Senior Associate Director/Director, Healthcare

APCO’s Paris office is hiring a Senior Associate Director/Director to join our fast-growing health team. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to become a key figurehead of one of the leading advisory firms in the health space – driving new business, offering high-value strategic advice to clients and working with a world class team.

Thanks to our unique positioning combining advisory, integrated approach and deep health expertise, our French health team is growing exponentially and now represents APCO’s largest practice in France. We partner with a wide variety of companies and organisations spanning emerging biotechs to established pharmaceutical companies, medical devices manufacturers and public health organizations. We work on virtually all of today’s most pressing matters in health, whilst constantly collaborating with our regional and global practice, as well as with our colleagues from other sectoral practices to generate impact for our clients. 

We are now looking for an ambitious, talented and entrepreneurial professional to contribute to the leadership of our health practice. In partnership with the Europe health lead, this profile would play a crucial role both for our Paris office as a whole and for our health team by leading key accounts, actively contributing to growth and mentoring consultants.

The ideal candidate would need to have a minimum of eight years of relevant experience in consultancy, whilst we are also open to candidates who have worked both in-house and consultancy. As a leading advisory firm, we are looking for a brilliant strategist with excellent analytical skills, vision, a knack for going off the beaten tracks and exceptional skills in crafting integrated strategies across government affairs, advocacy, communication and crisis. You will demonstrate a strong commercial acumen and ability to grow your portfolio through your network and your ability to craft winning proposals. You will have experience managing complex work streams and leading, nurturing and inspiring junior colleagues. You will be fluent in English and, ideally, have experience collaborating on multi-market assignments.

2025 promises to be a hugely exciting year in the ever changing global healthcare space. By joining our team, you will be working with passionate, collaborative and diverse experts in France and beyond to support the health leaders of today and tomorrow in navigating this environment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide the highest level of consulting services to our clients through strategy development, high-level messaging and flawless execution across a range of policy, communication and issue management assignments.
• Manage accounts efficiently and grow client relationships by overseeing client projects, leading teams and ensuring excellent quality of deliverables.
• Strongly contribute to growth by generating new business opportunities through personal connections and marketing activities and successfully answering to RFPs.
• Nurture and inspire talents as the line manager of junior consultants and contribute to the motivating, friendly and inclusive environment we have created.
• Collaborate with colleagues from the Europe health practice and the Global health practice on both client work and new business opportunities.
• Proactively stay abreast of key health developments to nurture your own thought-leadership and flag opportunities for further client engagement.

Qualifications:

• At least 8 years of experience managing assignments across the spectrum of government affairs, advocacy, communication and crisis in the health space.
• Excellent skills in building and implementing integrated and impactful strategies together with strong ability to think beyond beaten paths 
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to grow your portfolio through your network and your ability to craft winning proposals.
• Excellent presentation, writing and analytical skills, and the ability to write both strategically and creatively under tight deadlines.
• Strong project management experience, including overseeing a team and multiple deliverables, providing clear and concise feedback to maintain high standards.
• Fluent in English
• Collaborative and open mindset

We are recognised as one of the best agencies to work for in our industry, providing:

• The opportunity to work on a diverse range of clients and projects with some of the industry’s best and brightest.
• A collegial and collaborative working environment, where you will work closely with colleagues from around the world.
• Significant opportunities to develop professionally, with extensive training and personal development program