effectively delivery projects within their portfolio.

Requirements

  • minimum of 10-12 years’ experience in strategic healthcare communications, medical communications and/or scientific communications.
  • Technical ability and skills (ABC team members should be ready to communicate on these with both knowledge and authority-strong command of at least three of these is required at Associate Partner level and above)

Nice to have

  • Ideally with strong consultancy/agency experience.
  • Has a strong professional network that can be leveraged for business development.
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