Senior Account Executive

HIRING PEOPLE; London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare marketing agency in Central London is seeking a Senior Account Executive. The role involves managing client projects, ensuring timely delivery, and developing client relationships. Candidates should have a degree in life sciences and relevant experience in medical communications. This hybrid position offers a competitive salary and excellent career prospects.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Private healthcare insurance

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Educated to at least degree level in life sciences, related-medicine or pharmacy.
• 2-years' experience in Medical Communications or related industry.
• Basic proficiency in budget development and project financial management.

Responsibilities

• Drive project progress and manage client expectations.
• Ensure project delivery aligns with timelines and budgets.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with clients.

Skills

Project Management

Client Communication

Attention to Detail

Interpersonal Skills

Proactive

Education

Degree in Life Sciences

Job description

Join Our Leading Healthcare Marketing Agency as a Senior Account Executive - Central London (Hybrid)

We are a leading full-service healthcare marketing agency with over 30 years of experience. Our mission is to provide innovative and impactful education to healthcare professionals, helping them deliver high-quality care to patients. Our team of over 75 talented individuals includes specialists in medical writing, design, development, data, marketing, digital, and account management. We are a Great Place to Work certified employer, offering a competitive salary of £32,000 to £34,000 per annum (depending in Experience) along with a range of benefits including 28 days annual leave, private healthcare insurance, flexible working, and more.

We currently have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Senior Account Executive to join our team, on a hybrid (part-time home / up to 2-days office) working in our London office, working across our commercial agency and CME divisions.

We are open to accepting applications from those who are looking to further develop their career in medical communications client services.

The Role

The Senior Account Executive will work closely with the Senior Account Manager / Account Director to ensure client programmes are implemented effectively, professionally, on time, on budget and in-line with the agreed project specification. Using their experience, they will work alongside their senior team members and the editorial team to deliver against the account action plan, allocating tasks and providing regular internal / external updates on progress along the way. With a positive outlook, we are looking to engage a medical communications professional with a passion for science and healthcare to support account growth and help develop our innovative offerings. We are keen to support the development of an ambitious Senior Account Executive who will ideally be a proactive team player and problem solver - always looking for ways to efficiently execute deliverables while adding value and exceeding client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership in driving project progress and associated awareness (internal / external [client]) campaigns to meet and exceed clients' expectations
• Develop own knowledge around key client therapy area, market and product portfolio
• Ensure project delivery operational processes (SOPs) are followed (internal and external) for the quality running of projects to drive success and ongoing business growth
• Drive delivery of projects to milestones, timelines and budgets agreed with the client, flagging assumptions from the outset and regularly tracking and updating client to support delivery within project scope
• Anticipate any likely project issues and challenges and flag as soon as known to senior team members for resolution support
• Keep track of individual project deliverables and flag out of scope services as soon as requested to senior team members to support financial management and operational targets
• Deliver regular project status calls with clients and summary reports as required for own projects
• Contribute to the development of project / account plans and new business proposals under the direction of senior team members
• Become a key day-to-day client contact on projects, developing and maintaining professional relationships (with all clients, financial supporters and external opinion leaders)
• Demonstrate excellent time management skills and regularly engage with colleagues to understand their workload, priorities, deadlines in support of efficient resource management

Skills, Knowledge & Preferred Experience:

• Educated to at least degree level in life sciences, related-medicine or pharmacy
• 2-years' experience in Medical Communications, or a related industry, in an accounts management or client services capacity
• Basic proficiency at development of budgets, work scopes and project financial management
• Good understanding of the pharmaceutical / device industry, and able to understand the key data behind client marketing messages and strategy
• Well-organised, able to multitask to work efficiently to tight deadlines
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Pro-active and self-motivated
• Good interpersonal skills
• Thorough attention to detail

How to Apply

If you would like to join a progressive company with excellent career prospects and want to be part of our journey, then we are looking forward to hear from you! Please send your CV and covering letter to the link provided by 12th June 2025. Please note that we may close the recruitment process early if the right candidate is found before the application deadline, so don't delay and apply.

Please note that due to the expected high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted. No recruitment agencies please.