Account Director | Healthcare Policy, Advocacy & Public Affairs | London at Hanover
- Company: Hanover
- Location: London
- Employment type: full-time
- Posted: 2026-08-29
About us
Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.
From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences and issues.
Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too.
Our mission is to ‘rewire communications for impact’ and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze and make a difference.
We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society.
Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.
Hanover is actively seeking a highly experienced and dynamic Account Director to become an integral part of our Healthcare Policy, Advocacy & Public Affairs team. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone to leverage their expertise in the healthcare sector and make a significant impact on our client services.
As an Account Director, you will lead client relationships, providing senior strategic counsel and ensuring delivery of high-quality, commercially successful account programmes. You will guide clients through the complex landscape of healthcare policy, advocacy, and public affairs, while leading account teams and overseeing programme delivery and budgets.
You will play a leading role in new business activity, including acquisition, development and pitching, alongside managing and mentoring junior team members.
The role will be based in London and offers the opportunity to work across clients we share with our offices in Brussels, Dublin and the Middle East, as well as integrated accounts with our Healthcare Communications and Digital teams.
The team works across a range of services including government relations, public affairs, market access, policy, advocacy and corporate communications across health and business. With over half of the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies, as well as NHS providers, health technology businesses and charities amongst our clients, we offer a diverse and compelling range of issues and opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Lead client accounts, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong client satisfaction and commercial performance.
- Build and lead high-impact political and NHS campaigns to deliver tangible policy change for our clients.
- Lead high-profile events and stakeholder engagement programmes involving politicians, policymakers, NHS stakeholders and patient groups.
- Deliver high-quality strategic intelligence and insights to our clients by utilising the Hanover network and building your own network and expertise across policy areas.
- Maintain an uncompromising commitment to detail, rigorously reviewing all communications, reports and client deliverables to ensure accuracy and professionalism.
- Identify opportunities to grow existing client relationships and broaden Hanover’s offer across accounts.
- Develop and implement innovative strategies for growth, staying ahead of industry trends and positioning Hanover as a leader in the field.
- Take a lead on new business pitches, being a core part of the team in building creative strategies and tactics and pitching to clients.
- Deliver marketing activity to support Hanover Health’s business growth.
- Support the management of expert steering groups to drive thought-leadership for our clients.
- Personal management of junior members of the team providing guidance on professional development.
- Active participant in championing the mission, vision, purpose, values and behaviours of Hanover.
- Recognise and value the diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives of all individuals at Hanover.
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