VP, Client Lead PR

Syneos Health Commercial Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental and Vision insurance

Company match 401k

Flexible PTO and sick time

Job summary

Syneos Health is seeking a client-facing account leader who brings clarity, momentum, and connection to complex client work in healthcare and life sciences. You will be the connective tissue across priority accounts, internal teams, and experts, translating strategy into action and ensuring exceptional service.

You’ll lead engagements, spot growth opportunities, and maintain trusted relationships with senior clients and partners while guiding teams through fast-moving, ambiguous environments to

Qualifications

• 7+ years in account leadership or client service in healthcare, life sciences, or communications.
• Strong client-facing presence; ability to build trust with senior leaders and partners.
• Ability to connect conversations across workstreams, needs, and opportunities.
• Strong writing, content development, and presentation skills.
• Confident in holding people accountable while maintaining productive relationships.
• Attention to detail and good judgment in fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day lead and client contact across priority accounts and workstreams.
• Lead the daily rhythm of engagements, translate strategy into action, manage deliverables and timelines.
• Listen to client needs and ensure teams are prepared with clear follow-through.
• Track risks/roadblocks and escalate when senior input is needed.
• Spot growth opportunities, including new workstreams and expansion of scope.

Skills

Account leadership

Client service

Strategic thinking

Written communication

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Job description

We're looking for a client-facing account leader who brings clarity, momentum, and connection to complex client work.

About The Corporate Affairs Practice

Corporate Affairs has become one of the most strategic functions in healthcare. As organizations navigate scientific innovation, policy change, stakeholder expectations, and heightened scrutiny, they need advisors who can connect business strategy with compelling communications.

The Syneos Health Corporate Affairs Practice partners with emerging biotechs through Fortune 50 healthcare companies to build reputation, shape stakeholder perceptions, and help leaders navigate moments that matter. Our integrated team brings together expertise in corporate communications, executive visibility, scientific storytelling, policy and access, employee engagement, and reputation and risk management.

About The Role

We're looking for someone who is equal parts account leader, project driver, dot-connector, and trusted partner to senior leaders. This person will be the connective tissue across clients, internal teams, and subject matter experts, ensuring the right people are aligned, work moves forward, and clients receive exceptional service.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the day-to-day lead and client contact across priority accounts and workstreams.
• Lead the daily rhythm of client engagements, translating strategy into action, and ensuring deliverables, timelines, and opportunities are managed with consistency and care.
• Listen closely to client needs and preferences while ensuring teams are prepared and follow-through is clear.
• Track risks and roadblocks, solve what you can, and escalation when senior input is needed.
• Spot and flag organic growth opportunities, including new workstreams, scope expansion, executive visibility opportunities, or moments to bring additional capabilities to the client.

What You'll Bring

• 7+ years of experience in account leadership or client service in healthcare, life sciences, corporate affairs, public relations, or integrated communications.
• Strong client-facing presence and the ability to build trust with clients, senior leaders, teams, vendors, subject matter experts, and partner agencies.
• Ability to connect the dots across conversations, workstreams, stakeholders, client needs, and business opportunities.
• Strong writing and content development and presentation skills
• Confidence holding people accountable while maintaining positive, productive relationships.
• High attention to detail, sound judgment, and comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $150K to $200K. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. In addition, some positions may include eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and / or individual performance.

At Syneos Health Communications, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

At Syneos Health Public Relations, the possibilities are infinite. Because of our "no walls, no limits" philosophy and entrepreneurial spirit, our employees have the opportunity and potential to work on projects beyond their years of experience. The only limitations here are those that are self-imposed, and we make sure to reward staff based on talent, not title.

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Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance.

The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.