Senior Account Supervisor, Healthcare

Ruder Finn is seeking a Senior Account Supervisor to join our Healthcare Practice. In this role, you will be a day‑to‑day lead across strategic communications programs for healthcare clients, helping drive integrated communications program inclusive of regulatory milestones, disease awareness efforts, social and influencer initiatives, patient advocacy efforts, and earned media efforts.

You will work closely with senior account leadership and clients to shape and execute programs that advance client objectives, while also managing work streams, timelines, budgets, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring high‑quality, timely and error‑free client deliverables.

• 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
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of clients’ businesses, including competitors, product landscapes, market trends, influencers, media dynamics, and factors that may impact communications strategy
• Contribute to the research, planning, and development of comprehensive, contemporary, and strategic public relations and integrated communications programs
• Apply innovative thinking to generate new, impactful, audience‑focused ideas
• 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
• Convey ideas clearly and confidently in client meetings and presentations
• 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

• 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 work streams 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
• Curiosity and comfort with integrating AI into communications and workflows
• Preferred knowledge and experience with healthcare public relations campaigns

• You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity
• You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company‑paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as a 401(k) (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

The anticipated salary range for this position, at the time of posting, is $100,000 - $115,000.

Ruder Finn provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Ruder Finn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Ruder Finn believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.