Managing 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 a Managing Director to join our growing team!

The Managing Director will be a senior leader tasked to drive the agency strategy, positioning, and offerings for our clients.  They will support a distinctive employee experience for our multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team.

The majority of clients come from the healthcare sector with aspirations to expand into non-healthcare markets over time while continuing growth in healthcare. The current scopes are diverse and include multiple fields: PR, CTR, digital and social marketing, internal communications, branding, analytics and tech dev. Our clients know us as an integrated consultancy to whom they can trust – regardless of project scope or scale.

Our Managing Directors are agile, responsive, and have strong conceptual thinking capabilities. As Real Chemistry has continuously achieved significant growth over the past several years, this person should also be comfortable with ambiguity and the uncertainty which comes with rapid innovation and growth. We are a senior-led team and our clients expect to have access and regular counsel from our leadership. This person will also need to be comfortable being tactically involved in the day-to-day workings of client work.

In addition, there is a need for strong internal communications to help lead change within the organization, support controlled growth, and maintain strong retention rates.

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:

• Position yourself as an industry leader, networking to develop brand awareness.
• Build on current Medical Communication and Marketing offering to establish an operationalized, multi-disciplinary team including analytics, digital and creative.

• Previous experience of working in an agency environment in a similar position
• Proven track record of growing complex and multi discipline and integrated clients
• Proven success in new business and business development
• An entrepreneurial and innovative approach to growing clients and revenue for the business
• Must demonstrate strong commercial and financial acumen; having led a profitable business or business vertical

• Develop programs targeted specifically at Medical Affairs and Clinical Trials teams to access a new target audience for our consultancy.
• Grow the opportunities with clients into a broader portfolio of offerings including digital media, marketing, advertising, and social media.
• Lead all aspects of current portfolio and growth through current client base, net new business, and manage to profitability.
• Provide counsel across several existing accounts and lead multi-disciplinary team to deliver against client critical metrics.
• Client lead on a number of accounts providing senior strategic counsel, building multi- disciplinary teams by working in collaboration with shared services (analytics and creative) teams, as well as SMEs.
• Immerse quickly in Real Chemistry offerings and methodologies to take a coordinated approach to clients and new business.
• Develop 30-60-90 day plan to outline key needs and contributions; set expectations internally.
• Partner with current leadership team to drive and deliver a robust strategy for the consultancy.
• Facilitate training and mentoring of team to support the growth of the business. Infuse team with energy and passion through internal communication and respected partnership.
• Identify new hires to accelerate business growth through broader network or new skill set.

This position is a perfect fit for you if:

• ​Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Alwaysand 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 or equivalent experience is required.
• 15+ years in a professional environment within the public relations, communications, or advertising industry.
• Management experience required; an approach to staff management that brings out the best in team members yielding operational excellence, pride, ownership, and a deep dedication to Real Chemistry.
• A successful track record of winning new business and growing current business.
• Outstanding communication skills to connect with a variety of audiences.
• The experience, ability and inclination to be an effective, inspiring leader for Real Chemistry.
• Exemplary interpersonal and listening skills; cultural sensitivity, particularly with respect to collaborating with global audiences via multiple media.
• Exceptional client management skills.
• A keen eye for operational efficiency and optimal use of resources; an aptitude for use of data and metrics in decision-making; the ability to plan, monitor, and tightly manage a budget.
• An awareness, appreciation, and knowledge of analytics and multi-channel marketing.
• A genuine passion for contributing to the transformation of a consultancy that is operating in a constantly evolving environment and a desire to work with a high-energy leadership team who sets the highest standards of performance.
• Strong team-based orientation; a personality that thrives in matrixed environments and enjoys partnering with all levels of team members to achieve results.

Pay Range: $200,000-$230,000
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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