Harrison and Star

Group Account Director

Harrison and Star$120K — $135K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in life science or liberal arts, marketing, or communications with medical communications appreciation
  • 7 years of experience in medical communication or clinician-focused healthcare marketing agency-side
  • Knowledge of market dynamics in therapeutic areas is preferred
  • Expertise in scientific messaging and KOL/DOL engagement strategies
  • Understanding of medical terminology
  • Willingness to travel as required
  • Proven strategic acumen and client management experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and implementation of growth strategies for business protection
  • Monitor team management of client deliverables; identify and mitigate challenges
  • Conduct strategic brainstorming sessions; guide project and program development
  • Identify and pursue new business opportunities and expand existing accounts
  • Build and maintain strategic client relationships; oversee relationship issues
  • Advise clients on messaging and marketing strategies; generate proposals
  • Deliver compelling presentations for various audiences; manage pitches
  • Analyze accounts for profitability; recommend changes and renegotiations

Benefits

  • Commitment to developing exceptional talent and inclusive teams
  • Opportunities for professional growth and career development
  • Access to in-house training and initiatives
  • Collaborative work environment with strong company culture
  • Clear path for strategic and career mentorship
Full Job Description
Agency:
Omnicom Health Medical Communications

Job Function:
Account Management and Growth

Job Subfunction:
Account Management

Job Description:

Group Account Director - OHMC

The Group Account Director will play an active role partnering with our clients and spearheading medical communication plans from strategic concept development through implementation. You will function as a dynamic member of the OHMC team, representing our company with significant client exposure and working as part of a cross-functional internal team, leveraging your scientific acumen and tactical experience to deliver great work for our clients.

What You Will Do:
  • Begin to lead the development, communication, and implementation of effective growth strategies and processes across teams to protect business against vulnerability
  • Monitor the team's management of day-to-day client deliverable activities, and proactively identify and mitigate potential challenges
  • Initiate and participate in strategic and tactical brainstorming sessions; direct the strategic development of projects and programs
  • Identify and seek out new business opportunities and expansion of existing accounts
  • Build and maintain strong and strategic client relationships, and guide the team in building strong relationships
  • Serve as a senior resource for the client; monitor company/client relationship, ensure resolution of day-to-day account issues
  • Advise clients on message development and marketing strategies and generate written proposals to meet client marketing strategies
  • Effectively develop, organize, and deliver compelling verbal presentations, from 1:1 client meetings to group new business pitches
  • Regularly analyze accounts to enhance profitability on assigned accounts and recommend changes and renegotiations
  • Devise and deliver forecast of annual goals and objectives, including proposals for generating new business and business expansion activities
  • Ensure assigned projects and programs are completed accurately, on time, and within budget
  • Holistically manage and ensure relationships across all client teams and levels to set positive cultural tones
  • Mentor and assist career growth of various team members
  • Identify talent issues or challenges and proactively collaborate with senior management to build and work in alignment with a plan of action
  • Contribute to internal trainings and initiatives as requested by senior management


Requirements:
  • Degree in life science or degree in liberal arts, marketing or communications, with a strong appreciation for medical communications and scientific storytelling, and an interest in pharmaceutical marketing
  • 7 years of medical communication or clinician-focused healthcare marketing agency-side experience
  • Understanding of market dynamics in therapeutic areas is preferred
  • Understanding of scientific messaging, KOL/DOL engagement strategies, and meetings management for advisory boards, symposia and promotional speaker training
  • Comprehension of medical terminology
  • Availability and willingness to travel
  • Strategic acumen and consultative client management experience
  • Previous success leading client business coupled with prior supervisory experience and the ability to motivate others to attain goals

$120,000-135,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us-we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

About Harrison and Star

Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
1986
NASDAQ

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