Account Director Health Policy Edelman Global Advisory
Account Director Health Policy Edelman Global Advisory
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Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility empathy is progress and curiosity is momentum.
At Edelman we understand diversity equity inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues our company our clients and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all reflects and represents the world in which we live and fosters trust collaboration and belonging.
Edelman Global Advisory (EGA) is a boutique international advisory firm within the Edelman network that owns the firms government affairs and business advisory services. We have rebranded public affairs to advisory to better capture the evolution and future of this sector. Advisory services combine business strategy government affairs corporate social responsibility and sustainability and political risk analysis to help clients navigate changing political and economic dynamics. Our mission is to build trust in todays evolving geopolitical environment.
Joining the EGA team will provide team members with the opportunity to be involved in the building of this growing firmfrom creating a new culture to redefining public affairs services to exploring new services such as data analytics and political risk analysisacross the regions where we operate: APACMENA Europe North America Latin America and India. We view ourselves as a startup built on top of one of the worlds most recognisable brands.
About the job
Do you want to be part of a team developing sophisticated public affairs strategies for leading pharmaceutical companies in the field of health policy and life sciences
Do you have strong proven experience in health policy and are you looking for an opportunity to develop your consultancy expertise in UK European and global health policy in a thriving fastpaced agency setting
Are you a gogetter with proven experience of leading on new business development pitching and identifying opportunities for organic growth
Are you interested in taking a leading role in helping to develop a UK health policy offering
If so read on to see if youd be a good fit for our team!
Health is the largest sector across Edelman worldwide and Edelman Global Advisory (EGA) helps the worlds largest pharmaceutical companies and healthcare brands to show government policymakers parliamentarians patients regulators and medical professionals how their complex products deliver the thing we value most: life.
EGA partners with clients to deliver global regional and UK integrated campaigns for disease awareness policy change advocacy building patient and employee engagement and much more.
An Account Director is responsible for securing maintaining and growing business in their team. They will provide strategic counsel and guidance to clients on achieving policy and business objectives. They will be a selfstarter with a strong business network have extensive experience of leading and managing teams and overseeing the development and delivery of highquality UK European and global health policy programmes engagement and counsel. As a member of the Edelman broader network they will also have the opportunity to work as part of the EMEA Health team collaborating with colleagues in different markets.
Job responsibilities:
- Taking a leading role in working to develop a UK health policy offering as well as working closely with EGA and Edelman colleagues in the health sector to leverage opportunities with existing global clients.
- Identifying and leading on both organic growth and new business development.
- A focus on regional and global health policy engagement and advisory programmes for clients.
- Providing strategic counsel to clients on relevant health policy challenges and opportunities and coordinating teams to deliver public affairs strategies.
- Development of research and analysis on various health policy issues including briefings reports updates and other forms of client counsel.
- Exhibiting excellent communication written and project management skills.
- A details focused individual with an eye for detail a passion for healthcare and proven experience and understanding of regional and global healthcare policy.
Qualifications and requirements:
- Working experience in the private sector a consultancy notforprofit organisation a government institution (or a combination of any of the above).
- Proactive approach willingness to take the initiative and ownership of an assignment and ability to network.
- Consistent ability to develop manage and implement client strategies.
- Ability to manage up by ensuring client strategy leads have necessary and current information; manage down by imparting knowledge to more junior team members; and manage across by ensuring that relevant expertise across the EGA and Edelman network are brought together to ensure unique insights and strategies are delivered and implemented for our clients.
- Strong skills in organisation research writing editing and client interaction while thriving under pressure and fostering teamwork.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and serve as an internal hub for clients work and a working level point of contact for clients.
- Digital literacy through the use of social and digital tools channels and platforms that drive public affairs activities with clients.
- An interest in advancing the business organically and through new business initiatives.
- Capability to work effectively in a varied environment and within small dynamic teams.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint) additional IT skills are a plus.
- Curiosity in how health systems and policymaking processes work.
- #LISD1
We are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt perfectly align with every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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