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Senior Account Manager

Berkshire, UK
£45 - £54,000

A growing creative medical communications agency is looking to expand its client services team with multiple hires at Account Manager, Senior Account Manager and Account Director level.

The agency is interested in speaking with experienced Account Managers, established Senior Account Managers and Account Directors looking for a collaborative, creative environment where they can play a visible role within the team.

This is an opportunity to join an agency that places real value on collaboration, creativity and quality thinking. The team works closely together, with regular time spent in the office to encourage idea sharing, strong working relationships and a genuinely connected culture.

 

The role

You’ll work as part of a close-knit client services team supporting the delivery of creative medical communications programmes across a range of healthcare and pharmaceutical accounts.

The agency is looking for people who are confident managing relationships, comfortable leading projects and able to contribute proactively within a collaborative agency environment.

This role will suit someone who enjoys being part of a team where ideas are encouraged, communication is open and people are trusted with responsibility.

 

The kind of person who will thrive here

  • Experience within a medical communications, medcomms or healthcare communications agency environment

  • An experienced Account Manager, Senior Account Manager or Account Director

  • Strong client services and account management experience

  • Someone who enjoys working closely with colleagues and clients in a collaborative setting

  • A proactive approach and confidence managing projects and relationships

  • An interest in creative communications and delivering high-quality work

  • Strong organisational and communication skills

 

Why this role stands out

  • A creative and collaborative medical communications agency environment

  • Multiple opportunities within the team across AM, SAM and AD level

  • A close-knit culture with meaningful in-person collaboration

  • The chance to join a growing agency that values creativity and quality thinking

Business Analyst (Web / E-commerce)

London, UK
£51-54,000

The Role

We’re looking for a Business Analyst to join a growing technology team, supporting a range of web, e-commerce and data-driven initiatives.

  • This is an exciting opportunity to join a team evolving towards a multi-skilled, cross-functional BA model, giving you exposure across web platforms, reporting and broader digital transformation work.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Work closely with stakeholders to gather and define business requirements
  • Translate high-level needs into clear, development-ready user stories
  • Support delivery across web and e-commerce platforms
  • Facilitate workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions
  • Collaborate with technical teams, product owners and delivery teams
  • Contribute to data/reporting requirements where needed

 

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

  • 4–5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst
  • Strong experience working on web projects (ideally e-commerce)
  • Solid understanding of:
  • Customer journeys
  • Online transactions / checkout flows
  • Proven ability to translate business requirements into user stories
  • Excellent communication skills (working with senior stakeholders)
  • Full right to work in the UK (no sponsorship available)

 

Desirable:

  • Experience with data/reporting projects
  • Exposure to Business Central or similar platforms
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and BA tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
  • BCS certification (or working towards it)

Qualified Person

Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Competitive

We are currently seeking Qualified Persons (QPs) across the UK to join a leading pharmaceutical business that is expanding its operations. At least three brand new positions have been created due to increased manufacturing demand, marking the beginning of an exciting new phase of growth within the Quality team.

Having successfully partnered with this company on several key hires in the past, we are now looking to connect with QPs who are eager to contribute to the continued success of a business specializing in advanced sterile products.

This role offers more than batch release duties. Once training is complete, QPs will have the chance to play a key role in important projects that support the business’s growth and success.

 

Requirements:

  • Eligible QP status within the UK.
  • Experience in sterile manufacturing is preferred but not essential.
  • RP eligibility is desirable but not required.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to thrive in a dynamic team.

(Senior) Director Business Development

California, USA

I am currently looking for a Director or Senior Director of Business Development for a mid-sized global full service clinical Contract Research organization with a great culture and an excellent track record and footprint across the US and Europe and APAC. This CRO has been around for a long time and has a very strong reputation in the biotech space. They have been out performing the competition in what has been a challenging market. They have a very strong clinical and medical teams, with some excellent expertise to support the BD department on bid-defences. They also have a well respected and innovative CCO.

The role is an individual sales contributor role focusing on the California territory. This CRO has a fantastic account strategy where you will be set up for success. You will be responsible for existing accounts as well as securing new business, predominantly with early to mid-sized biotechnology companies. In order to be successful in this role you will require a strong network and sales track record in this region, selling full service CRO solutions.

This CRO are very strong across multiple therapeutic areas. including but not limited to oncology, cardio, dermatology, rare diseases and general medicine.

