Are you interested in healthcare policy and the life sciences sector? Are you keen to grow and develop professionally, and have a passion for making a difference?
Oxygen Strategy specialises in healthcare public affairs consultancy and has a vacancy for a Senior Account Executive (or as we like to say, a Senior Client Executive) to join our team. We are looking for a self-motivated person with previous experience in healthcare public affairs and a keen eye for politics.
Knowledge of the UK healthcare sector is essential. Agency experience is not a requirement but is preferred. The day-to-day role will include significant internal and external communication with clients and public affairs stakeholders and would suit someone who enjoys working as part of a dynamic home-based team. We welcome people of all backgrounds including those who are looking to get back into the workplace.
This role is home-based with the expectation of occasional travel to our/client offices. We have a small office around the corner from the Embassy Gardens complex in Nine Elms, London, where we also have access to business lounge and shared-working facilities.
Job description:
Role: Senior Client Executive
Location: WFH or London-based office
Working hours: Full-time
Your role involves supporting client managers and directors in managing public affairs (PA) projects across multiple clients. The role would suit a highly organised individual with experience or an interest in the healthcare/pharmaceutical industry and aspires to make a difference to the lives of patients.
You will need to be highly self-motivated and educated to degree level with exceptional writing and verbal communication skills. There will be opportunities to develop your skillset and experience through an intensive training and personal development programme, team meetings, external client meetings, and meetings with politicians and PA stakeholders. Previous experience of working in the healthcare public affairs or life sciences sectors is an essential prerequisite for this role. This role is best suited to somebody with an established skillset in the field who is looking to make the next step in their career.
Job description:
- The Senior Client Executive will be expected to support the team to drive key client projects, support strategy development, oversee project management and help develop new business opportunities;
- The right candidate will be able to work closely with clients and stakeholders, providing the opportunity to learn across different agency functions;
- The role will involve relationship management with clients and external stakeholders, including parliamentarians, to be seen as a key point of contact;
- The Senior Client Executive will provide day-to-day support to client managers and directors to deliver the highest standard of public affairs consultancy outputs;
- The right candidate will monitor developments across the healthcare policy environment and apply their understanding to the outputs of client programmes;
- An ability to work autonomously when needed is essential as well as working within a dynamic team.
Skills and experience required:
- Educated to degree level, ideally in a related subject such as policy or medical/science;
- An interest and knowledge of current affairs is essential, as the role requires an understanding of the healthcare environment and where this fits into the wider policy landscape;
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills;
- Exceptional written skills and attention to detail;
- Outstanding interpersonal, verbal and communication skills;
- Ability to work happily at home in a self-motivated way as well as part of an office-based team on occasion;
- Ability to distil and summarise complex health and policy issues;
- Previous experience of working within the healthcare public affairs sector.
Desirable skills:
- Confident with a variety of software packages (i.e., Adobe, Canva, Mailchimp);
- Previous experience of managing, training, or supervising junior staff or interns.
What we offer:
- A highly competitive remuneration, bonus and outcome-based incentive package.
- An industry-leading personal development and training programme with opportunities to be mentored by some of the most experienced people in the business.
- Unique opportunities to grow quickly and be exposed to development opportunities not offered by comparable agencies, including client management, stakeholder liaison and internal management responsibilities.
- A progressive approach to staff wellbeing and productivity with a focus on efficiency and prioritisation managed according to a ‘9-5’ working culture.
About Oxygen Strategy:
Oxygen is a team of health policy experts working for pharmaceutical companies, biotech firms, and patient charities. The team has a proven track record of improving access to medicines and positively influencing health policy change. We offer a range of UK and global health policy services for our clients. These include product launch support, brand uptake campaigns, public affairs consultancy, and external relations management.
Our growing team has experience working on over 50 medicine brand teams and multiple patient organisations. Our approach recognises that the complexities of health service delivery are inextricably linked with the political and policy environment. The pandemic has made sustainability of healthcare a priority for policy makers, while social and technological changes are accelerating demands for person-centred care. As a result, life science companies are facing new market access barriers and opportunities.
There is now a sense of urgency for stakeholders to work together in the best interests of society. At Oxygen we want to bring a breath of fresh air to the world of healthcare public affairs. It’s why our company motto is: “We don’t lobby about change. We make change happen.”
Oxygen is committed to creating a diverse working environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or any protected characteristic as defined by law. We welcome people who are looking to get back into the workplace or those who may not fit a conventional mold.