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Real Chemistry is seeking a Senior Director, Client Experience Media to join our growing team!

The Senior Director, Client Experience Media Strategy & Planning is a senior strategic leader responsible for developing and elevating audience-first media strategies across a portfolio of healthcare clients. This individual serves as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders, guiding integrated planning, investment strategy, measurement frameworks, and omnichannel media recommendations that drive meaningful business outcomes.

The Senior Director partners closely with the Client Experience, Activation, Analytics, Creative, and Strategy teams to ensure media plans are grounded in audience insights, aligned with brand objectives, and tied to measurable performance. They are responsible for advancing planning excellence across the organization, mentoring future leaders, and bringing innovative thinking that positions Real Chemistry and our clients at the forefront of an evolving healthcare media landscape.

This is a hybrid role based in any of our U.S. offices—including New York, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or Lambertville—or working remotely within the U.S., depending on team and business needs.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Leadership

• Lead media strategy and integrated planning across a portfolio of healthcare clients, ensuring plans align with business objectives and audience needs.
• Serve as the senior strategic lead for media planning engagements, guiding annual planning, launch strategies, investment allocation, and measurement frameworks.
• Translate complex market dynamics, audience insights, competitive intelligence, and performance data into actionable strategic recommendations.
• Drive audience-first omnichannel planning approaches that connect HCP, patient, caregiver, and consumer engagement opportunities.
• Champion innovation and identify emerging media opportunities, technologies, and measurement solutions that create competitive advantage for clients. Manage and mentor junior team members, providing oversight, feedback, and workload direction
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments with professionalism, sound judgment, and strong collaboration skills

Client Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, leading strategic discussions and influencing media investment decisions.
• Present recommendations, performance insights, and future planning opportunities to executive-level client audiences.
• Build long-term client relationships through strategic consultation, proactive problem solving, and consistent delivery excellence.
• Partner with account leadership to identify growth opportunities across existing client relationships.

Planning Excellence & Measurement

• Establish planning standards, best practices, and quality control processes across assigned client teams.
• Guide budget allocation, channel strategy, audience prioritization, and KPI development to maximize business impact.
• Partner with Analytics teams to develop measurement frameworks that connect media performance to business outcomes.
• Foster a test-and-learn culture focused on continuous optimization and media effectiveness.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop Directors, Associate Directors, and Managers across the planning organization.
• Provide strategic oversight and planning guidance across multiple client teams.
• Support talent development, succession planning, and media capability growth.
• Contribute to agency thought leadership, training initiatives, and planning best practices.

Business Growth

• Support new business efforts through strategic media leadership, pitch participation, and development of differentiated media approaches.
• Contribute to Real Chemistry's media vision by advancing planning methodologies, audience strategies, and measurement capabilities.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of media strategy, planning, and investment experience, with significant healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotech, or highly regulated industry experience preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive leadership experience managing teams and developing talent.
• Deep expertise in omnichannel media strategy, audience planning, and integrated communications planning.
• Strong understanding of healthcare media ecosystems across HCP, patient, caregiver, and consumer audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and lead complex, multi-channel media strategies tied to measurable business outcomes.
• Experience building measurement frameworks and translating performance insights into strategic recommendations.
• Proven success in influencing senior stakeholders and presenting to executive-level clients.
• Strong understanding of audience segmentation, media research, attribution, marketing effectiveness, and emerging media technologies.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence cross-functional teams, and drive alignment within complex matrixed organizations.
• Experience contributing to agency growth initiatives, thought leadership, and new business efforts preferred.

This Role May Be a Good Fit If You Are

• A strategic thinker with a strong data-driven mindset
• A proactive and solutions-oriented client leader
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A collaborative team player who leads with accountability and clarity
• Adaptable and energized by change
• Motivated by Real Chemistry’s values: Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always, and Accountability with an “I”

Pay Range:

$140,000 - $180,000

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

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We believe we can do our best when feeling our best, which is why 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.

At Real Chemistry, we believe we're at our best when we're connected. Our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach is designed to foster collaboration, learning, innovation, and meaningful relationships while providing flexibility where appropriate. Because our workforce spans multiple countries, regions, and client needs, work arrangements may vary by role and location. Some positions offer hybrid or remote flexibility, while others require regular in-office presence. For example, certain teams and regions, including some of our UK operations, have office-based requirements. Your recruiter will discuss the specific expectations for the role you're pursuing during the interview process and keep you informed throughout the hiring journey. For employees located within a one-hour commute of a Real Chemistry office, we require in-person attendance two days per week, either from a Real Chemistry office or when working onsite with clients. Employees in regions without a nearby office may work remotely and come together throughout the year for collaboration, culture-building, learning, and team connection opportunities. While these guidelines reflect our current workplace model, we understand that everyone’s circumstances are unique. If you require additional flexibility, we welcome an open conversation with your recruiter and our HR team to discuss your needs and determine what may be possible.

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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