Senior Account Manager

Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd.; India; Remote; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

CACTUS Life Sciences is seeking a Senior Account Manager to independently manage accounts and standard projects, ensuring delivery on budget, on schedule, and to required specifications. The role supports remote-first collaboration with occasional travel to Mumbai or other locations as required.

You will build strong client relationships, oversee projects across therapeutic areas, and contribute to governance and growth initiatives within a fast-growing life sciences agency.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience as an Account Manager within healthcare communications agencies, predominantly in the medical affairs.
• Strong client relationship-building and business communication skills with experience managing small accounts and executing global programs.
• Knowledge of medical communications, client environments and market dynamics; ability to make strategic decisions.
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite and Adobe for client deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts and standard projects independently, ensuring on budget, on schedule, and to required specifications.
• Maintain proactive client relationships; identify challenges and deliver solutions.
• Lead and support strategic, complex projects across therapeutic areas with storytelling and visual concepts.
• Drive governance reporting and regular status updates with stakeholders.

Skills

Client relationship

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Project management

Education

Life science degree advantageous

Degree minimum

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe

Job description

Overview

Cactus Life Sciences partners with the global biopharma industry to drive innovation and elevate patient outcomes through agile, science-driven medical communications. We transform complex data into actionable insights, bridging the critical gaps between research, decision-making, and real-world healthcare impact. As a growing scientific communications agency, we are seeking a Senior Account Manager who will be responsible for managing accounts and standard projects independently, ensuring they are completed on budget, on schedule, and to the required specifications.

We are a remote-first organization, and we embrace an "accelerate from anywhere culture". You may be required to travel based on business requirements or for company/team events.

Please Note: You may be required to travel to our Mumbai office based on business requirements or for company/team events (Use this option 1 when the position does not require travel to home office/client site). However, given the business requirements of this role, you are expected to frequently travel to our Mumbai office/location office (Use this option 2 for positions which require travel to office/client site). For this critical role, we are looking for the candidate to be based in Mumbai. You may choose to work from home in Mumbai; however, you will be required to travel to our Andheri East office once a week for business requirements, meetings, or company/team events, or on short notice as needed, (Use this option 3 when looking for a candidate based in Mumbai)

Responsibilities

Client relationship accountability

• Understand client objectives, adapt to their working style, and ensure all deliverables align with client expectations
• Proactively identify challenges and delivery risks, implementing solutions and corrective measures to strengthen partnerships and optimise outcomes
• Lead and support strategic, complex projects across therapeutic areas using compelling storytelling and impactful visual conceptualization
• Encourage client feedback to drive improvement, and present new initiatives to stakeholders when appropriate

Workflows

• Ensure a seamless client experience and drive timely project closure to boost productivity
• Review deliverables to ensure alignment with client objectives and monitor timelines to ensure on-schedule delivery
• Lead project kick-off and client calls, share scopes and MoMs promptly, and conduct debriefs to capture and implement learnings
• Maintain regular communication and take relevant actions with third parties that influence deliverables, such as congress secretariats

Project status and governance

• Lead project status meetings with accurate reporting to ensure alignment with client objectives
• Support governance reporting with the Account Director through monthly and quarterly reviews

Organic Growth

• Identify growth opportunities and support the Account Director with business forecasting

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Qualifications and Prerequisites

• Education: Degree minimum (life science degree advantageous) or demonstrable experience in medical communications or pharmaceutical industry
• Experience: 2+ years’ experience as an Account Manager within healthcare communications agencies, predominantly in the medical affairs
• Business skills: Strong client relationship-building and business communication skills with experience in managing small accounts and executing global programs while ensuring client satisfaction and trust
• Business Acumen: Demonstrates strong understanding of medical communications, has knowledge of client environments and market dynamics, and makes strategic decisions that drive value for both the company and its clients
• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills by building rapport across diverse personalities, presenting facts objectively, owning mistakes, and solving problems with excellence
• Technology skills: Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Microsoft Project), Adobe
• AI Adaptability: Shows an eagerness to learn and apply AI tools and technologies

Application Process

Before applying, please ensure you meet the role requirements listed above and have legal authorization to work in the country where this role is advertised. The selection process for this role includes an initial recruiter screening, two interviews with the hiring manager and peers, and HR interview rounds.

AI at Cactus Life Sciences

The life sciences industry is undergoing a fundamental shift in how scientific knowledge is created, communicated, and delivered. We are building our work around it.

AI is embedded meaningfully across everything we do, through proprietary platforms purpose-built for life sciences and generative tools that deliver measurable value to our clients. It is core to how we operate, and an expected way of working for everyone who joins us.

We believe in Human-Anchored AI: whatever your discipline - science, communications, strategy, or operations, you will work in an environment where AI augments your expertise rather than replaces it.

You will build skills that are in genuine demand and still taking shape across the industry. If you are curious and focused on building capabilities for the world where human intelligence meets artificial intelligence, this is where you belong.

Equal Opportunity

Our hiring practices reflect our commitment to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed.We celebrate the uniqueness of our team members and prohibit discrimination of any kind, based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

About CACTUS

At Cactus Life Sciences (cactuslifesciences.com), we believe the future of medical communications lies at the intersection of science, technology, and human connection. Headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with teams in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, India, and Japan, we help biopharmaceutical organizations redefine scientific exchange—leveraging AI, automation, and innovation while keeping patients at the heart of everything we do.

Our expertise spans medical strategy, scientific content development, and medical education across therapeutic areas and the product lifecycle. By blending scientific rigor, agile operational models, and future-ready technologies, we partner with medical affairs teams to catalyze their transformation, adapt to a changing landscape, and drive meaningful outcomes for healthcare communities worldwide.