Senior Account Director (Medical Affairs)

What you’ll do:

• Autonomously lead and be accountable for a portfolio of client business
• Accountable for the growth of team members and allocation of work to support their development
• Inspire total confidence with senior clients, providing strong independent client counsel and keeping one step ahead of the client
• Challenge other team members to provide solutions before you provide input
• Coach other team members to challenge the client when needed
• Accountable for wider client team relationship (beyond the daily client contact); maintain regular contact with wider client team
• Maintain deep understanding of your clients’ business and the external factors which may impact upon it, being ahead of the game and proactively informing the client and coaching the team to increase their knowledge

This position is a perfect fit for you if:

• Our Company values – “Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always” and “Accountability with an “I”” really speak to you.
• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
• You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

What you should have:

• Must have minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Able to take ownership and run projects with limited supervision
• Highly organized with a mindfulness of deadlines, the ability to manage multiple tasks based on priorities, a strong attention to detail and experience bringing structure to problems
• Independent thinker confident in taking ownership of assets and material development, but a team player who enjoys collaboration
• Professional presence, performs with a sense of urgency and with a client service orientation
• Has confidence to manage upward when required; able to communicate with managers when deadlines will not be met or when issues are foreseeable
• High energy, able to effectively operate in fast-paced, growing and evolving environment
• Demonstrated strong work ethic, with a track record of following through on client requests and with high-quality deliverables on schedule and on budget
• Positive thinker who can adapt quickly, innovate and be a reliable resource under pressure
• Strong written and oral communication and presentations skills
• Excellent business communication ability including informal/formal presentation and writing skills; this includes confident public speaking both internally and externally with clients, vendors, and affiliates
• Ability to analyze and draw actionable insights from data/research
• Project management experience, demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and manage detailed budgets
• Demonstrated experience encouraging professional development of direct reports and exerting influence across matrixed teams
• Scientific knowledge from educational degree or through work on high-science business areas/accounts