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Client Services Director - Medical Communications

Closer Look$180K — $200K *
Healthcare
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in medical communications or life-sciences agency environments.
  • Expertise in commercial and promotional medical education projects.
  • Proven leadership in complex multidisciplinary scientific communication programmes.
  • Track record of organic account growth and new business initiatives.
  • Skilled in integrated engagement models including scientific exchange and digital solutions.
  • Exceptional communication skills for influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Strong strategic thinker with commercial acumen in value creation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic oversight of large global medical communications programmes.
  • Ensure client objectives align with delivery models for commercial success.
  • Identify and implement innovative service offerings and efficiencies.
  • Serve as a trusted consultant for scientific exchange and digital engagement.
  • Maintain a big picture view on account health, preemptively managing challenges.
  • Act as an escalation point for client and internal team issues.
  • Evolve account strategies to enhance consultancy-driven engagement.
  • Mentor and develop high-performing account teams to strengthen capabilities.

Benefits

  • 401K plan with 4% employer match, immediately vested.
  • Life insurance, disability coverage, and comprehensive medical plans.
  • Flexible working arrangements, including two weeks remote work globally each year.
  • 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day and 9 public holidays.
  • Early summer finishes in June, July, and August, plus end-of-year holidays.
  • Free employee assistance program for counselling and health support.
  • Enhanced family leave policies and continuous professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Location: Flexible, hybrid and/or remote, US.

About the role

You will provide strategic oversight across large and complex marketing and promotional medical education accounts, ensuring delivery models, account strategy, and commercial performance create sustained value for both clients and the business. You will bridge operational leadership and senior commercial direction by shaping account evolution, strengthening strategic partnerships, and elevating team capability across integrated, multi-channel programmes. As a trusted strategic leader, you will drive forward-thinking solutions that enhance engagement, efficiency, and growth, while overseeing a broad portfolio and building influential relationships with senior client stakeholders.

What you'll do

  • Provide senior strategic oversight across large, complex global medical communications programmes (commercial, promotional medical education and medical affairs).
  • Ensure alignment between client objectives, delivery models, and commercial outcomes to maximise long-term value.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance innovation, efficiency, cross-functional integration, and new service offerings.
  • Serve as a trusted consultant to clients on scientific exchange, medical education, publications, congress strategy, and digital engagement.
  • Maintain a strong "big picture" view of account health-anticipating risks, challenges, and delivery needs before they arise.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for internal teams and client partners.
  • Shape and evolve account strategies, supporting the shift from tactical delivery to strategic consultancy-led engagement.
  • Contribute to forecasting, account planning, and commercial optimisation to drive sustainable growth.
  • Build and mentor high-performing account teams-coaching emerging leaders and senior account managers to strengthen strategic and commercial capability.
  • Embed best practices that enhance quality, consistency, scalability, and collaboration across programmes.


About you

  • Ideally 10+ years' experience in medical communications, healthcare communications, or life-sciences agency environments.
  • Experience delivering across commercial, promotional medical education or medical affairs projects with understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements.
  • Proven experience leading complex, multidisciplinary scientific communication programmes.
  • Strong track record in organic account growth, proposal development, or new business initiatives.
  • Confident advising on and delivering integrated engagement models, including scientific exchange, education, congress strategy, digital solutions, and omnichannel approaches.
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence, challenge, and build trust with senior client stakeholders.
  • Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen, understanding value creation, margin, scope, and negotiation dynamics.
  • Demonstrated leadership capability-experienced in coaching, developing, and empowering teams.
  • Bachelor's degree required; life sciences, healthcare, or business-related disciplines preferred.


$180,000 - $200,000 a year

We are committed to offering a competitive and fair salary that reflects your location, skills and the experience you will bring to our team. Salary ranges posted are dependent upon experience.

What we can offer

You will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.

Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support. Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.

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