Senior Account Director

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$105K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive senior client engagements and strategic healthcare PR leadership for Real Chemistry, balancing business growth, team development, and cross‑functional execution.

  • Lead multiple client engagements and strategic healthcare PR initiatives end-to-end.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in healthcare PR/communications with demonstrated business growth and leadership.
  • Standout: Strong cross-functional leadership, budget oversight, and talent development.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead & develop multiple client engagements of varying sizes in a fast-paced environment.
  • Provide counsel on research findings, industry knowledge, the external marketplace, and competitive pressures and brand influences to sell agency expertise, gain consensus on creative ideas, and develop initiatives.
  • Empower teams through engaging career development practices. Encourage and lead internal teams to ensure technical and operational excellence in all executions.
  • Participate in leadership activities and recruiting events to attract and retain talent.
  • Provide strategic direction for the business, in partnership with internal leadership, to ensure team is always delivering their best work.
  • Maintain and cultivate relationships with key media channels to ensure our services are executed strategically.
  • Thoroughly understand Real Chemistry’s capabilities and demonstrate a passion for healthcare, digital, and communications to help spot opportunities for the client to achieve greater success, reach a broader audience and use all the tools at their disposal. Sell ideas internally and to clients.
  • Function as the contact point for project challenges to keep projects timely and on-budget. Lead operations and maintain financial accountability for the performance of engagements through close oversight of budgets pitches.
  • Partner with practice, shared service leads throughout the business, and team, to find opportunities to streamline, elevate and innovate our tactical processes.
  • Identify and develop integrated business (social media/digital, content) through trend-spotting, strategic recommendations, and introducing clients to the full scope of Real Chemistry’s capabilities

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing or a related field or equivalent experience is required.
  • 8+ years proven experience in a professional environment within the public relations, communications, and / or advertising industries. Integrated healthcare PR experience required.
  • Demonstrated ability to grow existing business and participate strategically in new business.
  • Outstanding project management skills. Demonstrated ability to meet timelines, prioritize, and manage detailed budgets.
  • Outstanding business interpersonal skills. Ability to explain sophisticated technical terms, clinical trials, and studies pertaining to the brand. Able to communicate critical information to management and the client. Very strong data orientation.
  • Ability to break down major business challenges into measurable steps to achieve success.
  • Strong influencing skills to affect change internally and with the clients.
  • Management experience required. Able to empower, keep teams on track, and participate in professional development of staff.
  • High energy, able to effectively operate in fast-paced, growing and evolving environment.
  • The position may require some domestic travel for client meetings and conferences (10 percent).

Nice to Have

  • Passion for healthcare and digital health.
  • Strong client services reputation.
  • Adaptable, proactive, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills.

Benefits

  • 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 vision 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.
  • Real HART policy: attendance in the office two days per week for employees near offices; flexible remote options otherwise; Real Hybrid approach where applicable.
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Real Chemistry

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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)
44% recommend to a friend
44% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
53.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.3%
Direct
53.5%
Referral
5.9%
Social
12.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
461 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
28

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