At Real Chemistry, we transform healthcare through scientific expertise, human‑centred creativity, and AI‑driven insights.
Position Overview
Real Chemistry is seeking a Group Director, Paid Media (Client Experience) to lead a portfolio of media accounts. This portfolio‑level leader will partner with clients and internal teams to deliver strategic vision, operational excellence, and talent development, ensuring data‑driven, flawlessly executed work.
What You’ll Do
Client + Business Leadership
- Lead portfolio‑level media strategy and oversee execution across multiple brands.
- Serve as senior client partner, driving collaboration, anticipating needs, and shaping recommendations that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Champion media innovation, exploring emerging opportunities and piloting first‑to‑market activations.
- Oversee annual planning, SOW creation, budget management, and forecasting for the assigned portfolio.
- Ensure financial health of accounts through proactive scope, budget, and reconciliation management.
Strategic + Cross‑Functional Integration
- Bridge strategy, creative, analytics, and activation, ensuring alignment from campaign planning through measurement and optimisation.
- Drive integration across internal teams and partner agencies to deliver seamless, cross‑channel work.
- Translate data and insights into meaningful, client‑ready stories that inspire confidence and action.
- Partner with Strategy and BI to evolve measurement frameworks, establish KPIs, and drive learning agendas.
Team + Talent Leadership
- Lead, coach, and grow a team of Media Directors and Supervisors, fostering curiosity, accountability, and continuous development.
- Build scalable processes, tools, and workflows to improve clarity, quality, and efficiency across the team.
- Create a culture of collaboration, innovation, and operational excellence that embodies our values.
- Serve as a role model for strong communication, diplomacy, and partnership across departments.
Agency + Thought Leadership
- Contribute to agency initiatives that improve how we plan, partner, and execute work.
- Represent Real Chemistry externally, building relationships with publishers and vendors and identifying new opportunities.
- Collaborate on POVs, playbooks, and case studies to advance industry thought leadership and internal education.
What You Bring
- 10+ years of experience in media strategy, planning, and activation across digital channels; pharma or healthcare experience strongly preferred.
- Deep understanding of DTC and HCP audiences, omnichannel strategy, and the evolving media landscape.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire teams, manage complex portfolios, and deliver outstanding client results.
- Advanced financial acumen with experience managing large‑scale budgets and scopes of work.
- Exceptional client relationship and communication skills – adept at boardroom presentations and day‑to‑day problem solving.
- Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills with a proven record of working effectively across Strategy, BI, and Ad Ops.
- Comfort with ambiguity, change, and growth – seeing process as an enabler, not a constraint.
Pay Range
$160,000 – $195,000 (determined by job‑related, non‑discriminatory factors including experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location).
Benefits
Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefits program tailored to each region, including competitive health, dental, and vision plans; paid time off; generous holiday schedule; mental wellness coaching; and access to thousands of online learning courses.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or other protected characteristic. If you require accommodations during the interview process, please let your recruiter know.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…