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Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick is consistently recognised for its people-first culture as a Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising. Klick also recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year - Health.\nAbout Our Client Services Craft\nOur Client Services Craft ensures strong partnerships and seamless delivery across engagements. This craft connects strategy, execution, and relationships. Teams focus on alignment, clarity, and accountability. Their work drives successful outcomes for clients and internal teams.\n As Account Director, this role manages client relationships and integrated programme delivery across healthcare and pharmaceutical accounts. Working closely with Strategy, Creative, Medical Strategy, Project Management, and Science & Regulatory teams, the role translates client objectives into clear briefs, coordinated delivery plans, and measurable outcomes. The Account Director is responsible for day-to-day account leadership, financial oversight, and maintaining strong client partnerships while identifying opportunities to grow existing business.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead day-to-day relationships with healthcare and pharmaceutical clients, managing client communications, presenting programme recommendations, and ensuring alignment on objectives, deliverables, and expectations.\nManage integrated healthcare communications programmes across multiple workstreams, partnering with Project Management to deliver work within agreed timelines, budgets, scopes, and quality standards.\nOversee account financials, including budget tracking, revenue forecasting, scope management, and resource planning, escalating risks and recommending solutions where required.\nCoordinate Strategy, Creative, Medical Strategy, Project Management, and Science & Regulatory teams to develop client briefs, align stakeholders, and deliver accurate, compliant healthcare communications.\nIdentify opportunities to strengthen existing client relationships through account planning, programme recommendations, and scope development, while providing guidance and feedback to junior Client Services team members.\n Required:\n5+ years of client services experience within an advertising, marketing, or communications agency, including responsibility for day-to-day client relationships and delivery across multiple workstreams.\n2+ years of experience working on pharmaceutical, healthcare, or life sciences accounts, with demonstrated delivery of healthcare communications programmes in a regulated environment.\nExperience managing integrated marketing or communications campaigns, including developing client briefs, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and delivering work against agreed timelines and objectives.\nExperience managing account budgets, financial forecasts, resource requirements, and scopes of work, with examples of tracking costs and addressing delivery or commercial risks.\nExperience collaborating with Strategy, Creative, Medical Strategy, Project Management, and Science & Regulatory teams to deliver client programmes across multiple channels or workstreams.\nExperience presenting campaign recommendations, programme updates, and performance reviews to client stakeholders, supported by examples of client-facing presentations or account deliverables.\nDesired:\nComfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.\nExperience supporting regional or global healthcare accounts across multiple brands, markets, or therapeutic areas.\nKnowledge of pharmaceutical marketing regulations and experience supporting Medical, Legal, and Regulatory review and approval processes.\nExperience contributing to organic account growth through account planning, programme recommendations, or development of additional scopes of work.\nExperience supporting new business proposals, client pitches, or responses to briefs for healthcare or pharmaceutical clients.\nExperience using AI-enabled tools to support account planning, reporting, research, or workflow efficiency.\n The salary offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate's work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience.\n Our Commitment to Inclusion\nKlick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. 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