Group Director, Client Media Solutions

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.

Real Chemistry is looking for a Group Director, Paid Media (Client Experience) to join our growing team. This portfolio‑level leader will guide the strategic vision, operational excellence, and talent development across a group of accounts, ensuring the work we deliver is innovative, data‑driven, and flawlessly executed.

What You'll Do

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 lead 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 the 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.

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.

Represent the agency externally—nurturing publisher and vendor relationships and identifying new opportunities.

Collaborate on POVs, playbooks, and case studies to advance industry thought leadership and internal education.

What You Bring

12+ 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—seeing process as an enabler, not a constraint.

Pay Range: $130,000 – $200,000

Benefits: Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefits program and perks tailored to your region, including free snacks, generous holiday and paid time off, optional private medical, dental, and vision plans, mental wellness coaching, and access to more than 13,000 LinkedIn Learning classes.

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.

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