Senior Strategic Account Director, Medical Communications
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United StatesFull-TimeSenior
Salary$128,000 - $188,100 USD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Required Skills
- Business DevelopmentAccount ManagementBudget managementPowerPoint
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- 7+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare marketing, medical affairs, or medical communications agency environments.
- Proven success managing and growing healthcare or pharmaceutical accounts with significant annual revenue responsibility.
- Experience acting as a strategic advisor to senior-level stakeholders across marketing, commercial, or medical affairs functions.
- Strong leadership experience managing, mentoring, and developing account management professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to drive revenue growth, manage budgets, forecast performance, and support profitability.
- Excellent strategic thinking skills with the ability to understand client challenges and create actionable plans.
- Strong presentation, communication, and relationship-building capabilities.
- Experience supporting new business development initiatives, including proposals and client pitches, is preferred.
- Advanced degree such as PhD, MD, PharmD, MBA, or related graduate qualification is a plus.
- Strong understanding of healthcare communications strategy and pharmaceutical industry trends.
- Advanced presentation development and PowerPoint skills are preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary strategic partner for a portfolio of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare clients.
- Develop and execute annual account strategies aligned with client objectives, business priorities, and measurable outcomes.
- Build trusted relationships with senior marketing, commercial, and medical affairs stakeholders.
- Lead integrated medical communications programs, ensuring high-quality execution, timelines, budgets, and client satisfaction.
- Provide strategic guidance to internal account teams, supporting collaboration across multiple disciplines.
- Mentor, coach, and develop Strategic Account Directors, Strategic Account Managers, and Account Associates.
- Identify opportunities for account expansion, new services, and long-term partnership growth.
- Support business development initiatives, including pitches, proposals, and strategic client opportunities.
- Manage account financial performance, including forecasting revenue, monitoring budgets, and supporting profitability.
- Collaborate with leadership teams to improve processes, strengthen client value, and drive business success.
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