Group Account Director (Integrated Communications)

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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Real Chemistry is a global health innovation company with offices across Europe and the US. We believe that the way to real, transformative change is through the uncommon combination of disciplines, technologies, and our greatest asset – our people. We are currently looking to add to our alchemic mix of more than 1,800 talented professionals. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing global company committed to making the world a healthier place for all.

Job Summary:

Real Chemistry is looking for a  Group Account Director to join our brand new office in Munich. This is a really exciting position for someone who wants to help shape our German offering across Integrated Communications as we build further into the European and German local markets – someone who’s keen to help build out our local business and capabilities and be at the forefront of our expansion into EMEA.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple client engagements of varying sizes in a fast-paced environment
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships through exceptional stakeholder management skills
• Seamlessly flex between big picture strategic development/ad hoc guidance, and getting stuck in to assure execution of associated tactics are flawless
• Guide clients on integrated marketing/communications decisions, identifying new opportunities to increase visibility of their brand including consultative selling
• Develop high-level and persuasive communications plans (annual, quarterly, etc.)
• Lead operational efforts and be accountable for the financial performance of engagements through close management of budgets and team members
• Ensure the quality of the account team(s) is held to the highest standard and that all client requests are handled in a strategic and timely manner
• Partner with shared service leads to run and grow integrated business (social media/digital, creative, analytics)
• Uncover, lead and support new business opportunities
• Directly supervise account staff and promote continuous learning and development to help build a high performing culture

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience within the healthcare communications space
• Experience leading healthcare communications accounts both at a local German market level and on global and regional level
• Experience in strategy development and execution of global programs, as well as local implementation in the German market
• In-depth understanding of industry regulations in Germany
• Excellent business communication skills in both English and German language (proficient level expected) including informal/formal presentation and writing skills; this includes confident public speaking both internally and externally with clients, vendors, and affiliates
• Ability to work within and lead cross-functional teams internally across multiple locations
• Develop multi-faceted, multi-channel and multi-market strategies and campaigns to deliver against business objectives and strategic imperatives
• Work with analyst teams to identify key client KPIs, develop measurement and learning plans that communicate program performance and reveal opportunities to increase success
• Ability to relay high science of clinical trials or products to audiences with different levels of knowledge
• Ability to support and drive new business operations alone and as part of bigger team
• Experience with annual planning, resourcing and forecasting
• Professional presence, performs with a sense of urgency and with a client service orientation
• Project management experience, demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, prioritize and manage detailed budgets
• Has confidence to manage upward when required; able to communicate with managers when deadlines will not be met or when issues are foreseeable
• Supervisory skills, with ability to manage and cultivate junior staff and effectively collaborate with subcontractors
• Intermediate to advanced capabilities in using social media

The position requires some international travel for client meetings and conferences.

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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