Medical Communications Account Manager

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave + volunteering days

Private healthcare insurance

Pension plan

Mental wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development

Parental leave

Job summary

Accenture Song Life is hiring an Medical Communications Account Manager in London. You will manage strategic accounts, orchestrate teams across medical, strategy, creative and engagement disciplines, and deliver complex healthcare programmes with exceptional client experience.

You will translate client challenges into actionable plans, identify growth opportunities, and mentor junior colleagues while advancing your own career in a dynamic, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• We are looking for experience in healthcare agency work and knowledge of pharmaceutical codes of practice and regulations.
• Ability to build and nurture client relationships.
• Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams.
• Proven track record in cross-functional teamwork and achieving shared outcomes.
• Strong commercial awareness including budgets and forecasting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem solving with ability to link client objectives to innovative solutions.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity in fast-paced environments.
• A genuine curiosity about how science, creativity and technology can improve healthcare outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted partnerships with clients and act as an extension of their team.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver impactful healthcare solutions.
• Lead complex programmes ensuring high quality and strong client experience.
• Translate client challenges into actionable plans leveraging across-team expertise.
• Identify opportunities to deepen relationships and grow accounts.
• Foster collaboration across teams and create an environment for best work.
• Use data and audience insights to shape programmes for measurable impact.
• Support and develop junior colleagues while growing your own skills.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Client relationships

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Commercial awareness

Communication skills

Problem solving

Ambiguity management

Healthcare passion

Job description

Job Description

Job title: Medical Communications Account Manager
Location: London
Career Level: 10

Accenture Song accelerates growth and value for our clients through sustained customer relevance. Our capabilities span ideation to execution: growth, product and experience design; technology and experience platforms; creative, media and marketing strategy; and campaign, content and channel orchestration. With strong client relationships and deep industry expertise, we help our clients operate at the speed of life through the unlimited potential of imagination, technology and intelligence.

As a team:

Song Life are a community of scientists, strategists, creatives, technologists and problem-solvers united by a shared ambition: to improve healthcare through better communication, engagement and experiences.

What makes Song Life unique is the opportunity to work across the entire healthcare ecosystem. We don't operate in silos. Our medical experts collaborate with creatives, experience designers, AI specialists, digital practitioners and marketing strategists to solve complex client challenges in ways that would not be possible within a traditional agency model.

We are naturally curious, relentlessly collaborative and always learning. We challenge each other to think bigger, innovate faster and bring fresh perspectives to every brief. Together, we create work that not only informs and educates but also changes behaviours, strengthens relationships and ultimately improves outcomes for patients.

Joining Song Life means joining a team that values expertise, embraces innovation and believes the best ideas emerge when different disciplines work as one. Here, you'll have the freedom to grow your career, explore new areas of healthcare and contribute to work that makes a genuine difference.

In our team you will learn:

• Strategic account and stakeholder management
• Financial management and commercial acumen
• Integrated medical communications delivery
• Client relationship development
• New business development and proposal writing

As an Account Manager you will:

• Build trusted partnerships with clients, becoming a valued extension of their team and a proactive contributor to their success.
• Orchestrate multidisciplinary teams across medical, strategy, creative, digital and engagement disciplines to deliver impactful healthcare solutions.
• Lead the successful delivery of complex programmes, ensuring quality, efficiency and exceptional client experience.
• Translate client challenges into actionable plans, connecting the right expertise from across Song Life to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Identify opportunities to deepen client relationships and grow accounts through innovative thinking and commercial awareness.
• Champion collaboration, fostering strong relationships across teams and creating an environment where people can do their best work.
• Use data, insight and audience understanding to help shape programmes that create measurable impact for healthcare professionals, patients and clients.
• Act as a role model for excellence, supporting and developing more junior colleagues while continually investing in your own growth.

Qualification

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Specific healthcare agency experience especially in working within pharmaceutical codes of practice and rules and regulations
• Building and nurturing client relationships
• Managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders, workstreams and competing priorities.
• Working in cross-functional teams and bringing together diverse expertise to achieve shared outcomes
• Strong commercial awareness, including budget management and forecasting
• Exceptional communication skills
• Problem solving, with the ability to connect client objectives to innovative solutions.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and adapting quickly within fast-paced environments.
• A passion for healthcare and a genuine curiosity about how science, technology, creativity and experience can be combined to improve outcomes.

Set yourself apart:

• You are naturally curious and always looking to learn, challenge assumptions and uncover new opportunities.
• You bring energy, optimism and a growth mindset, inspiring confidence in clients and colleagues alike.
• You are comfortable working beyond traditional role boundaries, collaborating across medical, strategy, creative, experience and technology teams.
• You deliver operational excellence, understanding not just how to deliver work, but why it matters.
• You are motivated by making a positive impact in healthcare and excited by the opportunity to shape the future of engagement through the combined power of science, creativity and technology.
• You thrive in collaborative environments where diverse perspectives are valued.

What’s in it for you:

Our Total Rewards consist of a competitive basic salary, annual performance bonus, opportunities to acquire equity and a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits. These include perks such as:

• 25 days of leave to spend each year plus 3 extra volunteering days per year for charitable work of choice.
• Family-friendly and flexible work policies.
• Attractive pension plan with financial wellbeing support and resources.
• Private healthcare insurance plan and Mental Wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme, Career Development and Counselling.
• A range of generous Parental Leave offerings.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the outstanding services we are known for.

Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building rapport with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

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Locations

London

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