Group Account Director, Market Access
About this role
Company Description
The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Oxford PharmaGenesis, Klick Katalyst, and btwelve), Klick Media, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), and Klick Consulting—is an ecosystem dedicated help life sciences brands achieve their full potential through best-in-class marketing and advertising, media, medical affairs and communications, market access, real-world evidence, and technology and analytics consulting — powered by 500+ in-house medical experts and award-winning data science and AI capabilities. Founded in 1997, we have offices in Toronto, New York, Oxford, London, Cambridge, Cardiff, Melbourne, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, São Paulo, and Singapore. One of the most-awarded health agencies on the planet, Klick is consistently recognized for its people-first culture as a Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Women, Best Workplace for Inclusion, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and FORTUNE Best Workplace in Advertising. Klick also recently made history as Cannes Lions Healthcare Agency of the Year, Healthcare Network of the Year, and Independent Agency of the Year – Health.
About our Market Access Team Craft
Our Market Access team, part of our Medical Craft, brings payer, policy, and healthcare system perspectives into brand planning. The team helps clients navigate access, reimbursement, and value conversations across markets. By understanding real-world barriers and opportunities, they connect innovation to adoption. Their work supports strategies that are both aspirational and achievable.
Job Description
The Group Account Director, Market Access leads senior client relationships and shapes market access strategy across one or more pharmaceutical accounts. This role connects payer insight, brand strategy, value communications, and cross-functional delivery to drive strong client outcomes and sustainable agency growth. Working closely with Medical Strategy, Creative, Digital, and Content partners, this leader brings clarity to complex business needs and keeps teams aligned on high-impact priorities. Success in this role requires strong managed markets expertise, commercial acumen, and the ability to guide both clients and internal teams with confidence.
Qualifications
Required:
- 10+ years of healthcare or pharmaceutical agency experience, including senior account leadership on payer, reimbursement, or managed markets business.
- Proven experience leading market access strategy and deliverables such as value briefs, payer communications, or access-focused brand initiatives across multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success managing senior client relationships and presenting strategic recommendations to VP- and executive-level internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience owning financial performance for agency business, including scope, forecasting, and P&L management for accounts in the multimillion-dollar range.
- Track record of leading and developing teams, including direct performance management, coaching, and building growth plans for account talent.
Desired:
- Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
- Advanced degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related life sciences field, with clear application to client leadership or market access work.
- Experience integrating digital, omnichannel, or data-informed engagement approaches into market access or managed markets programs.
- Brand management or commercial strategy experience within life sciences, with exposure to launch, lifecycle, or portfolio planning.
- New business experience, including contributing to pitch strategy, solution development, and expansion planning within existing accounts
Additional Information
This posting is for a newly created role at Klick.
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Our Commitment to Inclusion
Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.
Company at a glance
Today's most complex therapies in oncology, rare disease, and specialty biologics have evidence journeys that are long and stakeholders that are sophisticated. But the industry meant to move them forward still operates in two halves: science on one side, commercialization on the other. Somewhere in the handoff, context gets lost.
This is the gap Klick Health and Oxford PharmaGenesis are joining forces to close.
Klick Health is the world's largest independent commercialization partner for life sciences, focused on developing, launching, and supporting brands to achieve their full potential. Oxford PharmaGenesis is the leading HealthScience communications consultancy, renowned for scientific communications, medical affairs, publications strategy, and market access consulting.
Together, we bring 60 combined years of independence, scientific credibility, and delivery excellence. Over 500 advanced degree holders. 2,100 experts now work seamlessly together, carrying scientific rigor and commercial fluency across the full lifecycle, without compromise.
Two legacies. One standard of excellence. Bonded by breakthroughs.
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