Senior Account Director - 12 month FTC

CompanyOmnicom Health

LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/8/2026

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Description

Reporting to: Group Account Director / Business Director

About DDB Remedy

We strive to be the most innovative and inspiring creative healthcare agency in the world, making things happen.

Through deep partnerships, smart strategy and applied creativity, we create exceptional experiences and communications. We make meaningful change in healthcare happen.

Our ethos? It Happens Here. It’s our promise, our challenge, and our invitation.

And if you’ve got potential to unlock, talent to unleash, and a desire to wow clients, we want to make it happen.

DDB Remedy. It Happens Here.

The Opportunity

We’re seeking a Senior Account Director to lead high-level client partnerships, strategic leadership and agency growth. With deep expertise in healthcare communications, you’ll drive impactful, multi-channel solutions that set new industry standards.

As a trusted advisor and client partner, you’ll own key accounts, delivering innovative strategies and business solutions while navigating complex, multi-stakeholder projects with precision. You’ll ensure all work is strategically sound, creatively bold and flawlessly executed.

In this senior leadership role, you’ll inspire and guide Account Directors, Managers and Executives, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration. This is your chance to shape client strategy, agency initiatives, drive business growth, build lasting partnerships and elevate the agency’s reputation for exceptional results.

About You

A seasoned strategic leader and trusted advisor, with a proven track record of driving high-level client partnerships, delivering transformative solutions, and leading large, high-performing teams. You thrive in a senior leadership role, managing complex client needs, navigating challenges, and consistently delivering exceptional results that exceed expectations.

With extensive expertise in healthcare communications, you excel at overseeing integrated, multi-channel solutions - while maintaining a sharp focus on creativity, quality and strategic alignment. You have the experience and confidence to guide senior clients through intricate challenges, manage large budgets and inspire teams to deliver work that is both impactful and innovative.

You bring a sharp commercial mindset and entrepreneurial drive, always identifying opportunities to add value, optimise processes and drive growth through strategic selling and expansion. Above all, you are a passionate advocate for creativity and innovation, leading by example and fostering an environment where teams are motivated to deliver exceptional work every day.

What You’ll Bring

Extensive experience in senior account management, leading high-value campaigns and building lasting client partnerships

Deep expertise in healthcare communications, with a strong understanding of industry challenges and opportunities

Proven ability to oversee large-scale, multi-channel campaigns across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams

Strong leadership skills to inspire, mentor, and develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration

Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of influencing senior clients and stakeholders

Advanced project management expertise, ensuring seamless execution of multiple complex projects

Strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate challenges, understand client needs and deliver innovative solutions

Highly organised and adaptable, with excellent time management skills in fast-paced environments

Strong commercial acumen, with expertise in managing budgets, driving profitability and growing accounts

Passion and ability to sell the agency’s value, demonstrating its impact on client success

Experience and enthusiasm for integrating AI into your work, using technology to boost efficiency, creativity and deliverables

What We’ll Need You To Do

Client strategy and leadership

Lead high-value client relationships, acting as the primary contact and trusted advisor for senior stakeholders. Build lasting partnerships at the highest level
Drive strategic discussions and collaboratively develop impactful proposals with the strategy team
Define strategic goals, ensuring all work aligns with objectives, delivers results and drives growth
Create clear, strategic client briefs that align needs with agency capabilities and enable impactful campaigns
Lead key client meetings, presenting strategic, business, or creative solutions while refining client vision and ensuring alignment
Anticipate client needs and deliver proactive, strategic solutions to address challenges and achieve success
Deeply understand your clients’ business, goals, and brand plan, applying it seamlessly to inform decisions and drive action
Act as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to clients, providing expert guidance on creative direction, brand strategy and healthcare communication solutions

Project management and delivery

Lead the development and delivery of strategic project plans that align with client requirements and effectively account for internal resources, talent and workflows

