Group Director, Paid Media (Client Experience)

USA (Hybrid)

$160K/yr – $195K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead senior media strategy and client leadership for a pharma/healthcare portfolio, aligning strategy, activation, and measurement to measurable outcomes.

  • Own end-to-end portfolio strategy, planning, budgeting, and cross-channel activation.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in media strategy with large budgets and cross-functional teams; pharma/healthcare preferred.
  • Standout: Proven leadership across strategy, BI, and media ops with strong client impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead portfolio-level media strategy and oversee execution across multiple brands.
  • Serve as the senior client partner — driving collaboration, anticipating needs, and shaping recommendations that ladder up to measurable business outcomes.
  • Champion innovation in media, exploring emerging opportunities and piloting first-to-market activations.
  • Oversee annual planning, SOW creation, budget management, and forecasting for assigned portfolio.
  • Ensure financial health of accounts through proactive scope, budget, and reconciliation management.
  • Bridge strategy, creative, analytics, and activation — ensuring alignment from campaign planning through measurement and optimization.
  • 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.
  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of Media Directors and Supervisors — fostering curiosity, accountability, and continuous development.

Requirements

  • 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 — equally 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 — you see process as an enabler, not a constraint.

Benefits

  • 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.
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Real Chemistry drives the commercial success of healthcare companies by creating AI-powered, idea-driven healthcare experiences with the customer at the center. Over 2,000 experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
2.5K employees (648 in marketing)
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