Managing Director

About the role

Real Chemistry is seeking a Managing Director to lead the agency strategy, positioning, and offerings for our clients. The ideal candidate will support a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team, with a focus on healthcare clients and a potential expansion into non-healthcare markets.

Responsibilities

• Build on current Medical Communication and Marketing offering to establish an operationalized, multi-disciplinary team including analytics, digital and creative.
• Grow complex and multi-disciplinary clients, including those in Medical Affairs and Clinical Trials teams.
• Lead all aspects of current portfolio and growth through current client base, net new business, and manage to profitability.
• Provide senior strategic counsel and build 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 15+ years of professional experience 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.
• 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.
• A strong team-based orientation; a personality that thrives in matrixed environments and enjoys partnering with all levels of team members to achieve results.

Qualifications

• Proven success in new business and business development.
• An entrepreneurial and innovative approach to growing clients and revenue for the business.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen; having led a profitable business or business vertical.
• 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.

Skills

• Adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow.
• Proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
• Highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

Benefits

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region. This includes offices in key markets with free snacks, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vision plans, and support in saving for the future. Additionally, mental wellness coaching and access to over 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning are available. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at www.realchemistrybenefits.com.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $200,000 - $230,000. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

Schedule

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