We are seeking a strategic and driven Account Director to lead a high-value, legacy account encompassing global and EU medical affairs and commercial work. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your expertise and build upon a long-standing, successful client partnership. As Account Director, you will play a critical role in ensuring the success of this account leading it from both an internal and client perspective. You will work closely with the Business Director, Scientific Director, and wider account team to develop and execute strategic plans that meet our clients' needs.
What You’ll Do
1. Be the Architect: Craft strategic programs, finalise budgets, and steer the ship towards client goals.
2. Lead the Charge: Guide your team to develop and execute impactful campaigns that meet Ogilvy Health's high standards.
3. Empower Ownership: Foster a culture of accountability where every team member takes pride in their work.
4. Stay Ahead of the Curve: Anticipate client needs, proactively address challenges, and provide strategic counsel.
5. Unleash Creativity: Spark innovative thinking and brainstorm fresh approaches to keep the account thriving.
6. Own the Numbers: Master the account's financials, ensure optimal resource allocation, and drive profitability.
What You’ll Need
As a successful Account Director you'll blending strategic thinking with scientific fluency and exceptional client management skills.
7. Scientific Acumen: The ability to understand and communicate complex scientific data and medical concepts to diverse audiences is essential.
8. Therapeutic Area Expertise: Deep knowledge in specific therapeutic areas relevant to the agency's clients is highly valuable.
9. Client Focus: A passion for understanding client needs, goals, and challenges, with a commitment to exceeding expectations.
10. Strategic Thinking: The ability to develop and execute strategic account plans that align with client objectives and drive business growth.
11. Financial Acumen: Solid understanding of budgets, forecasting, and profitability to ensure account health and maximize revenue.
12. Business Development: Proactively identifying and pursuing new opportunities to expand existing accounts and win new business
About you
13. Proactive & Results-Oriented: Taking initiative, anticipating needs, and driving projects forward to achieve tangible results.
14. Adaptable & Resilient: Thriving in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment and navigating challenges with composure.
15. Passionate & Dedicated: A genuine interest in healthcare communications and a commitment to making a difference in patients' lives.
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
16. 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
17. Enhanced parental leave
18. A generous pension scheme - you pay in 4% we pay 6%, following probation contributions are matched up to 10.5% (17.5% in total)
19. Choose from either Private Medical Cover (Bupa) OR Dental cover OR a monthly leisure allowance of £45 to spend on your health & wellbeing
20. A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme provided by Telus which offers brilliant support, expert advice and specialist counselling
21. Help @ Hand by Unum - quick, free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio or a medical 2nd opinion
22. Free 1-2-1 Coaching - online coaching for your professional or personal growth provided by Thrive Partners
23. A comprehensive Learning & Development programme
At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.
We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.
Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.