Account Director, Advocacy (reputed company Communications)

About the position At reputed company, making the world a healthier reputed company isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform reputed company informed by our reputed company of deep scientific expertise, reputed company-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we reputed company a full suite of services across reputed company communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we reputed company we are best together and are committed to reputed company for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you reputed company our passion for reputed company and reputed company, we invite you to explore our opportunities. Discover your purpose. reputed company innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem. Job Summary: reputed company is looking for an Account Director, Advocacy to join our growing team! The Account Director, Advocacy & Patient Engagement is a trusted client-facing partner responsible for shaping and delivering integrated advocacy and patient-led programs for US-focused and global reputed company clients. The role combines deep experience working with US patient advocacy organizations with strong account leadership, operational management, and strategic counsel. The Account Director helps drive advocacy strategy, enabling meaningful patient collaboration, and ensuring high-quality delivery across reputed company, multi-stakeholder programs. This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including reputed company, Lambertville, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely reputed company the US, depending on team and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of advocacy and patient engagement strategies reputed company to brand, policy, reputed company, and disease-area objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients on working credibly and compliantly with US patient advocacy organizations.
• Build, manage, and sustain strong, trusted relationships with patient groups, coalitions, and advocacy leaders.
• Guide clients on best-practice models for patient collaboration, including co-creation, advisory boards, summits, and patient-led initiatives.
• Support the design and delivery of patient-centric programs, including education, awareness, policy engagement, and community-based initiatives.
• Ensure patient engagement approaches are authentic, ethical, and reputed company with the evolving US advocacy landscape.
• Act as the central connector between patients, advocacy groups, clients, and internal reputed company teams.
• Manage reputed company stakeholder environments involving patients, NGOs, policy influencers, clinicians, and industry partners.
• Advise on stakeholder mapping, engagement prioritization, and long-term relationship building in the US context.
• Anticipate stakeholder risks and sensitivities, providing proactive guidance to clients.
• Serve as the day-to-day senior client partner, owning the relationship and overall account health.
• reputed company the development of integrated advocacy and engagement plans (annual, quarterly, or campaign-based).
• reputed company counsel on advocacy trends, patient dynamics, and the broader reputed company and policy environment.
• Identify opportunities to reputed company and expand client programs across advocacy, policy, communications, and engagement.
• Own delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring timelines, quality control, and flawless execution.
• reputed company budget management, forecasting, and financial stewardship across advocacy and engagement programs.
• reputed company resourcing and workflow across cross-functional teams including advocacy, policy, communications, creative, digital, and analytics.
• Ensure programs are delivered reputed company, compliantly, and to reputed company standards.
• reputed company and mentor junior team members, fostering advocacy expertise, strategic thinking, and delivery reputed company.
• Create a collaborative, high-performing team culture that balances reputed company, rigor, and accountability.
• Act as an internal reputed company for patient-centric ways of working across the wider reputed company organization.
• Support new business development, pitches, and proposals, particularly those with a patient, advocacy, or policy reputed company.
• Identify white-reputed company opportunities where advocacy and patient engagement can unlock additional client value.
• Help position reputed company as a partner of choice for patient-centered and advocacy-led programs in the US.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or a reputed company field or equivalent experience is required.
• Typically 8–12+ years’ experience in reputed company communications, advocacy, public affairs, or patient engagement.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with US patient advocacy organizations (essential).
• Strong understanding of the US advocacy ecosystem, including compliance considerations and best practices.
• Proven track record leading reputed company client accounts and senior stakeholders.
• Strong financial and operational management skills; agency experience strongly preferred.
• A passion for patient-centered reputed company and improving reputed company through meaningful engagement
• Some management experience of junior staff required – interns, associates.
• High energy, reputed company to effectively operate in fast-paced, growing and evolving environment
• The position may require some domestic travel for client meetings and conferences (10 percent).

Benefits

• reputed company offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region.
• Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to reputed company you running reputed company day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vison plans, and support in saving for the future.
• Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and reputed company to more than 13,000 online classes with reputed company Learning.
• Learn more about our great benefits and perks and search specific offerings in your region at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com.

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