Account Manager - Healthcare & Life Sciences

About Portland:

Portland is a global advisory firm, helping companies, foundations, governments and organisations communicate effectively, grow and succeed. We advise clients navigating business and reputational challenges, including regulatory change, political transition, and legal disputes and crises, ensuring they seize opportunities to engage in policy discussions and in the media when it matters most.

Headquartered in London, with a network of team members in critical markets, our advisors are drawn from the worlds of politics, business, law and journalism. Our work is supported by specialist digital, research and creative teams, and backed by Omnicom’s global network and capabilities. Combining political nous and cultural savvy, Portland’s advisers build strategies and campaigns tailored to clients’ needs, delivering outcomes that make a difference. 

The Team:

Our Healthcare and Life Sciences team is a group of trusted advisors to the world’s most influential healthcare and scientific organisations, helping them navigate the fast-evolving global landscape.

The Role:

We're seeking an experienced Account Manager to work across our portfolio of global and UK integrated healthcare communications and policy accounts.  You'll drive stakeholder engagement, shape policy and media conversations, and deliver impactful results.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and work on campaigns that matter, we'd love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafting a range of materials including policy briefings, narratives, press releases, opinion editorials, briefing documents, digital content, outreach letters, stakeholder maps, media lists, and analysis


• Overseeing the delivery of multiple projects and account management for several clients


• Coordinating, managing and undertaking media and policy monitoring and horizon scanning


• Organising and coordinating set-piece events (i.e. advisory boards, symposia) and running media and digital campaigns


• Helping to devise and deliver proactive and reactive media and digital engagement strategies


• Supporting new business proposals and pitches


• Ensuring the successful day-to-day delivery of strategies and tactical plans


• Supporting the growth and development of junior team members


• Effective utilization of AI tools to deliver effective communications and policy programmes

What we’re looking for:

• Previous account management experience working in healthcare and life sciences ideally within an agency, or otherwise in-house


• Ability to demonstrate experience in the delivery of public affairs/communications campaigns


• Analytical and able to process complex intelligence rapidly, oversee media/policy/political insights and monitoring.


• Exhibit knowledge of, and interest in, the healthcare media and policy landscape, with strong understanding of current affairs


• Excellent project management and organisational skills

What we offer: 

At Portland we offer hybrid working, with our teams working together from the office three days a week. We are committed to development and have an open doors culture where you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced people in the business.

Our remuneration package also includes our competitive pension contributions, private healthcare or health cash plan, life assurance cover, company contribution to gym membership, wellbeing workshops and activities, company parties, birthday day off, lunch contribution each week and more

Apologies in advance, but due to the high volume of applications we receive, it's not possible to respond directly to all applicants, only to those whose candidacy is being pursued.