Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company focused on improving well-being and performance. They are seeking a Senior Manager for Healthcare Communications to oversee client programs, draft client-facing materials, and manage major pharma campaigns, ensuring all deliverables are met on time and within budget.
Responsibilities
- Keep every account on track. Own the master tracker and regular check-in rhythm across all Advisory Services accounts and prospective deals. Make sure every deliverable lands on time, on spec, and on budget
- Run major pharma campaigns end to end. Manage outside vendors, budgets, and invoicing; shepherd materials through regulatory review (see MLR below); and coordinate the client’s approval process. “Tentpole” activations are the big, marquee campaigns or events a brand builds its calendar around
- Be the primary writer of client-ready materials. You’re the first author of annual communications plans, campaign strategies, executive briefing documents, media narratives, status decks, governance review documents, and activation plans. Your first drafts should come in roughly 80% finished — leadership refines them rather than rebuilding them
- Translate strategy into clear briefs for the doers. Turn high-level direction into specific, executable instructions for the Communications and Content teams handling social, content, event planning, production, and PR — with the context, deadlines, and success criteria they need to deliver on strategy
- Help grow the business. Work with the Global Head of Strategic Health Partnerships to scope new Advisory Services opportunities, support closing new partnerships, and onboard new accounts
Skills
- 8+ years in healthcare communications, corporate affairs, pharma advisory services, or account management
- Direct experience drafting client-ready strategic communications documents, ideally in pharma or another highly regulated industry
- Exceptional writing — both polished strategic documents and concise executive briefings
- AI-forward working style, actively using tools like Claude and ChatGPT to work faster and improve quality
- Senior account management experience leading healthcare communications (e.g., MSL, M Booth Health, VML Health, Real Chemistry, Edelman Health, Weber Shandwick Health, FleishmanHillard Health, or similar)
- Experience in corporate communications or corporate affairs at a major pharmaceutical company, coordinating across complex internal stakeholder groups
- Experience supporting life sciences clients across therapeutic areas (disease categories a drug company focuses on) such as cardiometabolic health, oncology (cancer), cardiovascular (heart), neuroscience (brain/nervous system), or immunology (immune system)
- Cross-functional communications experience spanning internal comms, external corporate affairs, executive comms, media, or stakeholder engagement
- Proven ownership of complex client delivery — timelines, deliverables, budgets, vendor coordination, and subcontractor oversight
- Working fluency in MLR/PRC review, FDA OPDP guidance, and the PhRMA Code
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus a 401(k) program with company match.
- Generous paid time-off programs designed to help you rest, reset, and recharge — including Thrive Time, a benefit unique to Thrive that gives employees additional paid time off after major projects or intense periods of work to truly recharge and recover.
- Competitive mix of salary, performance bonus, and equity.
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