Account Manager/ Senior Account Manager – Global Health Policy

Position description

Incisive Health is an award-winning healthcare policy, public affairs and communications consultancy focused on UK, European and International markets. We provide integrated support across the full range of audiences: policymakers, payers, healthcare providers, and patients. 

Proudly part of Inizio Evoke, a global health marketing, communications, and transformation platform unlocking growth through data-driven insights and human centricity. We are purpose-built to make Health more human™.

The International health policy team works with global and regional healthcare companies and organisations to support global policy landscaping, policy and public affairs strategy and narrative development, policy research and report writing, global policy engagement and advocacy coalition building and capability development for different policy teams. We deliver the results that matter for our clients and – ultimately – for the patients they serve.

We are currently looking for an account manager to join our international team. As an Account Manager, you will be an essential part of a team working with clients across a wide range of issues and challenges. Our clients are diverse, ranging from global health organisations to global pharmaceutical companies, but they are united by the shared aim of improving the lives of patients and populations around the world. 

The broad scope of our clients’ interests means that no two days are the same – from day one you will be hands-on in helping to deliver a wide range of projects, involving anything from organising a side event at the World Health Summit, to supporting a global healthcare company develop their strategy to reduce inequalities in treatment access.

You will be responsible for:

• Keeping abreast of all major policy and political developments through news and political feed monitoring; and proactively sharing them with the wider team
• Providing rapid alerts to internal teams and clients about monitoring items of interest, and coordinating with junior members of the team to do so
• Ensuring materials used by clients to support engagement strategies (such as biographies, talking points and stakeholder maps) are reviewed regularly, are current and of high quality
• Managing the day-to-day operations of client projects, including – as appropriate – responding to client requests in a timely way, appropriately delegating tasks to junior colleagues and sighting senior members of the team on matters in need of their attention
• Working with AEs and SAEs to support the logistics of client meetings (including room bookings, catering, preparation and circulation of papers before and following meetings)
• Reviewing draft materials, and also taking the lead on drafting documents, for clients
• Implementing client programmes, working under the direction of the client team lead and with the support of the wider client team. Start to lead on specific elements of client programmes
• Undertaking background research and supporting the development of materials to inform new business purposes and proactively participating in new business pitches
• Networking in policy and political fields to develop contacts and capture business intelligence
• Actively promoting and participating in agency workstreams or other non-account initiatives as appropriate including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Health and Safety

Skills and requirements:

You have a passion for and strong knowledge of global health policy, politics, and public affairs, having studied international relations, or global public health and/or worked on regional or international projects in health policy team. You are curious about the issues and forces that drive health policy change across the world and like learning about new diseases in different geographies. You have strong research, analysis and writing skills and would relish the opportunity of working across different projects in a fast-paced consultancy environment. You are confident and driven with strong interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate must also be able to demonstrate initiative and problem solving while maintaining high attention to detail. 

Benefits include:

• Generous annual leave
• Contributory company pension scheme
• Life insurance cover
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)     
• Various health and wellbeing benefits available
• Online training platform/programs
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Community action focussed programs
• Cycle scheme

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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