Senior Account Supervisor, Healthcare, Ruder Finn

About the role

Ruder Finn is seeking a Senior Account Supervisor to join our Healthcare Practice. This role involves leading strategic communications programs for healthcare clients, including regulatory milestones, disease awareness efforts, social and influencer initiatives, patient advocacy efforts, and earned media efforts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a day-to-day client and internal team contact, managing account activity and ensuring client objectives, priorities, and strategic vision are being advanced
• Provide thoughtful client counsel and recommendations that reflect an understanding of client priorities, the healthcare landscape, and communications best practices
• Contribute to the research, planning, and development of comprehensive, contemporary, and strategic public relations and integrated communications programs
• Identify potential issues early, elevate challenges with recommended solutions, and know when to seek senior counsel
• Lead the development of core communications materials, including media strategies, press releases, key message documents, social media content, briefing materials, communications plans, and client presentations
• Ensure strong quality control across client materials, reviewing for accuracy, strategic alignment, clarity, and polish
• Maintain a high level of responsiveness and communicate with clients, supervisors, and account teams in a clear, timely, and solutions-oriented manner
• Lead effective internal team communication, encourage collaboration, and invite ideas and creativity from junior team members
• Delegate effectively by setting clear expectations, deadlines, context, and measures of success
• Build program budgets, track finances, create SOWs, and support forecasting while ensuring resources align with client needs

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6+ years of experience in public relations, communications, healthcare communications, or pharmaceutical communications
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, biology, life sciences, or a related field
• Strong understanding of product communications, patient advocacy, disease awareness, and data/regulatory milestones
• Familiarity with clinical trial phases, FDA approvals, and the broader healthcare communications environment
• Experience with the MLR process and systems such as Veeva is preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills, and organizational skills
• Proven ability to manage multiple client workstreams in a fast-paced agency environment
• Experience providing client counsel and managing day-to-day client relationships
• Experience mentoring, managing, or guiding junior team members

Benefits & More

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
• Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, and 401k (match) plan
• Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.
• Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• Workplace flexibility
• On-site and off-site social gatherings