Senior Account Executive Old Street

Cogora; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading full-service healthcare marketing agency seeks a Senior Account Executive in London. This hybrid role requires a proactive team player with a degree in life sciences and at least 2 years of experience in medical communications. You will drive project delivery, manage client relationships, and ensure adherence to timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Drive project progress and manage internal/external client campaigns.
• Ensure projects follow operational processes for quality delivery.
• Conduct regular project status calls with clients and provide updates.

Skills

Time Management

Client Relationship Management

Project Management

Budget Development

Multitasking

Education

Degree in Life Sciences, Medicine, or Pharmacy

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Senior Account Executive Old Street, London

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Client:

Cogora

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

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Job Description:

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 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 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.

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 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
• 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