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Associate Director, Medical Strategy

Real Chemistry
London
3 months ago
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It's not every day we have a chance to make the world a healthier place—but here, it’s our way of life. Idealistic? Maybe. Deeply pragmatic? Always. Real Chemistry is a global health innovation company that has carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, tech, and the people at the heart of it all. It’s with a great sense of purpose that we work together with brave health and wellness companies to create and inspire healthier, happier, and longer lives. It’s our passion. And if you’re still reading, we’re guessing it might be yours too. We are looking to add to our alchemic mix of more than 2,000 talented professionals. At Real Chemistry, we don’t just wish the world was healthier. We leverage tech, data and creativity to make it so. You in?



Job Summary:

Real Chemistry is looking for anAssociate Director tojoin our growing team!


OurAssociate Directorsplay a pivotal role in guiding the direction of projects and aligning within accounts. This position is perfect for scientific and medical experts who excel under pressure and are ready to guide and inspire teams to elevate medical content and build robust client relationships. Our Associate Directors have the opportunity to specialise in content development, team leadership, and/or strategic thinking.



What you’ll do:

  • Therapy area and scientific expertise:Guide teams, contribute through others, and co-create excellent medical content across multiple therapy areas, ensuring that outputs meet/exceed client expectations
  • Strategic thinking
  • Provide strategic guidance and input into account planning
  • Constructively and collaboratively engage with clients to understand their thinking, build on their ideas, providing alternative perspectives
  • Client relationships:Act as trusted advisor for clients with support from senior team members
  • Managing and advising:
  • Guide teams to work competently, confidently and efficiently to deliver high-quality work in high-pressure situations
  • Oversee delegation of work across accounts
  • Business development: Identify opportunities for organic growth understanding client interests and those of their cross-functional stakeholders and work with key strategic contact to leverage opportunity
  • Strategic leadership:
  • Lead, shape and execute strategy for accounts in collaboration with medical writing and client service teams, building on Medical Strategist skills
  • Develop peer-to-peer relationship with key clients to enhance Real Chemistry partnership
  • Be involved in key aspects of the strategy process, from research and analysis to insight and creative brief development
  • Critical thinking:
  • Identify and build product and portfolio strategies
  • Confidently facilitate internal cross-company/function meetings and client meetings/ workshops



This position is a perfect fit for you if:

  • ​Our Company values –Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve AlwaysandAccountability with an “I”– really speak to you.
  • You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
  • You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
  • You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.



What you should have:

  • You should bring previous experience within medical education or a related field, including roles that involved management of medical writers and/or strategists
  • You should be able to demonstrate successful direct client interactions
  • A profound understanding of healthcare, science, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry is essential
  • A high level of academic achievement is expected
  • You’ll need to be personable, articulate, and capable of nurturing relationships, with a knack for delivering persuasive presentations



Working with HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have offices in cities with many employees and clients – New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Manchester, UK and London, UK – that serve as hubs where and when they need us, and we encourage employees who live less than a 45-minute commute of a Real Chemistry office to go in at least two days per week. 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 Hybrid and Regional Teams 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 offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including a primary office location near in Moorgate, 25 days holiday, private medical insurance, dental insurance, pension contributions and a five-week sabbatical program. Other perks include health and wellness reimbursements, happy hours, and free healthy snacks to keep you running all day long. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at:http://www.realchemistry.com/.

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