Job Description
Account Director
This opportunity would suit an experienced Senior Account Manager or Account Director with an excellent track record in medical communications, medical education or healthcare advertising who would like to step up into a management position. This is also an attractive role for those already working as a manager who may wish to move to an agency where team members are given the chance to shape and influence communications accounts.
Members of our team enjoy a high degree of autonomy in their work, and with this responsibility comes opportunities to form key working relationships with colleagues in the account management, creative and digital teams, as well as develop collaborative partnerships with clients and key opinion leaders. Importantly, the Account Director will employ their own subject matter knowledge and experience in overseeing complex projects, and direct the talents of their team to add real value to our clients.
You will manage and develop client accounts, successfully delivering high-quality projects that meet or exceed client expectations, while achieving financial targets for the accounts. You will have responsibility for new business development, raising Scientific Groups profile and developing revenue growth opportunities. This role also comes with line management responsibilities for a team.
This is a pivotal role within the business and as such, requires a proven professional with appropriate qualifications to compliment your experience, gained ideally within medical communications or medical education. You will demonstrate previous Account and Leadership success, and possess excellent skills in the management of people, cost, quality and compliance in order to take this business forward.
You will need the following skills and experience
· Scientifically literate, with a degree or higher, or equivalent, preferably in biomedical sciences
· Proven experience in a medical communications agency managing at least £1 million of business
· Extensive knowledge of the healthcare industry, the responsibilities and needs of medical affairs teams, and compliance and the regulatory environment
· Knowledge and experience of working in multiple therapy areas
· Experience of successfully delivering a wide variety of different types of medical communications activities
· Experience in, mentoring, line managing and developing a team
· Excellent interpersonal and line management skills
· Excellent numeracy, written and oral communication skills
· Proven project management abilities
· Confident and articulate with excellent presentation skills
About Scientific Group
At Scientific Group, scientific excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace and are working towards ambitious carbon targets across the business. We offer a wide-ranging flexible working policy that allows people to visit the office as much or as little as they would like. Ultimately, we all choose to work at Scientific Group because we want to help improve the lives of our fellow humans and we live this through our company values.
Benefits
* Wide-ranging flexible working policy
* Annual leave starting from 25 days
* Private medical/dental cover
* Life insurance
* Discretionary annual performance-related bonus
* Independent employee assistance programme
* Memberships for Perkbox and Headspace
* Subsidised gym membership
* Volunteering day
* Salary sacrifice schemes for bicycles and electric cars
* Vibrant social calendar
Further Details
At Scientific Group, we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will enhance our team environment. We are a proud Disability Confident Employer and are open to reasonable adjustments.