Oversee the successful execution of highly complex, high-value, multi-channel projects, managing senior-level stakeholders, timelines, budgets and resources with precision

Ensure all work is delivered to the highest quality standards, on time, and within budget, maintaining seamless execution from concept to completion

Collaborate with strategic, creative, production, and project management teams to deliver solutions that exceed client expectations and achieve impactful results

Maintain oversight of deliverables at every stage, ensuring quality, consistency, and alignment with client objectives

Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to Account Directors, Managers, and junior team members, ensuring effective task delegation and deadline management

Financial Management

Take ownership of P&L for the accounts under your stewardship, ensuring profitable growth and financial health
Monitor project profitability, proactively addressing financial challenges and resolving issues early to maintain strong account performance
Oversee the development and management of budgets, timelines and client forecasts, ensuring accurate tracking and reporting throughout

Conduct regular financial health checks and take larger responsibility for month-end reporting and forecasting in collaboration with Business Directors

Proactively identify opportunities for process optimisation to drive greater value

Business growth and strategy

Identify significant opportunities for account growth and strategically expand client relationships, increasing revenue and strengthening accounts
Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and present compelling new business proposals, pitches, and presentations to drive agency growth
Play a key role in setting and achieving business development goals, actively contributing to the agency’s long-term growth strategy
Collaborate with senior leadership on the agency’s long-term vision, identifying opportunities for diversification and innovation in service offerings

Team leadership and development

Lead, motivate, and mentor a team of Account Directors, Account Managers and Executives, ensuring they are supported, inspired and continually receiving coaching to grow professionally
Foster a collaborative, high-performing culture aligned with agency values, encouraging innovation and creativity

Foster an environment where our Four Freedoms thrive (Freedom to Fail, Freedom From Fear, Freedom From Chaos, Freedom To Be)

Act as a role model for leadership, accountability, and operational excellence

Conduct performance reviews, provide constructive feedback, identify growth opportunities and create tailored development plans for team members, fostering skill improvement and a collaborative, inclusive environment

Delegate in a timely and appropriate manner to oversee key tasks, ensuring work is completed on time, on budget and to the highest standards

Act as a point of escalation for the team, resolving issues quickly and effectively while maintaining positive client relationships

Demonstrate and champion a growth mindset within the team by encouraging continuous learning, embracing challenges, and supporting adaptability in a rapidly evolving environment

Champion creative excellence

Drive bold, innovative creative solutions that deliver strategic and commercial impact
Advocate for creativity at every stage, ensuring work is original, valuable, and aligned with client goals
Inspire clients on the power of creativity, reinforcing its role in achieving business success

Collaborate to create the environment for creative teams to push boundaries and ensure the strongest ideas are realised

Align creative output with insight-driven strategy to maximise campaign impact

Shape client feedback to ensure it is actionable, constructive and aligned with creative excellence

Cross-functional collaboration

Collaborate with senior leadership, creatives, strategists, project managers and production teams to ensure seamless project delivery and high-quality results
Coordinate with internal and external partners to source resources, tools, and materials needed to execute campaigns successfully
Foster an inclusive, collaborative environment where talent thrives and innovation flourishes
Leverage senior talent and diverse perspectives to elevate work and deliver impactful results
Maintain clear, consistent communication with stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency
Collaborate with cross-department teams to achieve agency goals, enhance the agency culture and spearhead agency-wide initiatives

What’s Next

At DDB Remedy, people come first. Our team is made up of talented, kind, diverse individuals, each encouraged to bring their full selves to work. It Happens Here is our commitment to helping you thrive. It’s a place where you can grow, be inspired, and build your own career pathway.

We value diffe

rence and believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone can belong and succeed. If you need any support or adjustment due to a disability during the application process, please let us know.

If you're excited about the opportunity to start your journey with us, reach out to our Talent Partner, Kayla Mayston: kayla.mayston@omc.com

Omnicom Health is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.