Head of New Business
Real Chemistry, Raleigh, NC, United States
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.
Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues.
Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem.
Head of Global Business Development The Role Real Chemistry is seeking a Head of Global Business Development to lead and scale enterprise‑wide growth across our U.S. and international healthcare portfolio. This is a senior leadership role responsible for delivering the vision, strategy, and operating model for new business and organic growth across capabilities, markets, and client segments.
This is a U.S. hybrid role, based in or near one of our U.S. hubs.
Reporting to the Head of Business Strategy and Growth, the Head of Business Development is a core member of the growth leadership team with direct accountability for opportunity expansion, win‑rate performance, and the evolution of Real Chemistry’s go‑to‑market approach. This leader will lead a matrixed team across markets and capabilities to uplevel and drive outsized performance, oversee high‑impact new business pursuits, major organic growth opportunities, and drive cross‑enterprise business development efforts in coordination with capabilities and global markets—while building scalable processes, teams, and tools that enable sustained growth.
What You’ll Do Oversee Global Business Development
Own and evolve Real Chemistry’s
enterprise business development strategy , aligning growth priorities to market opportunity, client needs, and capability strengths.
Provide executive leadership for integrated RFx, consolidations, and proactive pursuits, ensuring responses are integrated, differentiated, and commercially compelling.
Guide pitch strategy, structure, and storytelling for the firm’s most critical and complex opportunities.
Partner with Client Leads and Capability Leaders to unlock organic growth within existing accounts.
Connect capabilities and teams across U.S. and global business development efforts to ensure integrated, cohesive, and differentiated points of view.
Evolve and implement scalable business development processes, tools, and governance models across markets and capabilities.
Establish consistent standards for prioritization, resourcing, workflow management, and post‑pitch learning.
Drive data‑informed decision‑making through performance tracking, win‑loss analysis, and market intelligence.
Lead, Inspire, and Develop Teams
Lead and develop a matrixed, hybrid business development organization, working with senior growth leaders and cross‑functional contributors.
Build a high‑performing, inclusive culture focused on mentorship, capability uplift, and continuous improvement.
Act as a connector—aligning matrixed teams across geographies, disciplines, and leadership levels.
Serve as a Senior Executive Partner
Collaborate closely with executive leadership to shape enterprise strategy, positioning, and long‑term growth planning.
Represent Real Chemistry externally with senior clients, partners, and industry stakeholders.
Anticipate market shifts and competitive dynamics, ensuring Real Chemistry remains ahead of evolving client needs.
This Role Is a Strong Fit If You…
Are an enterprise‑mindful growth leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and execution.
You are entrepreneurial and a builder with a desire to shape and scale business development processes, efforts, and contribute to global growth.
Area confident executive presence who can influence without authority and lead through complexity.
You are an inspirational leader who can develop, coach, and direct hybrid teams of various scale.
You are a strategic leader who can unite teams and drive meaningful business results through influence.
You thrive in environments where you can build structure, implement new operational models, and elevate capability maturity across teams.
Balance big‑picture vision with operational rigor and follow‑through.
Lead with curiosity, accountability, and a passion for developing people.
What You Bring
15+ years of experience in an integrated marketing, communications, or advertising agency environment, with deep healthcare industry expertise.
Proven success leading large enterprise‑level business development and growth functions.
Extensive experience driving high‑value, complex pitches and long‑cycle growth initiatives.
Ability to navigate across complex hybrid organizations and markets to centralize and coordinate business development efforts.
Strong understanding of integrated marketing, communications, medical, digital, and activation capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to navigate and unify complex, matrixed organizations.
Exceptional storytelling, writing, and executive‑level presentation skills.
Experience partnering with C‑suite and senior executives on growth and transformation initiatives.
Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working across disciplines.
Comfort using performance metrics, reporting tools, and market insights to inform strategy.
Demonstrated experience in hybrid team leadership, capability development, and organizational implementation.
