Account Executive

BGB Group  Account Executive  Our Agency  BGB is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services, including traditional pharmaceutical advertising, promotional medical education, payer marketing, and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism, we’re hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.  Position Overview  The Account Executive is the client-facing project lead responsible for communicating and documenting the project scope and specifications, ensuring client alignment during project development, and reviewing agency work deliverables against client objectives and project specifications. The Account Executive is responsible for managing accurate and timely client communications of project information, status, deadlines, and next steps on a daily basis, as well as managing the submission, review, and final delivery of work and materials. This includes managing clients to their deliverables and deadlines as well as acquiring the needed resources and client stakeholder input to keep projects on track for successful completion. The Account Executive also works with project management to ensure agency work is developed in accordance with client processes and milestones.  Specific responsibilities include:   Account Management   Represents client viewpoint in day-to-day project execution while partnering with Project Management to complete project plan grounded in scope of work, timeline, deliverables, and client/agency process   Proactively manages Account and client deliverables in project work plan in partnership with Project Management   Conducts regular client status meetings to communicate project development and maintain alignment with client objectives  Manages client submissions and ensures agency work remains in compliance with client guidelines  Reviews hot sheet/status grids daily for accuracy and provides nightly comments/updates to Project Manager as needed  Client Partnership   Initially provides information for project briefs and works in partnership with project manager to prepare and conduct internal kick off meetings  Initiates project timeline development with Project Management by providing complete deliverables list and client milestones; approves timeline against client-stated requirements   Conducts project status calls, schedules external meetings, and communicates project status and updates by email  Educates client on aspects and timing of project development, including internal agency process/requirements   Liaises with client stakeholders and extended team members to drive project execution (eg, MLR team, meeting planners, medical/marketing reviewers, partner agencies, KOLs)  Communicates project updates to team in a timely manner, including client shifts in project scope, direction, or timing that may impact agency resource requirements  Local (tristate) client engagement travel as needed/required  Financial Management   Maintains accurate and up-to-date project financials in all agency systems  Supports Account lead in maintaining up-to-date project financials and tracking project actuals against client scope of work  Partners with Project Management to review project fees, expenses, and reconciliations  Participates in any necessary financial meetings to ensure accurate internal data and to support client financial status communications   Qualifications  Required   At least 1 year of relevant experience in the account services field within the advertising industry or a similar industry  Comfortable with scientific information  Bachelor’s degree   Preferred   Master’s degree in business or science   Client-facing experience   Professional and customer-service oriented   Accurate and proficient note-taking abilities   Organized and detail-oriented with a take-ownership attitude   Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills   Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)   Can effectively manage time, multi-task, and handle a high volume of work in a fast-paced environment  Salary range: $60,000 - $70,000  BGB Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.    Offices: United States (BGB Group);