Senior vice president

At Spectrum Science, our mission—connecting humankind to its best healthlife—comes to life through a culture rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and innovation. We believe breakthrough ideas happen when diverse perspectives are embraced and people are empowered to challenge what’s possible.

Join our team of award-winning health-focused experts across advertising, clinical trial experience, communications, consulting, media, medical communications, and patient engagement. Together, we create the momentum that moves science, brands, and careers forward.

The Senior Vice President will be responsible for closely supporting the Client Relationship Leader to drive interwoven programs focused on supporting clients across a growing client portfolio. The role suits a senior professional who thrives in a hands-on agency environment, enjoys direct client engagement, and wants to contribute to both client impact and firm growth.

We are looking for a senior professional to lead strategy and oversee execution for corporate, program, and product communications spanning late-stage development through commercialization. Work across high-visibility therapeutic areas, partnering closely with clients on media relations, milestone communications, and brand positioning.

Job Responsibilities

The SVP serves as a senior strategic leader for $5M+ book of business on large pharma client, responsible for shaping franchise- and product-level communications strategy, guiding senior clients through high-stakes decisions, and ensuring the delivery of integrated, high-quality work that advances client and firm objectives.

• Act as the primary strategic counselor for complex portfolio, franchise, and product communications engagements, advising senior client stakeholders on positioning, priorities, and integrated communications decisions.
• Set the strategic vision for communications programs spanning clinical development, regulatory milestones, data readouts, and commercialization—ensuring clarity, consistency, and business relevance across moments.
• Seamlessly navigate between long-range strategy and real-time advisory support, ensuring execution aligns to strategic intent and meets the highest quality standards.
• Lead the development of persuasive, high-level communications plans (annual, quarterly, and milestone-driven), translating business and scientific strategy into clear narratives and activation pathways.
• Identify growth opportunities within existing accounts and across the firm, contributing to new business development, expanded scopes, and broader client partnerships.
• Own senior client relationships, building trust through sound judgment, proactive guidance, and a deep understanding of client organizations, challenges, and decision dynamics.
• Partner closely with internal and shared-service leaders (e.g., paid media, digital, creative, clinical trial excellence) to deliver integrated solutions and grow multidisciplinary accounts.
• Provide executive oversight of account operations, including staffing models, workflows, and financial performance; accountable for budget management, resourcing, and profitable growth.
• Ensure teams deliver thoughtful, timely, and strategic work—setting clear standards, providing course correction when needed, and elevating the overall quality of client service.
• Directly mentor and develop senior and mid-level talent, fostering strategic thinking, ownership, and leadership capability while building a high-performance, learning-oriented culture.
• Lead by example with a “roll-up-your-sleeves” mindset—stepping in when needed to solve problems, advance work, or support teams during critical moments.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum of 12+ years life science/pharma PR experience, agency preferred
• Experience with late-stage clinical programs as well as global and U.S. commercial launches
• Knowledge of regulatory processes, advisory committees, data and regulatory milestones, congress strategy, KOL and patient communications activations
• Prior experience working in oncology required
• Exceptional writing, editing, and client-facing skills
• Highly organized, proactive, with an entrepreneurial mindset and commitment to client confidentiality
• Oversight of websites, graphics, and core communications assets
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

The anticipated salary range for this position will be $185,000-$205,000. Salary is based on job-related factors such as: years of relevant experience, qualifications and/or certifications. Spectrum reserves the right to modify this pay range at any given time.

We want to ensure our employees are living their best (health and professional) life and offer a variety of benefits and perks which support our flexible work environment.

All positions are remote friendly. At Spectrum, you choose where you work. We are a hybrid work environment with options to work in one of our three offices (D.C., New York, and Chicago), remotely from anywhere in the United States, or a combination.

No matter where you work, you’ll benefit from the monthly cell phone reimbursement.

Flexible time off. Take the time you need in addition to company holidays, voting time, jury duty and bereavement. We also offer a Sabbatical Program after 7 years of service.

13 weeks paid Parental Leave, inclusive of adoption and foster care placement.

Continuous learning and development through Greatest Potential Self (proprietary talent program), tuition reimbursement programs, and in-house 1:1 coaching with access to talent and productivity-based assessments.

Bring your friends to work at Spectrum and earn a generous referral bonus.

Medical concierge service to assist with scheduling appointments, finding care, estimating and resolving claim issues, etc.

Thorough onboarding including accessible conversations with leadership.

401k with company match and 1:1 Financial Coaching and Education.

Wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, as well as science-backed meditation and mindfulness tools through Headspace.

Spectrum is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Spectrum is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Careers@spectrumscience.com.