Hybrid Department Head – Client Services

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Department Head responsible for client services in a hybrid medical communications agency. Oversee strategic direction, revenue performance, and team leadership for exceptional client delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and commercial leadership across the client services function.
  • Ensure exceptional client delivery and strong cross-functional collaboration.
  • Own revenue performance and sustainable growth.
  • Shape integrated communication strategies and build trusted long-term partnerships.
  • Manage financial forecasting, resourcing, utilization, and recoverability.
  • Drive organic and new business growth, lead pitches and proposals.

Requirements

  • 10+ years’ relevant experience preferably in a full-service medical communications agency.
  • Ideally, a life sciences degree, preferably combined with a master’s or PhD, or other relevant qualification.
  • Drive strategic direction and business growth.
  • Build and influence senior client relationships.
  • Demonstrate strong commercial awareness, financial planning, forecasting, and utilization oversight.
  • Lead, coach, and develop teams, ensuring effective succession planning.
  • Communicate, negotiate, and present effectively.
  • Model an innovation and continuous improvement mindset.
  • Prioritize, multi-task, and deliver under pressure while maintaining quality.
  • Deep understanding of the medical communications landscape, including medical affairs, publications, and scientific strategy.
  • Expertise client budget management and industry pricing models.
  • Advanced understanding of the pharmaceutical industry, drug development process, and compliance standards.
  • Awareness of emerging industry trends (e.g. AI, omnichannel).

Benefits

  • 33 days annual leave
  • Birthday day off
  • 5% pension contribution
  • Private medical health insurance
  • WORKsmart - allows employees to have flexibility around their start and finish time
  • Hybrid working

Job title

Department Head – Client Services

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

£7,000,000 - £10,000,000 per year

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

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