Remote Practice Lead, Medical & Scientific Communications

IQVIA LLC; New Providence (NJ); Remote; USD 159,000 - 444,000; Full time

Job summary

IQVIA Health Communications Group seeks a Practice Lead, Medical and Scientific Communications to steer a specialized healthcare communications practice. You will own client relationships, drive revenue, ensure delivery excellence, and lead a multidisciplinary team across IQVIA’s network.

You will develop growth plans, pursue new business, and align offerings with data, analytics, and technology-enabled capabilities to deliver differentiated client solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in healthcare communications, HCP engagement, medical communications, pharmaceutical marketing, or a related agency environment.
• Proven ability to expand existing client relationships and win new business.
• Strong senior-level client presence and ability to build trusted, long-term relationships.

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 communications

Business development

Client relationship management

Strategic leadership

Job description

IQVIA Health Communications Group seeks a Practice Lead, Medical and Scientific Communications to steer a specialized healthcare communications practice. You will own client relationships, drive revenue, ensure delivery excellence, and lead a multidisciplinary team across IQVIA’s network.

You will develop growth plans, pursue new business, and align offerings with data, analytics, and technology-enabled capabilities to deliver differentiated client solutions.