[Hiring] Senior Account Director @Ashfield MedComms

Role Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Account Director to join Ashfield MedComms. In this role, you’ll provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of high-profile publications and medical affairs accounts, serving as a trusted partner to senior client stakeholders and leading Client Services teams to deliver exceptional work.

• Oversee complex, multi-stakeholder programs spanning global publications and broader medical affairs initiatives, ensuring scientific rigor, operational excellence, and strong financial performance.
• Play an important role in developing our people, growing existing partnerships, and supporting new business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Extensive medical communications agency experience, with strong expertise across publications and medical affairs.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple complex client accounts and providing strategic counsel to senior stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of publication planning and delivery, medical affairs communications, industry standards, and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience leading and developing Client Services teams, including managing managers and/or multiple direct reports.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, profitability, SOW development, and account growth.
• Experience leading or contributing to new business development, including proposals, pitches, and RFP/RFI responses.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.
• Experience with platforms such as iEnvision, Veeva, or similar systems.

Requirements

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple publications and medical affairs accounts, ensuring high-quality, compliant delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, providing strategic counsel and proactive solutions to complex challenges.
• Oversee publication programs, including abstracts, posters, manuscripts, congress activities, and related deliverables, alongside broader medical affairs initiatives.
• Partner closely with Scientific Services and cross-functional teams to develop and deliver strategic medical communications plans aligned with client objectives.
• Champion operational best practices, identifying opportunities to strengthen delivery, improve efficiencies, and support organic account growth.
• Own account financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, profitability, reconciliation, invoicing, and SOW development.
• Lead and develop multiple Client Services team members.
• Lead and support business development activities, including proposals, RFPs/RFIs, presentations, budgets, and onboarding of new business.
• Partner with senior Client Services leadership on resourcing, team development, training, and new service offerings.
• Ensure teams maintain strong cross-functional partnerships and effectively manage risks, priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive bonus plan and benefit programs including medical, dental, and vision.
• A generous 401k match.
• Vacation, sick and personal days.
• Generous company holiday plan and additional benefits for those building.
• Expanded paid leave for new parents.