Vice President, Medical Strategy

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. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

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Real Chemistry is seeking a Vice President or Senior Vice President, Medical Strategy. Title and level will be determined based on the candidate's experience, leadership scope, and alignment with team needs. 

 

This is a unique opportunity to work across scientific strategy, help shape our medical communications offerings, drive business growth, and oversee high-performing scientific teams across multiple therapeutic areas and service lines. The successful candidate will serve as a senior strategic leader, helping advance client partnerships, new business initiatives, operational excellence, and innovation across the organization. 

 

Working closely with Medical leadership, this individual will bring a broad perspective across different remits such as medical affairs, promotional and scientific visualization (RadScience). 

 

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Lambertville or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs. Candidates must be willing to work primarily Eastern Time business hours. Moderate travel required, including client meetings, workshops, industry events, and business development activities (approximately 25%). 

 

What You'll Do 

Strategic & Business Leadership 

• Serve as a senior leader within the Medical Affairs and Medical Communications practice, developing and executing strategies that support organizational growth, client success, and operational excellence. 

• Provide oversight across multiple areas of the business, ensuring teams are structured and positioned to support current client needs and future growth opportunities. 

• Participate in enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen capabilities, improve ways of working, and advance Real Chemistry's strategic priorities. 

Client & Scientific Leadership 

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, providing strategic counsel across medical affairs, scientific communications, publications, evidence generation, and stakeholder engagement initiatives. 

• Guide high-level scientific strategy and client recommendations while ensuring excellence in execution across programs and engagements. 

• Identify opportunities for organic account growth through strategic partnership and proactive client engagement. 

Team Leadership & Talent Development 

• Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary scientific teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. 

• Drive organizational effectiveness by helping establish scalable processes, clear team structures, and strong leadership practices. 

• Partner closely with senior leaders across scientific, account, and operational functions to maximize team performance and client impact. 

Business Development & Growth 

• Play a significant role in new business efforts, leading scientific strategy for pitches, proposals, workshops, and client presentations. 

• Support growth initiatives across existing and prospective clients, helping expand Real Chemistry's medical communications and medical affairs footprint. 

• Collaborate with commercial and executive leadership to identify emerging opportunities and market trends. 

Innovation & AI Leadership 

• Champion innovation and the practical application of AI-enabled solutions across scientific strategy and client delivery. 

• Evaluate and implement approaches that improve efficiency, quality, and business outcomes while maintaining scientific rigor and compliance standards. 

• Demonstrate an understanding of both the opportunities and limitations of AI within healthcare communications and medical affairs environments. 

This Position Is a Perfect Fit for You If 

• Our Company values of Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always, and Accountability with an "I" resonate strongly with you. 

• You are energized by building, scaling, and evolving teams and capabilities. 

• You thrive in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment and can balance strategic leadership with practical execution. 

• You enjoy identifying opportunities for business growth and developing innovative client solutions. 

• You are a collaborative leader who can influence teams, clients, and executive stakeholders. 

• You actively embrace AI and emerging technologies to improve how work gets done while maintaining appropriate scientific and business judgment. 

 

What You Should Have 

• VP: 10+ years of healthcare communications, medical affairs, or medical communications experience. 

• SVP: 12+ years of progressive leadership experience with demonstrated responsibility for business growth, organizational leadership, and strategic decision-making. 

• Significant agency experience including demonstrated leadership across medical affairs, promotional medical education, and scientific visualization service lines. 

• Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent) required. 

• Track record of leading large teams, complex client portfolios, and cross-functional initiatives. 

• Ability to drive new business, organic growth, and executive-level client relationships, supported by strong financial, operational, and strategic business acumen. 

• Cardiovascular experience is highly desired as an area of strategic growth for the business but not required; additional therapeutic expertise is welcomed. 

• Experience applying AI-enabled tools and innovation strategies within healthcare communications, with a clear understanding of their scientific, regulatory, and operational considerations. 

 

Pay Range: $185,000-$225,000

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 geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range 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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