Account Director - Medical Education

Real Chemistry; London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A global health innovation company in London is seeking an experienced Account Director to lead healthcare education projects. You'll provide strategic counsel to clients, manage team dynamics and oversee delivery across client accounts. The ideal candidate has a scientific degree, excellent communication skills, and leadership experience. This role offers a hybrid work model supporting both in-office collaboration and remote opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must have a degree in a scientific subject and a strong scientific background.
• Excellent business communication skills, including informal/formal presentation and writing.
• Ability to support and drive new business operations alone and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships and set client expectations.
• Deliver entire programme of work to high standards within agreed timeframes.
• Coach junior team members to maintain positive client relationships.

Skills

Excellent business communication skills

Leadership skills

Data communication

Ability to develop client solutions

High energy in a fast-paced environment

Education

Degree in a scientific subject

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25.08.2025

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09.10.2025

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It's not every day we have a chance to make the world a healthier place—but here, it’s our way of life. Idealistic? Maybe. Deeply pragmatic? Always. Real Chemistry is a global health innovation company that has carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, tech, and the people at the heart of it all. It’s with a great sense of purpose that we work together with brave health and wellness companies to create and inspire healthier, happier, and longer lives. It’s our passion. And if you’re still reading, we’re guessing it might be yours too.Weare looking to add to our alchemic mix of more than 2,000 talented professionals.At Real Chemistry, we don’t just wish the world was healthier. We leverage tech, data and creativity to make it so. You in?

Job Summary:

As an Account Director, you will be responsible for excellence in delivery across the entire programme of work for your client accounts. As a client account lead you will provide strategic counsel to clients, autonomously lead a cross-functional internal team and proactively seek opportunities to grow the account.

Stepping up from the Associate Account Director role will see you take more of a defined leadership role within your accounts and across the MedEd team, with an increasing focus on the growth and development of your team members and maintaining wider client team satisfaction, and proactively seeking opportunities to grow accounts.

Responsibilities:

Go-to for clients, managing relationships and setting their expectations of the agency

Accountable for the delivery of the entire programme of client work on at least two medium-to-large client accounts, with sponsor support

Ensure work is delivered to the highest standard and within agreed timeframes and budgets

Coach others to build/maintain positive client relationships and challenge your junior team to provide solutions to client challenges before you offer input

Support your junior team to manage challenging client conversations as required

Challenge clients as needed – ensuring only the best work is delivered

Maintain knowledge of clients' business and external factors impacting it, providing counsel and shifting programme direction as needed

Confidently formulate objectives and strategies for new client work, ensuring that programme strategy is pulled through

Facilitate client meetings/workshops and manage challenging client conversations when required

Be fearless and flexible in your approach – leading and executing a project, regardless of prior experience (or lack of)

Identify areas for organic growth within existing accounts (evolving existing programmes and/or additional tactics) and confidently sell new ideas to clients

Identify new business opportunities outside of existing accounts, with the support of the internal cross-functional team

Support the ongoing new business process, leading in the production of 1-2 credentials and/or RFP responses per year

Lead development of content for the annual internal account planning process

Team management

Develop your own authentic leadership style, instilling professional values and good working habits in your teams

Inspire, motivate, and empower your team on a daily basis, leading by example and setting the standard for junior accounts team members

Protect and promote our team culture, ensuring it is lived at every level through the Medical Communications team

Facilitate and encourage cross-learning and sharing of best practices between team members

Promote clear and free-flowing communication lines between accounts, MW, PM, creative, strategists and any other business functions active within your client accounts; support troubleshooting where issues arise, along with account Sponsors as required

Provide coaching and mentoring to junior team members and manage their performance

Support interviewing for new AAs – SAMs

Line manage at least one accounts team member AA – SAM, providing day-to-day support and longer-term career development guidance

Take responsibility for financial management of your client business and participate actively in the monthly financial process

Develop accurate budgets for clients and track resource use against available budget throughout the month

Accurately forecast and proactively alert senior leadership to any changes/potential slowing down of business

Ensure the profitability of your accounts, addressing any problems such as over-service or scope creep

Participate in internal initiatives which contribute to the culture or development of the Medical Communications team, or Real Chemistry more broadly (e.g., compliance/socials/inspiration)

Keep abreast of award-winning work and insights from other industries, sharing as appropriate

Regular involvement in new business opportunities

Required skills and experience:

Must have a degree in a scientific subject, and a strong scientific background

Excellent business communication skills, including informal/formal presentation and writing skills

Skilled in data communication and able to develop final documents and presentations

Able to develop solutions to client needs and problems, with a strong work ethic and a track record of high-quality deliverables on schedule and on budget

Leadership skills, with experience and capability to lead and develop junior staff (formal line management experience expected)

Ability to support and drive new business operations alone and as part of bigger team

High energy, able to effectively operate in a fast-paced, growing and evolving environment

Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have in cities in the US, UK, and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are also actively opening new office locations, so if one opens near you, our Real HART policy will apply. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is a critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

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