Account Director

Ashfield Med Comms is a global leader in the medical communications space with a portfolio of clients across medical affairs, publications and commercial. We are part of Inizio Medical, which also includes Apothe Com, Nucleus Global and MEDiSTRAVA. Our position as part of this international network gives us a key advantage over other agencies in terms of the scale of our reach and depth of our expertise.

More broadly, Inizio Medical is part of Inizio, whose mission is to be THE strategic partner for health and life sciences companies. Unparalleled in scale and expertise, we connect a full suite of Advisory, Medical, Marketing/Communications, Patient and Stakeholder Engagement, and Biotech services to reimagine clients' challenges into opportunities.

About the Role

We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Account Director to join one of our teams at Ashfield Med Comms. As Account Director, you will serve as the senior client lead, providing strategic oversight and operational leadership across a high-profile medical publications and medical affairs portfolio. You will ensure seamless delivery of congress and journal publications as well as strategic medical affairs initiatives while upholding the highest standards of scientific rigor, compliance, and process excellence.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, global authors, and leading experts. Bringing clarity, structure, and momentum to complex, multi-stakeholder programs.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead a large, complex medical affairs and publications account, ensuring consistent delivery excellence
• Serve as a strategic partner to clients, building trusted, long-term relationships
• Oversee end-to-end execution of abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and related publication assets
• Ensure strict adherence to publications standards, compliance requirements, and timelines
• Support the delivery of Medical Affairs initiatives, partnering with clients and cross-functional teams to develop programs that align with broader medical and scientific objectives
• Drive rigorous workflow and approval management using platforms such as iEnvision and Veeva
• Provide strong financial oversight, including budgeting, forecasting, and accurate invoicing
• Anticipate risks, solve problems proactively, and maintain alignment across stakeholders

About you:

• A Bachelor’s degree in life sciences (advanced degree preferred).
• 6+ years of experience in medical communications, with significant expertise in publications and medical affairs strategy, planning, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams and managing direct reports.
• Proven success in client relationship management, strategic consultation, and account growth.
• Strong project and financial management skills, including budget control, forecasting, and SOW creation.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.
• Proficiency in iEnvision, Veeva, or similar platforms.

At Ashfield, compensation is more than just a base salary. We offer a comprehensive bonus plan and benefit programs including for medical, dental, and vision, a generous 401k match, vacation, sick and personal days. Generous company holiday plan and additional benefits for those building as well as expanded paid leave for new parents.

Our Pledge

We appreciate the importance of having a workforce that reflects the various communities in which we operate, and our goal is to create an inclusive environment where diverse employees want to work and where they can flourish.

Ashfield Med Comms is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Inizio are considered without regards to age, ancestry, color, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital…