Senior Account Manager - Medical

Real Chemistry

Greater Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 45,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Free snacks

Generous holiday and paid time off

Options for private medical, dental, and vision plans

Mental wellness coaching

Access to online classes with LinkedIn Learning

Job summary

A healthcare innovation firm is seeking a Senior Account Manager in Greater Manchester to manage client relationships and oversee multiple projects. This role involves strategic planning, team coaching, and financial management. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication skills and experience in leading teams. You will work in a dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

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.
Experience coaching and mentoring junior team members.
High energy, able to operate in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Act as day‑to‑day client contact: provide regular status updates to your client.
Lead large projects and ensure accountability from start to finish.
Identify areas for organic growth within existing accounts.
Develop budgets for integrated client programmes.
Participate in internal initiatives contributing to team culture.

Skills

Business communication skills

Data communication

Solution development

Coaching and mentoring

High energy

Job description

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At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human‑centred creativity, and AI‑driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact‑obsessed.

Our culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

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Job Summary

As a Senior Account Manager, you will act as the key day‑to‑day client contact, managing relationships and taking responsibility for the delivery of several medium to large projects. As a client account lead or captain (depending on the size of the account), you will be responsible for managing the execution of parallel ongoing projects and taking an active role in coaching your junior team and ensuring projects are delivered effectively alongside the account lead and/or sponsor. Stepping up from the Account Manager role, you should have a clear understanding of the programme as a whole (not just the projects you are working on) across your accounts, increasing your involvement in the strategic planning and financial management of your accounts and focusing on developing your leadership style to actively manage up and down, based on project needs.

Responsibilities

Client Delivery

Act as day‑to‑day client contact: provide regular status updates to your client, anticipate client needs, respond to client queries and share recommendations.
Confidently formulate objectives and strategies for new client work with support from your account lead, ensuring that programme strategy is pulled through.
Lead large projects with less support from your account lead, being accountable for the whole project from start to finish.
Provide counsel to the client throughout the project with confidence to challenge the client when required and manage challenging conversations.
Provide support to your account lead in addressing programme and team challenges.
Formulate solutions to client challenges such as last‑minute requests.
Have a clear understanding of the programme as a whole (not just the projects you are working on), including client objectives, strategy and environment so that you can confidently lead internal meetings and client calls.
Ensure momentum is maintained across the programme and contact with client continues whenever the account lead is absent.

Business Development

Identify areas for organic growth within existing accounts (evolving existing programmes and/or additional tactics) and confidently sell new ideas into clients, with support from your account lead.
Play a management role in the new business process (assisting in the production of credentials and pitch presentations, coordinating and managing team members and external suppliers), having a significant share of voice/visibility with the internal cross‑functional team.

Team Management

Begin to develop your leadership style, instilling professional values and good working habits in your teams.
Look for opportunities to inspire, motivate, and empower your team on a daily basis, leading by example and setting the standard for junior accounts team members.
Provide coaching and mentoring to junior team members and manage their performance.
Support interviewing for new AAs – SAAs.
Line manage at least one accounts team member AAs – SAAs, providing day‑to‑day support and longer‑term career development guidance.

Financial Management

Develop more complicated budgets for integrated client programmes and track resource use against available budget throughout the month.
Coach others to develop accurate budgets for clients, reflecting on previous projects and gathering cost quotes.
Support your account lead with the financial management of your accounts, proactively getting involved in invoicing, forecasting and resourcing and attending month‑end finance meetings.
Complete your timesheets and expense claims accurately and on time and take an active role in reviewing timesheets across the majority of your projects.

Agency Environment

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.

Required Skills and Experience

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.
Experience coaching and mentoring junior team members.
High energy, able to effectively operate in a fast‑paced, growing and evolving environment.

Benefits

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefits program and perks, tailored to your region. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vision plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning.

Workplace Flexibility

Working with Real HART, we have office locations in cities in the US, UK, and Europe. 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. Outside of these offices, we work remotely but meet quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. This Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach balances collaboration in person with flexibility for our people.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.

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