Pay Range: $ 250,000-275 ,000
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.
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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Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues.
Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem.
Head of Global Business Development The Role Real Chemistry is seeking a Head of Global Business Development to lead and scale enterprise‑wide growth across our U.S. and international healthcare portfolio. This is a senior leadership role responsible for delivering the vision, strategy, and operating model for new business and organic growth across capabilities, markets, and client segments.
This is a U.S. hybrid role, based in or near one of our U.S. hubs.
Reporting to the Head of Business Strategy and Growth, the Head of Business Development is a core member of the growth leadership team with direct accountability for opportunity expansion, win‑rate performance, and the evolution of Real Chemistry’s go‑to‑market approach. This leader will lead a matrixed team across markets and capabilities to uplevel and drive outsized performance, oversee high‑impact new business pursuits, major organic growth opportunities, and drive cross‑enterprise business development efforts in coordination with capabilities and global markets—while building scalable processes, teams, and tools that enable sustained growth.
What You’ll Do Oversee Global Business Development
Own and evolve Real Chemistry’s
enterprise business development strategy , aligning growth priorities to market opportunity, client needs, and capability strengths.
Provide executive leadership for integrated RFx, consolidations, and proactive pursuits, ensuring responses are integrated, differentiated, and commercially compelling.
Guide pitch strategy, structure, and storytelling for the firm’s most critical and complex opportunities.
Partner with Client Leads and Capability Leaders to unlock organic growth within existing accounts.
Connect capabilities and teams across U.S. and global business development efforts to ensure integrated, cohesive, and differentiated points of view.
Evolve and implement scalable business development processes, tools, and governance models across markets and capabilities.
Establish consistent standards for prioritization, resourcing, workflow management, and post‑pitch learning.
Drive data‑informed decision‑making through performance tracking, win‑loss analysis, and market intelligence.
Lead, Inspire, and Develop Teams
Lead and develop a matrixed, hybrid business development organization, working with senior growth leaders and cross‑functional contributors.
Build a high‑performing, inclusive culture focused on mentorship, capability uplift, and continuous improvement.
Act as a connector—aligning matrixed teams across geographies, disciplines, and leadership levels.
Serve as a Senior Executive Partner
Collaborate closely with executive leadership to shape enterprise strategy, positioning, and long‑term growth planning.
Represent Real Chemistry externally with senior clients, partners, and industry stakeholders.
Anticipate market shifts and competitive dynamics, ensuring Real Chemistry remains ahead of evolving client needs.
This Role Is a Strong Fit If You…
Are an enterprise‑mindful growth leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and execution.
You are entrepreneurial and a builder with a desire to shape and scale business development processes, efforts, and contribute to global growth.
Area confident executive presence who can influence without authority and lead through complexity.
You are an inspirational leader who can develop, coach, and direct hybrid teams of various scale.
You are a strategic leader who can unite teams and drive meaningful business results through influence.
You thrive in environments where you can build structure, implement new operational models, and elevate capability maturity across teams.
Balance big‑picture vision with operational rigor and follow‑through.
Lead with curiosity, accountability, and a passion for developing people.
What You Bring
15+ years of experience in an integrated marketing, communications, or advertising agency environment, with deep healthcare industry expertise.
Proven success leading large enterprise‑level business development and growth functions.
Extensive experience driving high‑value, complex pitches and long‑cycle growth initiatives.
Ability to navigate across complex hybrid organizations and markets to centralize and coordinate business development efforts.
Strong understanding of integrated marketing, communications, medical, digital, and activation capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to navigate and unify complex, matrixed organizations.
Exceptional storytelling, writing, and executive‑level presentation skills.
Experience partnering with C‑suite and senior executives on growth and transformation initiatives.
Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working across disciplines.
Comfort using performance metrics, reporting tools, and market insights to inform strategy.
Demonstrated experience in hybrid team leadership, capability development, and organizational implementation.
Pay Range: $ 250,000-275 ,000
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.
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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