Health Policy Senior Associate Director or Director

My client, a leading global advisory firm, are looking for a Senior Associate Director or Director to join their rapidly growing health team in Central London!

The role:

This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key figurehead for my clients healthcare offering – driving new business, offering high-value strategic advice to clients and leading a world class team.

• Identify and pursue new business opportunities, with a strong focus on expanding the domestic health sector pipeline.
• Lead diverse healthcare, strategic communications, and issue-based campaigns on behalf of clients.
• Manage and strengthen client relationships by overseeing projects, directing project teams, allocating resources, and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
• Develop and execute integrated campaigns that effectively communicate client messages, issues, and priorities to key audiences, including policymakers at all levels, civil servants, media, trade associations, consumers, and other stakeholders.

The ideal candidate:

• 9+ years of UK healthcare, public affairs and strategic communications agency experience . My client are open to those who have also spent some time working in-house.
• Strong expertise navigating UK health policy issues on behalf of clients.
• Deep understanding of public and government affairs.
• You will be self-directed, proactive and motivated to win for your clients every day, with a real appetite for new business generation.
• You will have a desire to learn and grow – both across industries/sectors and communication mediums, such as traditional media, social/digital media, issues advocacy, grassroots, and stakeholder communications.
• Have strong enthusiasm and connections in the UK health space; deep understanding of the NICE process and experience of helping clients navigate the UK reimbursement landscape both for pharma companies and med tech clients.
• Indepth understanding of the ABPI code and advising clients on how to navigate this successfully.
• Have strong enthusiasm for UK politics and a deep understanding of Westminster & Whitehall, how connections are built, and policy forged.