The posting
About Us
At BGBx, we're driven by a simple idea: breakthrough thinking creates breakthrough impact. As an independent commercial solutions partner to pharmaceutical and life science companies, we bring together strategists, scientists, communicators, creatives, technologists, and data experts to tackle some of healthcare's most important challenges.
Our teams work across consulting and communications to help clients shape strategy, launch innovations, engage stakeholders, and drive meaningful results throughout the product lifecycle. The work is complex, fast-moving, and deeply connected to improving lives, creating opportunities for curious minds to make a real difference every day.
If you're energized by collaboration, inspired by innovation, and motivated by work that matters, you'll find a place to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact at BGBx.
Position Overview
The Senior 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 Senior 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 Senior Account Executive also works with project management to ensure agency work is developed in accordance with client processes and milestones.
Role Requirements:
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
- Participate in client-related travel as required, including local (tri-state) and domestic travel, with potential for international travel
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
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in the account services field within the advertising industry or a similar industry
- Comfortable with scientific information
- Bachelor’s degree
- 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: $75,000-$85,000
BGB Group is headquartered in New York City, and the salary range listed reflects the expected base compensation for this role in the New York City metropolitan area. This position may be performed remotely within the United States. For candidates located outside the New York City area, compensation will be adjusted to reflect the applicable market for the employee’s primary work location. Final compensation will be determined based on geographic location, experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
What We Offer
At BGBx, we invest in our people because exceptional talent drives exceptional work. We provide a competitive rewards package designed to support your health, well-being, professional growth, and life outside of work.
Our benefits package typically includes health care insurance, retirement plans, generous paid time off and holidays, wellness benefits, life insurance, learning and development opportunities, and other resources that support our employees throughout their careers. Additional benefits may be available based on your location. Beyond benefits, you'll find a culture built on collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on healthcare and the people it serves.
BGBx 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.
