Health - Public Affairs - Account Director

Health - Public Affairs - Account Director

Acumen Public Affairs

Brussels, Belgium

Are you passionate about European and Global health policy? Are you proactive, solution-driven, willing to take the extra mile and eager to help us grow the business by delivering excellent service to our clients? Do you want to be part of a team where your opinion matters, and you can work on a variety of Health topics? Do you love leading teams and helping junior colleagues grow?

Then this opportunity is perfect for you!

What we are looking for:

We are looking for an Account Director who will work with and complement our Healthcare practice, based in Brussels, Belgium.

Your role will include:

• Leading and managing a variety of exciting policy projects and your own client portfolio, providing your strategic advice during client meetings;
• Preparing evidence-based strategies, narratives and materials, translating complex insights into actionable recommendations;
• Coaching junior members of the team to help them grow in their career and help them manage their workload;
• Joining the leadership team of the health practice, providing overall support to the Partners and contributing to the growth of the practice.

Your experience and knowledge:

• You have more than 7 years of relevant work experience for the role. Ideally, you would have a combined experience of working at the Intitutions (DG SANTE/RTD/HERA/Cabinets, MEP office, PermRep) and in an agency, patient, or professional group. If you do not have a track record in the healthcare area, you will not be considered;
• You have demonstrated knowledge of ongoing health debates at EU level (IP, access, EU’s pharmaceutical legislative framework, rare diseases, etc.);
• You have a thorough knowledge of the EU institutions and legislative processes;
• You are comfortable with policy communications campaigns – at EU level and coordinating market-level inputs;
• You have a perfect command of English; your additional languages are an asset.

Your skills:

• You are flexible, enthusiastic, you have the ability to work under tight deadlines in an international environment;
• You have a client-oriented mindset, an ability to lead projects and teams and deliver high quality outputs;
• You have advanced writing skills and an ability to quickly summarise complex issues;
• You have excellent communication skills; an ability to adapt writing to different audiences;
• You have strong organisational and project management skills, proven through concrete previous examples and track record;
• You are proficient with IT and new media tools;
• You have the permission to work in Belgium;
• You have good references.