Healthcare Communications Account Lead

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave + volunteering days

Flexible work policies

Pension plan

Private healthcare

Mental wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Parental leave

Job summary

Accenture Song Life seeks an experienced Medical Communications Account Manager to lead strategic client partnerships in London. You will orchestrate medical, strategy, creative, digital and engagement teams to deliver complex healthcare programmes, ensuring high quality and measurable impact for patients and clients.

The role requires strong client relationships, budget management and the ability to translate challenges into actionable plans while mentoring junior colleagues and growing key

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare advertising or medical communications with pharmaceutical codes of practice.
• Proven ability to nurture client relationships and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Track record delivering complex cross-functional programmes on time and on budget.
• Ability to bring together medical, strategy, creative and digital teams towards shared outcomes.
• Strong commercial awareness including budget management and forecasting.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with clients and teams.
• Problem solving with the ability to translate client objectives into actionable plans.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity in fast-paced environments.
• Genuine interest in healthcare and how science, creativity and technology improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted partnerships with clients and act as an extension of their team.
• Orchestrate multidisciplinary teams across medical, strategy, creative, digital and engagement.
• Lead complex programmes ensuring quality, efficiency and exceptional client experience.
• Translate client challenges into actionable plans by connecting the right expertise.
• Identify opportunities to deepen relationships and grow accounts with commercial insight.
• Foster collaboration and create an environment for teams to do their best work.
• Utilise data and audience insight to shape programmes with measurable impact.
• Coach and develop junior colleagues while investing in your own growth.

Skills

Healthcare agency experience

Client relationships

Complex projects

Cross-functional teams

Budget forecasting

Communication skills

Problem solving

Ambiguity navigation

Healthcare passion

Job description

Accenture Song Life seeks an experienced Medical Communications Account Manager to lead strategic client partnerships in London. You will orchestrate medical, strategy, creative, digital and engagement teams to deliver complex healthcare programmes, ensuring high quality and measurable impact for patients and clients.

The role requires strong client relationships, budget management and the ability to translate challenges into actionable plans while mentoring junior colleagues and growing key