Director, Integrated Intelligence (Social Listening)

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Job Summary 

Real Chemistry is looking for a Director, Social Media Insights to join our growing team! 

Real Chemistry Analytics enables smarter decision-making through the power of data, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and actionable insights. Our teams help clients understand audience behavior, measure performance, uncover growth opportunities, and optimize business outcomes across the healthcare ecosystem. By combining healthcare expertise with data science, measurement, and strategic consulting, we help clients transform complex information into meaningful actions that drive impact for brands, healthcare professionals, and patients. 

The Director, Social Intelligence and Insights role is primarily responsible for leading large scale social media listening and audience analytics engagements with a set of Real Chemistry’s top clients. This individual will work within the Integrated Intelligence team and be a business lead, team builder, and client relationship partner responsible for ensuring efficient delivery and customer experience that meets their goals and moves their business forward. 

The successful candidate must collaborate effectively with other team members, have the ability to build and maintain client relationships, and consistently demonstrate analytical and interpretive skills with proficiency in uncovering insights from data.

This role can be remote within the United States or based in any of our U.S. office locations, including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Lambertville, NJ, San Francisco, or Carmel, IN. 

 What you’ll do: 

• Be the lead on groundbreaking social media intelligence and insights projects, there to strategically guide the team on method, approach, dataset, and client relations.
• Be a core member within an integrated agency team, with members from all functions across the Real Chemistry agency network.
• Track and stay involved in the execution of projects/results, including guiding team members on how to turn data into insights, crafting strategic recommendations, and delivering the insights to our client.
• Get “in the weeds” with the project team on larger, sophisticated projects, ensuring nuances in the data are being represented and commanding a solid understanding of the insights when presented to clients.
• Help lead a large book of Integrated Intelligence business in a financially prudent and proactive manner, advancing potential risks and challenges to Senior Leaders as appropriate 
• Organically grow existing client business into new engagements or secure renewals; identify new revenue opportunities and develop proposals in partnership with Senior Leaders.
• Exhibit leadership within team, by instilling a culture of cohesion, collaboration, learning, development, and passion towards the work we do.
• Make research and insights happen: Find operational efficiencies and drive them forward. Collaborate with your team members so that projects get done well and right: on time, on budget and on strategy for the client.
• Maintain and strengthen client relationships through our collective team greatness. Become a trusted advisor to clients by understanding their big picture strategy and day to day needs.

This position is a perfect fit for you if: 

• Our Company values, Best Together, Impact Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always, and Accountability with an "I", genuinely resonate with how you work and lead. 
• You demonstrate the Real Chemistry Can mindset by approaching challenges with optimism, accountability, creativity, and a solutions-oriented attitude, always looking for ways to make a meaningful impact for our clients, colleagues, and communities. 
• You are adaptable, resilient, and comfortable adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment. As our business grows and changes, so do we.  
• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful, with strong prioritization skills, intellectual curiosity, and a desire to leverage data to inform decisions and drive outcomes.  
• You are energized by innovation and the transformative potential of AI, actively exploring new technologies, identifying opportunities to work smarter, and championing practical, responsible AI adoption that drives meaningful business impact. 

What you should have:  

• 8+ years of experience with majority in at least one of the following areas: healthcare/pharmaceutical marketing/PR/advertising, strategic planning, digital/social strategy, digital/social analytics, social listening, primary/syndicated research, or account management. Agency experience strongly preferred, due to specific, expected client mix for this role. 
• 2+ years of project management experience, including handling timelines, budgets, and expectations for multiple deliverables. 
• Deep understanding and experience with social media listening and measurement, and comfort working with data from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, and TikTok, including familiarity with platforms such as Brandwatch, Quid, Meltwater or Muck Rack. 
• Experience using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot. 
• Experience with multi-modal research approaches, using novel data sets and triangulating across methodologies to deliver impact.
• High understanding and passion for the pharma/healthcare/life sciences sector.
• A passion for telling stories motivated by data and insights, bringing creativity to analytics, and merging art and science, qual and quant. 
• Proven track record to drive a team to develop high quality work in a variety of client situations, setting the standard for delivering value and making a positive impact on our clients and their customers. 
• Comfort with ambiguity and a hunger to be the best. Willingness to roll up your sleeves and tackle problems. 

Pay Range: $95,000 - $1350,000 

The anticipated salary range for this position is listed above. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to experience, skills, qualifications, geographic location, and internal parity. 

In addition to base salary, Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefits package and a variety of programs designed to support our employees' well-being, growth, and success. 

Real Chemistry reserves the right to update compensation and benefits programs at any time. 

Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified; check out what our people shared about our culture and workplace on our Great Places to Work Profile here.

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.

Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have office locations in cities in the US, UK, and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are also actively opening new office locations, so if one opens near you, our Real HART policy will apply. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is a critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

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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