Account Director

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

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Job Summary:

Real Chemistry is looking for an Account Director to join our growing team!

The Account Director is responsible for client relationships and serves as a trusted partner to clients. The ideal candidate for this role has a stellar client services reputation and is passionate about health care and digital health. In addition to leading client engagements, they will manage and galvanize cross-functional team members to think smarter, work effectively, drive innovative and integrated solutions, and deliver groundbreaking results and client satisfaction.

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain productive client relationships to ensure that recommendations and results surpass client expectations.
• Initiate ongoing communication with clients to manage expectations; ensure staffing resources and performance expectations are met; provide strategic counsel.
• Contribute to overall client financial management; establish and meet internal client revenue targets.
• Provide proactive counsel on research findings, the external marketplace, competitive pressures and brand influences to sell agency expertise, gain consensus on creative ideas, and develop central initiatives.
• Lead multiple client engagements of varying sizes in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate to drive strategic solutions that respond to business and communications challenges.
• Identify new opportunities to help Real Chemistry’s business and brand.
• Build thoughtful, clear, concise decks that outline business objectives.
• Thoroughly understand our capabilities and demonstrate a passion for healthcare, digital, and communications to help spot opportunities for the client to achieve greater success, reach a broader audience, and use all the tools at their disposal.
• Encourage and lead internal teams to ensure technical and operational excellence in all executions.
• Manage execution and project challenges, utilizing technical and influence skills to problem solve and keep projects timely and on-budget
• Partner throughout the business to streamline, elevate, and innovate our tactical processes.
• Partner with shared service leads to identify, develop and grow integrated business (social media/digital, content) through trend-spotting, strategic recommendations, and introducing clients to the full scope of Real Chemistry’s capabilities.
• Develop understanding of the pitch process.
• Lead account and cross-functional teams to encourage excellence and integrity in all matters.
• Operate as a talent ambassador for Real Chemistry by participating in recruiting events.
• Empower teams through engaging and active management and career development practices.
• Set clear performance objectives and utilize all management tools to communicate alignment and performance measures.

This position is a perfect fit for you if:

• ​Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you.
• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
• You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

What you should have:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or a related field or equivalent experience is required.
• 8+ years in a professional environment within the public relations, communications, and / or advertising industries.
• Proficiency in the constantly evolving digital landscape and the impact to clients’ business.
• Exceptional project management skills; demonstrated ability to meet timelines, prioritize, and manage detailed budgets.
• Outstanding business & data communication skills. Can explain complex technical terms, clinical trials, and studies pertaining to the brand. Able to communicate critical information to management and the client.
• Proven ability to lead account teams and become a trusted client partner.
• Experience identifying organic new business; some exposure to new business pitch work.
• Some management experience of junior staff required – interns, associates.
• High energy, able to effectively operate in fast-paced, growing and evolving environment
• The position may require some domestic travel for client meetings and conferences (10 percent).

Pay Range: $98,000 - $118,000
This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting.  Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.  

Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified; check out what our people shared about our culture and workplace on our Great Places to Work Profile here.

We believe we can do our best when feeling our best, which is why we’ve put together a benefits program designed to give you the support you and your family need at every stage of life. Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vison plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning.  Learn more about our great benefits and perks and search specific offerings in your region at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com.

Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have office locations in cities in the US, UK, and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are also actively opening new office locations, so if one opens near you, our Real HART policy will apply. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is a critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.

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