Practice Lead, Medical & Scientific Communications (Remote)

IQVIA; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 159,000 - 444,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Health Communications Group is seeking the Practice Lead, Medical and Scientific Communications to lead a specialized healthcare communications practice. You will own client relationships, guide growth, align delivery with data and analytics, and build scalable, differentiated solutions across IQVIA capabilities.

The role demands a track record of leading high-performance teams, expanding business, and delivering strategic client engagements with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in healthcare communications, HCP engagement, medical communications, pharmaceutical marketing, or a related agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a specialized medical and scientific communications business within IQVIA Health Communications Group, with accountability for clients, revenue, growth, delivery excellence, and people.
• Drive sustainable practice growth through client retention, organic account expansion, and new-business development.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and actively participate in strategic client engagements.
• Develop account growth plans and ensure teams identify and pursue opportunities across existing client relationships.
• Lead new-business efforts in partnership with internal stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Connect medical and scientific communications offerings with relevant data, technology, analytics, and broader organizational capabilities to create differentiated client solutions.
• Develop and scale a unified market proposition and approach to client delivery that reflects IQVIA Health Communications Group's breadth of scientific, strategic, creative, and technology-enabled capabilities.
• Establish disciplined business planning, performance tracking, and forecasting processes to identify risks and opportunities early.
• Partner with operational leadership to align staffing, delivery capacity, and projected client demand.
• Support workflow improvements that enable efficient, high-quality delivery across teams and locations.
• Champion responsible adoption of technology-enabled tools and more efficient, insight-informed ways of working.
• Lead, develop, and retain a high-performing team while maintaining a collaborative, inclusive, and client-focused culture.
• Communicate business priorities clearly and guide employees through growth, transformation, and organizational change.

Skills

Leadership experience,Healthcare

Client relationship management

Business development

Strategic thinking

Team leadership

Job description

IQVIA Health Communications Group is seeking the Practice Lead, Medical and Scientific Communications to lead a specialized healthcare communications practice. You will own client relationships, guide growth, align delivery with data and analytics, and build scalable, differentiated solutions across IQVIA capabilities.

The role demands a track record of leading high-performance teams, expanding business, and delivering strategic client engagements with senior stakeholders.