Account Manager

Inizio; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

401k match

Medical benefits

Generous holiday plan

Fertility support

Family support programs

Job summary

Ashfield MedComms, part of Inizio Medical, is seeking an Account Manager to lead day-to-day delivery of a pharmaceutical account. You will partner with Creative, Digital, Scientific teams and manage timelines, budgets, and client operations to grow the client partnership.

Bring healthcare or pharma advertising experience, strong client relations, and a proactive, detail-oriented approach to a fast-paced agency environment. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare communications or pharmaceutical advertising.
• Proven ability to manage integrated communications programs.
• Strong client relationships and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary day-to-day client contact and build trusted relationships.
• Lead integrated commercial communications projects from briefing to delivery.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure on-brand, compliant work.

Skills

Healthcare communications

Account management

Pharmaceutical advertising

Job description

Ashfield MedComms is a global leader in the medical communications space with a portfolio of clients across medical affairs, publications and commercial. We are part of Inizio Medical, which also includes ApotheCom, Nucleus Global and MEDiSTRAVA. Our position as part of this international network gives us a key advantage over other agencies in terms of the scale of our reach and depth of our expertise.

More broadly, Inizio Medical is part of Inizio, whose mission is to be THE strategic partner for health and life sciences companies. Unparalleled in scale and expertise, we connect a full suite of Advisory, Medical, Marketing/Communications, Patient and Stakeholder Engagement, and Biotech services to reimagine clients' challenges into opportunities.

About the Role

As an Account Manager, you’ll lead the day-to-day delivery of a commercial pharmaceutical account, serving as a trusted client partner and helping bring integrated communications programs to life.

You’ll manage projects from brief through delivery, working closely with Creative, Digital, Scientific, and other cross-functional teams to ensure work aligns with client and brand objectives. You’ll also oversee timelines, budgets, and account operations while helping identify opportunities to strengthen and grow the client partnership.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact, building strong and trusted relationships.
• Manage integrated commercial communications projects from briefing through delivery, ensuring alignment with client and brand objectives.
• Partner with Creative, Digital, Scientific, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work across multiple channels and tactics.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, forecasting, and financial performance.
• Ensure work is delivered on time, on budget, and in line with quality and compliance requirements.
• Anticipate client needs, proactively address challenges, and keep internal and external stakeholders aligned.
• Identify opportunities for organic account growth and support proposal development and new business initiatives.
• Support and mentor junior Client Services team members while promoting strong collaboration across the account team.

About You

• Healthcare communications, pharmaceutical advertising, or related agency experience.
• Experience working on commercial pharmaceutical or healthcare accounts and delivering integrated communications programs.
• Strong client relationship and account management skills.
• Confident managing project budgets, timelines, scope, and financial performance.
• Comfortable collaborating with Creative, Digital, Scientific, and other cross-functional teams.
• Highly organized, proactive, and solutions-focused with excellent communication skills.
• Able to balance multiple priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail in a fast-paced agency environment.

At Ashfield, compensation is more than just a base salary. We offer a comprehensive bonus plan and benefit programs including for medical, dental, and vision, a generous 401k match, vacation, sick and personal days. Generous company holiday plan and additional benefits for those building a family include access to enhanced fertility support, family support programs, as well as expanded paid leave for new parents, including personalized coaching support.

Our Pledge

We appreciate the importance of having a workforce that reflects the various communities in which we operate, and our goal is to create an inclusive environment where diverse employees want to work and where they can flourish.

Ashfield MedComms is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Inizio are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Further, pursuant to applicable local ordinances, Inizio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Inizio is an equal opportunity employer M/F/V/D. We appreciate your interest in our company, however; only qualified candidates will be considered.

Ashfield MedComms is part of Inizio Medical. Inizio is a strategic partner for health and life sciences with a full suite of medical, marketing, advisory and engagement services.

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. This range may differ based on your experience and skill set, geographic location, and cost of living considerations. We consider compensation more than just a base salary – that’s why we also offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits, personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.

Compensation

$70,000 - $80,000 USD