Account Director 1

Account Director 1

Reporting to the Group Account Director

We are seeking an experienced Senior Account Manager or Account Director with a strong track record in medical communications who is ready to take the next step in their career or further develop their leadership capabilities. This opportunity is equally suited to established managers looking to join an agency where they can play an active role in shaping client partnerships, influencing strategic direction, and driving account growth.

As part of our account leadership structure, we operate two Account Director levels, AD1 and AD2. For this position, we are specifically seeking candidates operating at Account Director 1 level. The role reports directly to the Group Account Director.

While experience within Cardiometabolic Health or Cardiovascular therapy areas would be advantageous, we welcome applications from candidates with expertise across other therapeutic areas.

At Scientific Group, our team members enjoy a high degree of autonomy and ownership in their work. In this role, you will build strong relationships across account management, scientific, creative and digital teams, while developing trusted partnerships with clients and key opinion leaders. You will use your expertise to oversee complex projects, provide strategic guidance, and lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional value and outcomes for clients.

You will be responsible for the strategic management and growth of client accounts, including both global and affiliate market programmes. Success in this role requires consistently delivering high-quality work that exceeds client expectations while meeting commercial and financial objectives. You will also contribute to business development activities by identifying and securing new opportunities, enhancing Scientific Group’s profile, and supporting sustainable revenue growth.

Experience leading product or brand launches and partnering closely with both Commercial and Medical Affairs teams will be highly valued. The role also includes line management responsibilities, with a focus on developing, coaching and empowering team members to achieve their full potential.

This is a pivotal leadership position within the business and requires a proven professional with relevant qualifications and significant experience, ideally gained within medical communications or medical education. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong record of account leadership, client relationship management and team development, alongside excellent commercial acumen and expertise in managing quality, compliance, budgets and operational performance.

You will need the following skills and experience

• Scientifically literate, with a degree or higher, or equivalent, preferably in biomedical sciences

• Significant experience within a medical communications agency, managing at least £2 million of business, with a proven track record of growing account revenue

• Demonstrable business development experience, confident in identifying, pitching for and converting new business opportunities to grow both existing accounts and Scientific Group's client portfolio

• Experience working with global and affiliate market teams, comfortable managing multi market or international communications programmes and stakeholder groups

• Experience of leading product or brand launch activity, from strategic planning through to execution

• Strong commercial acumen, with experience partnering with both commercial and medical affairs client stakeholders, and a solid understanding of the compliance and regulatory environment

• Extensive knowledge of the healthcare industry, and the responsibilities and needs of commercial and medical affairs teams

• Knowledge and experience of working in multiple therapy areas; experience within Cardiometabolic Health and/or Cardiovascular would be highly advantageous

• Experience of successfully delivering a wide variety of different types of medical communications activities

• Proven experience mentoring, line managing and developing a team

• Excellent interpersonal and line management skills

• Excellent numeracy, written and oral communication skills

• Proven project management abilities

• Confident and articulate, with excellent presentation skills

About Scientific Group

At Scientific Group, scientific excellence is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace and are working towards ambitious carbon targets across the business. We offer a wide-ranging flexible working policy that allows people to visit the office as much or as little as they would like. Ultimately, we all choose to work at Scientific Group because we want to help improve the lives of our fellow humans and we live this through our company values.

Benefits

• Wide ranging flexible working policy

• Annual leave starting from 25 days

• Private medical/dental cover

• Life insurance

• Discretionary annual performance related bonus

• Independent employee assistance programme

• Memberships for Perkbox and Headspace

• Subsidised gym membership

• Volunteering day

• Salary sacrifice schemes for bicycles and electric cars

• Vibrant social calendar

Further Details

We offer flexible working with no mandated number of days in the office. We ask that you make an effort to attend in-person Townhalls (quarterly) and other company events such as the Summer Party, but beyond that, you are able to work from home as much or as little as you wish!

At Scientific Group, we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will enhance our team environment. We are a proud Disability Confident Employer and are open to reasonable adjustments.