Account Supervisor, Healthcare, Ruder Finn

Ruder Finn is one of the world’s largest independent global communications and integrated marketing agencies, recognized for bold ideas, strategic thinking, and a culture that continually pushes what’s next. The agency continues to earn recognition for its industry leadership, creativity, and growth, including being named Large Agency of the Year at the 2026 PRWeek U.S. Awards and one of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work.

Ruder Finn is seeking an Account Supervisor to join our Healthcare Practice. In this role, you will you will be an integral part of our dynamic team, helping drive integrated communications program inclusive of regulatory milestones, disease awareness efforts, social and influencer initiatives, patient advocacy efforts, and earned media efforts. You will work closely with senior account leadership and clients to shape and execute programs that advance client objectives, while also managing workstreams, timelines, budgets, mentoring junior team members, and ensuring high-quality, timely and error-free client deliverables.

If you’re passionate about healthcare, energized by complex challenges, and excited to build campaigns that make an impact, this could be the perfect role for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with senior account leads to manage day-to-day activities and ensure client’s objectives and strategic vision are being met

• Oversee multiple projects for clients from conception to completion by anticipating challenges, troubleshooting problems, proposing solutions, offering client counsel, overseeing work quality and ensuring deadline and budget adherence

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of client’s business, including its competitors and their products, public opinion/market trends, influencers and media trends, and understanding how those factors may impact client’s business

• Contribute significantly to the research, planning, and development of comprehensive and strategic public relations campaigns. Understand when to elevate problems to senior team members along with proposed solutions, soliciting their counsel when needed

• Lead the development of core materials, including media strategy, press releases, key message documents, social media content and communications plans

• Ensure quality control of all communications/content

• Show a high level of responsiveness and communicate with clients, supervisors and account teams in a clear and timely manner

• Adapt communication style according to the audience and message being communicated

• Promote two-way communication within the team and invite ideas and creativity from junior team members. Motivate team members to collaborate to reach shared objectives

• Convey ideas clearly and confidently in client meetings and presentations

• Set a good example for others to follow; bring new ideas and embrace different ways of thinking

• Provide direct, complete and actionable positive and constructive feedback to others

• Delegate effectively, set clear expectations and deadlines

• Build program budgets, track finances, create SOWs, and support forecasting while ensuring resources align with client needs

Qualifications

• Minimum 4+ years of experience within public relations/communications with healthcare or pharmaceutical experience. Oncology experience is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, biology or a related field

• Understanding of product communications, patient advocacy and the data/regulatory processes (e.g., clinical trial phases, FDA approvals)

• Experience with MLR process, using systems such as Veeva, is preferred

• Effective written and verbal communication skills, presentation skills and organizational skills

• Curiosity and comfort with integrating AI into communications and workflows

Benefits & More

• You will receive a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity

• You will also be able to enroll in our Health, Dental, Vision, company paid Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, as well as 401k (match) plan.

• Monthly allowance for cell phone, office equipment, etc.

• Generous PTO policy with paid maternity/paternity leave

• Professional learning and development opportunities

• Workplace flexibility

• On-site and off-site social gatherings

The anticipated salary range for this position, at the time of posting, is $80,000 - $100,000. The salary of the applicant selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, internal equity, geography, relevant years of experience, certifications, skills, abilities of the selected applicant, and other job-related qualifications. In addition, a range of medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available by the company.

Ruder Finn provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Ruder Finn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Ruder Finn believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.