Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences

We know how to tell the stories of scientific, medical, and technological innovations that improve health around the world. We help our clients understand their diverse stakeholders and build integrated programs to reach them. Whether it’s amplifying a research milestone, articulating a company strategy and equity story, building trust in a medical breakthrough, or defending the economic value of a new medicine, we work with clients across the healthcare sector and across geographies to help them succeed.

About the Role

As a Director, you will lead on the development and delivery of strategic communications plans and provide senior-level advice to a broad range of clients. You will develop and land regular and proactive ideas for clients, advising on critical issues impacting some of the world’s most influential businesses and playing a leading role as day-to-day point of contact for your clients. You will also develop strategies to approach and cultivate new business targets using a strong internal network that includes talent from across Brunswick’s markets and regions, as well as your own external network. You will ensure the smooth running of teams by establishing clear roles, managing performance, and ensuring that all key stakeholders and client needs are being covered by the team. You will work closely with Partners on all aspects of client management, including account finances, fee negotiation, and adviser meetings.

Additional responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain strong and trusted relationships with senior client contacts to deliver strategic advice.
• Drive accounts, providing strategic direction based on Partner guidance and overall accountability.
• Manage sensitive and complex media issues.
• Identify new opportunities to deliver additional Brunswick expertise to clients; actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships.
• Work with a variety of client and pitch teams, serving as a sector expert for other geographies and specialist offers.
• Foster development of team members’ skills; serve as development mentor.
• Use sector knowledge to promote new business approaches and ideas.
• Actively extend internal and external networks and draw insights from these.
• Drive new business pitches/proposals, providing insight and ideas and coordinating ideas from team members.
• Support firm and sector marketing activity, including on events and content development.
• Propose new ideas for firm marketing initiatives, such as themes for client events, events we should attend and topics for Brunswick thought leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• A strong track record either working in an advisory role within healthcare, pharmaceuticals or life sciences, or consulting experience advising such clients.
• 10+ years’ relevant professional experience.
• Deep understanding of business and strategic advisory communications in this sector, with first-hand experience of handling highly topical issues, and an extensive network from which to draw intelligence.
• An understanding of the interplay between corporates, the financial community, the political and regulatory arena and clinical or patient communities.
• A strong understanding of corporate positioning, and how to develop strategies that can translate into programs with real sustained impact.
• Experience in media-handling, with extensive knowledge of the healthcare and life sciences media landscape, would be highly beneficial.
• Ability to operate effectively in a commercial, self-starting, and fast-paced environment.
• Experience advising senior business leaders with confidence and diplomacy.
• Ability to connect with and leverage the skills and expertise of colleagues, to deliver the best possible advice, campaigns and programs to clients.
• A strong verbal and written communicator with high EQ levels and an engaging presentation style.
• A global perspective and experience working with international businesses or organisations.
• A balance of creative and analytical thinking, bringing rigor, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• A natural team‑worker who prefers to work in a collegiate way.

Why Join Us

Whether you are joining a client facing team, a core services team, or starting out on your professional career journey, joining Brunswick unlocks a range of employee benefits to support your financial future, health and wellness, family and community and continuous professional development.

About Brunswick

Brunswick is a global advisory firm. We help companies tackle high‑stakes issues, navigate complex stakeholder relationships, and deliver high‑impact outcomes. Our clients value our ability to anticipate, shape, and respond to the key players and forces in the financial and investment arena, regulatory and geopolitical universe, NGO community, workforce and beyond. They rely on us for deep experience, fresh perspectives and original thinking. So, in Brunswick you will find an exceptional range of experience and talent with a rich mix of backgrounds. From the beginning, we have prioritised attracting, developing, and retaining the best professionals in the industry, united by a culture of inclusivity, excellence, and intellectual curiosity. Founded in 1987 in London, the firm has organically grown to 27 offices in 18 countries across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. We operate as a “one‑firm firm” with no individual profit centres. This allows us to assemble fully integrated, bespoke teams for each client, able to draw on the full resources of Brunswick anywhere in the world. Brunswick is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.