This role comes with a very lucrative base salary, plus an industry leading, uncapped commission plan.

Your role will include:

  • Achieving agreed upon sales and business development targets Creating and implementing appropriate business development strategies for identified target markets
  • Prospecting with the goal of establishing a pipeline of sales opportunities and RFP’s from potential clients; suitably qualified for competitive advantage, timing, budget, decision maker
  • Utilizing Salesforce to keep track of client activities including meetings and entering opportunities and updates as required to inform Management of current status
  • Leading and managing the sales process for leads generated and leads received from internal and external sources.
  • Leading the proposals development process for all opportunities and the assigned team to ensure that the strategy, budget and proposal language and timelines matches the expectations of the client as identified through extensive interactions with these clients.
  • Continually redefining appropriate and profitable market niches for business opportunities, based on evidence.
  • Providing input to the Marketing team so that they can create and implement appropriate marketing strategies that support the business development process and team
  • Providing input to business development leadership based on territory and industry knowledge to develop sales targets, sales strategies and sales plans
  • Working with the team to define and implement strategies to support the sales process, including securing resources to perform pre-sales activities
  • Engaging with agents and consultants in other geographic locations to support business development activities in those markets
  • Engaging with internal research staff to maximise selling opportunities associated with existing travel schedules of those staff
  • Identifying and attending appropriate conferences and trade shows to create business opportunities

Account Manager – Healthcare Communications

United Kingdom
£35 - 45,000 DOE

An innovative, award-winning healthcare communications agency is looking for an account manager to join their brilliant team.

Working with pharma, charity and consumer health clients, this independent agency develops strategic, creative programmes that offer new perspectives and drive positive change. They’re a passionate bunch who are dedicated to doing impactful work and improving the healthcare environment.

In this role, you’ll work on integrated programmes across an interesting mix of accounts, with a focus on corporate storytelling, earned and social media. You will be involved in the full life cycle of campaigns from ideation and planning to content and execution, and help build strong partnerships with clients.

This fully remote agency maintains a collaborative and supportive working environment, with daily brainstorms and check-ins as well as regular team get togethers. You’ll have lots of opportunities to try new things and stretch your skills while playing a key role in the continued growth of this forward-thinking organisation.

 

Requirements

  • ·         c. 3 years healthcare communications experience working on integrated campaigns.
  • ·         Earned and social media experience, along with strong content development skills.
  • ·         Growth mindset and ability to think creatively.
  • ·         Desire to work across a mix of pharma, charity and OTC clients.
  • ·         Comfortable in a remote working set up.

Account Director Med Comms

London, UK
c.£60,000

An independent medical communications agency has an opening for an Account Director to join their successful and collaborative team.

Known for their in-depth scientific expertise and high-quality execution, this agency works in partnership with leading pharma organisations to develop strategic, multi-channel programmes that deliver positive changes in healthcare. Their work includes meetings, medical affairs, digital communications and publications, covering an interesting variety of therapeutic areas including Oncology and Rare Diseases.

As AD, you’ll lead on allocated programmes, own relationships, and ensure work is delivered to the highest standards, on time and on budget. You’ll provide strategic council for clients, collaborate closely with internal colleagues, and help to shape and grow accounts.

You’ll be joining a close-knit, motivated team, and enjoy a flexible, grown-up working environment with plenty of opportunity for ownership and growth.

 

Requirements

To be considered for this position, you will need medical communications agency experience to AD level with knowledge across a variety of medcomms activities, and well-honed leadership, client facing and relationship building skills.

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They use their key strengths of kindness and authenticity to build relationships across the board. Not only are they able to understand the business need and identify top talent in the competitive cell/gene therapy market, they are also good humans; the high bar they set for themselves motivates them to do amazing work and do what is right for people.

Head of TA

Small Biotech

Our business is CDMO working on biopharmaceutical development and manufacturing. In the time that RBW has been supporting us, they have been nothing but amazing.  They have gotten to know our business inside and out, and whether it is a permanent position or a contractor needed for any of our roles, ranging from GMP Assistants, Operators, Production Leaders, Validation, QA, QC, they have always spent time not just with us from a recruitment needs but with every manager to get to know exactly what we are looking for, even if the same roles came up time and time again.

HR Business Partner

Global CDMO

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HR Director

Global Medcomms Agency