Account Group Supervisor, Medical Education

Ogilvy Health is focused on driving superior outcomes in the ever-changing healthcare environment, an increasingly complex and evolving marketplace. We inspire brands and people to impact the world by keeping our audiences’ health and wellness needs at the center of every touchpoint. Ogilvy Health delivers insight, creativity, innovation, and engagement solutions for all healthcare stakeholders, patients, and consumers across the healthcare continuum. Through borderless creativity—operating, innovating, and creating at the intersection of Ogilvy’s capabilities and global talent—Ogilvy Health brings forth world-class creative solutions for its clients.

Over the past year alone, the Ogilvy network has been recognized with the following:

• Global Agency Network of the Year (Ad Age)
• Global Agency of the Year (Adweek)
• One of the “Best Places to Work” for LGBTQ+ equality (Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index)
• Most Effective Agency Network (Effie Worldwide)
• Agency Network of the Year (Clio Awards)
• Network of the Year (One Show)
• Global Network of the Year (LIA Awards)
• Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader
• Most Awarded Agency (Influencer Marketing Awards)
• …and Ogilvy was the first agency network to secure the top rankings on both WARC’s Creative 100 and Effective 100 in consecutive years

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About the Role

The Group Account Supervisor plays a pivotal role in the Medical Education department, leading the development and execution of strategic medical education programs for our pharmaceutical and biotech clients. This role requires a deep understanding of medical education (promotional/commercial medical education and medical affairs), the healthcare landscape and the ability to build strong client relationships. The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, detail-oriented individual with a proven track record of successfully managing medical education projects and fostering client satisfaction.  

What You’ll Do

• Client Relationship Management: Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for assigned clients, building and maintaining strong relationships based on trust and open communication. Understand client needs and translate them into actionable project plans. Experience with global markets a plus.
• Project Management: Lead the development and execution of medical education programs, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. This includes managing timelines, budgets, resources, and internal teams.
• Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development of strategic medical education plans that align with client objectives and address unmet educational needs within the target audience.
• Program Development: Oversee the creation of engaging and impactful medical education programs, including live and virtual events, unbranded and branded content, enduring materials, and digital initiatives.
• Compliance and Regulatory: Ensure all programs adhere to relevant regulatory guidelines, industry best practices, and client-specific requirements.
• Financial Management: Monitor project budgets, track expenses, and ensure financial accountability.
• Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with internal teams, including  medical, program management/coordination, creative, finance, etc., to ensure seamless program execution.
• Communication: Effectively communicate project updates, challenges, and successes to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and support to junior team members, fostering their professional development.
• Business Development: Support new business efforts by contributing to proposals and presentations, showcasing the agency's medical education expertise.

What You’ll Need

• Minimum 5 years of experience in medical education within a healthcare advertising agency or related field.
• Proven track record of successfully managing medical education projects.
• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, including regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communicator with especially strong writing skills and experience presenting strategic and tactical plans to senior management 
• Confident and organized individual who is able to apply their experience in order to provide insights and recommendations to clients 
• Ability to work in team environment fostering ideas through integration and inclusion
• Sound financial skills – has prepared budgets, staffing plans, and statement / scope of work plans 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically PowerPoint
• Ability to travel both domestic and global.

How We’ll Support You  

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed. We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things. We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.