Description

You are able to create strong, lasting relationships to ensure needs and goals are met.

The Group Account Director Advertising will take a leadership role in the Advertising Group in Germany as part of the wider, integrated Communications offer. This role will work with Creative Director, the German Senior Management, the other communication disciplines and partner offices in London and outside of Europe to support clients with outstanding communication solutions and deliver both revenue and margin targets for the Advertising practice.

Responsibilities

• Develop and take ownership of the German Advertising business and regularly review progress against the annual business objectives (together with agency leadership)
• Effectively lead and utilise their team and the resources available to ensure the smooth running of operational requirements, optimise business performance and drive business development
• Work with German Senior Leadership and peers within the group to shape the future of the German communication business and integrate with existing teams and services
• Develop and maintain effective relationships within the wider business, especially with the UK and French advertising business, and agencies in the US, especially Navicor

Essential Requirements

• Deep experience of working in a healthcare agency environment
• Strong client service experience
• Experience in leading teams
• Experience in strategic thinking and communications planning
• Strong expertise in high science healthcare communications towards HCP and beyond and spanning multiple therapy areas
• Fluent in German and English 

Desired Requirements

• Experience in managing the operational financial aspects
• Experience of business development in both winning and organic new business
• Experience in the leadership of global client teams

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

The diverse European healthcare environment requires a specific approach to communications. The European market provides multiple challenges to the pharmaceutical industry, emerging biotechnology and medical technology firms who develop, launch, and commercialise drugs and devices. Deep and varied local and international insights, experience, capabilities and footprints are required for impactful healthcare communications in Europe because of the high diversity in local regulations, health systems, market dynamics, key stakeholders' perceptions, as well as cultural nuances and languages. A next-generation agency group that offers the perfect combination of global size and unprecedented capabilities with European and local expertise. As a part of Syneos Health, a global biopharmaceutical accelerator integrating clinical development, real-world, late-stage and full commercialisation, we serve the complex European healthcare market with tailored communications solutions for our customers' clinical and commercial success.

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