Senior Account Manager, Medical Education
About Ogilvy
Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry. Ogilvy was recognised as the most creative and most effective agency network in the world, ranking #1 on WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 lists. The WARC 100 lists act as an industry benchmark for success based on results from the most prestigious global and regional industry competitions.
Ogilvy Health is one of the largest global networks in healthcare communications and provides strategic, integrated communication solutions for our clients, including many of the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry. We are made up of healthcare communication specialists across the disciplines of medical education and communications; brain sciences; brand promotion; digital and social; strategic planning; public relations and creative/design.
There are several ongoing initiatives within Ogilvy Health that you can choose to get involved in including our various ERG groups and social team created to champion greater cultural and ethnic diversity in the industry, our agency and our work.
About the Role
Do you thrive on crafting compelling medical education programs that empower healthcare professionals (HCPs) and elevate patient care?
Do you thrive on building strong client relationships and leading teams to success? This Senior Account Manager role offers the chance to lead two key accounts, one focused on medical education and the other on scientific collaborations. Combined, these accounts represent a significant portfolio with excellent growth potential.
What You’ll Do
- Oversee the development of engaging and innovative medical education materials, including slide decks, webinars, workshops, and digital resources.
- Spearhead a high-impact Centres of Excellence program, orchestrating dynamic HCP working groups, expert-led video series, and impactful clinical case studies.
- Develop adaptable toolkits with core materials primed for seamless localisation, ensuring global reach and relevance
- Confidently lead and deliver multiple medium to large-scale projects, keeping everything on track and exceeding client expectations.
- You'll maintain a 360° view of the account, proactively identifying opportunities and advising clients on emerging trends and potential challenges.
- Expertly review materials, ensuring strategic alignment and confidently articulating your insights to clients.
- Identify and secure organic growth opportunities while contributing to winning new business proposals.
What You’ll Need
We are looking for candidates who understand and implement a proactive, client-focused approach at all times and who set the standard as a positive role model for more junior members of the team to follow. You will need to be able to apply consistently high standards, tailor your style according to the audience, present confidently and be able to develop and build relationships with clients and offer strategic counsel and guidance.
- A track record of Account success is key: You'll be able to demonstrate how you've driven results and exceeded client expectations in your previous role within a medcomms or meded agency
- Success in project management and delivery across a variety of medical education projects, as well as financial management
- You're organised, proactive, and deadline driven, a master of time management, able to balance multiple priorities while exceeding expectations where you can
- You apply your Regulatory expertise and can confidently navigate the intricacies of pharma regulations, ensuring all activities are compliant and strategically sound
- Desire to grow and develop our business as well as personally within the role; challenge the status quo and be part of developing new creative approaches and solutions to both our client’s problems and our internal priorities
How We’ll Support You
Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + your birthday off and a paid volunteering day - after 2 years service you can purchase up to an additional 5 days per year
- Enhanced parental leave
- A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)
- Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing
- A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
- Help @ Hand by Unum - quick, free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion
- Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners
- A comprehensive Learning & Development programme
Apply for this job
*
indicates a required field