Senior Manager, Healthcare Communications

How You’ll Contribute

• Keep every account on track. Own the master tracker and regular check-in rhythm across all Advisory Services accounts and prospective deals. Make sure every deliverable lands on time, on spec, and on budget.
• Run major pharma campaigns end to end. Manage outside vendors, budgets, and invoicing; shepherd materials through regulatory review (see MLR below); and coordinate the client’s approval process. “Tentpole” activations are the big, marquee campaigns or events a brand builds its calendar around.
• Be the primary writer of client-ready materials. You’re the first author of annual communications plans, campaign strategies, executive briefing documents, media narratives, status decks, governance review documents, and activation plans. Your first drafts should come in roughly 80% finished — leadership refines them rather than rebuilding them.
• Translate strategy into clear briefs for the doers. Turn high-level direction into specific, executable instructions for the Communications and Content teams handling social, content, event planning, production, and PR — with the context, deadlines, and success criteria they need to deliver on strategy.
• Help grow the business. Work with the Global Head of Strategic Health Partnerships to scope new Advisory Services opportunities, support closing new partnerships, and onboard new accounts.

Qualifications & Skills

• 8+ years in healthcare communications, corporate affairs, pharma advisory services, or account management
• Direct experience drafting client-ready strategic communications documents, ideally in pharma or another highly regulated industry
• Exceptional writing — both polished strategic documents and concise executive briefings
• AI-forward working style, actively using tools like Claude and ChatGPT to work faster and improve quality
• Senior account management experience leading healthcare communications (e.g., MSL, M Booth Health, VML Health, Real Chemistry, Edelman Health, Weber Shandwick Health, FleishmanHillard Health, or similar)
• Experience in corporate communications or corporate affairs at a major pharmaceutical company, coordinating across complex internal stakeholder groups
• Experience supporting life sciences clients across therapeutic areas (disease categories a drug company focuses on) such as cardiometabolic health, oncology (cancer), cardiovascular (heart), neuroscience (brain/nervous system), or immunology (immune system)
• Cross-functional communications experience spanning internal comms, external corporate affairs, executive comms, media, or stakeholder engagement
• Proven ownership of complex client delivery — timelines, deliverables, budgets, vendor coordination, and subcontractor oversight
• Working fluency in MLR/PRC review, FDA OPDP guidance, and the PhRMA Code (all defined below)

Who You Are

• You’ve built your career at the intersection of pharma, communications, and complex program delivery. You generate much of the work product yourself while orchestrating contributions from the Communications and Content teams — but you own the final deliverable.
• You instinctively know where every workstream stands, spot risks before they escalate, and move easily between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
• You understand the realities of regulated healthcare communications. No one needs to explain what MLR is, why it matters, or how to balance competing stakeholder demands while staying both compliant and fast.
• You’re equally comfortable leading a C-level check-in, briefing a cross-functional team, or managing vendors behind the scenes. You communicate clearly, escalate thoughtfully, and operate with strong judgment and low ego. You thrive in complexity, juggle multiple priorities, and bring a bias toward action that makes the teams around you more effective.

✨ What We Offer:

• Mission-Driven Impact: Be part of a company that’s truly making a difference in people’s lives around the world.
• Career Growth: Develop within the company and help shape our growth strategy.
• Human-Centric Culture: Thrive in a supportive environment with a range of wellness perks and benefits.
• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding total compensation package.
• Health & Financial Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus a 401(k) program with company match.
• 🩺 Health & Financial Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus a 401(k) program with company match.
• Taking Care of You: Generous paid time-off programs designed to help you rest, reset, and recharge — including Thrive Time, a benefit unique to Thrive that gives employees additional paid time off after major projects or intense periods of work to truly recharge and recover.

Compensation

Base compensation for this role will likely fall in the $136,000-$180,000 range.

Please note: We provide a competitive mix of salary, performance bonus, and equity. The final offer amount will depend on factors like experience, expertise, and may differ from the range above. This range also excludes additional benefits, such as 401(k), and medical, dental, or vision insurance.