Senior Vice President, Global Business Development

Real Chemistry

5h • $225,000 - $275,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.
Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem.
Real Chemistry is seeking an experienced, proactive, and strategic SVP, Business Development to lead growth for our U.S. and global Medical Communications business. This role is ideal for a scientifically fluent, business-savvy leader who understands the nuances of promotional medical education (PME), medical affairs (MA), and broader integrated healthcare communications. As well as someone who thrives on building meaningful client relationships, identifying growth levers, and leading strategic pursuits from start to finish.
This is a highly visible role within Real Chemistry’s senior leadership team, with a clear mandate to drive new revenue, create scalable growth strategies, and ensure our capabilities remain aligned with evolving market needs across pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences sectors.
This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of agency experience, with significant exposure to Medical Communications, ideally across both promotional medical education (PME) and medical affairs.
• Demonstrated track record of business development success, including leading multi-functional teams through high-stakes RFPs, developing pipeline strategies, and building new client relationships from the ground up.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze or guide pipeline analysis, synthesize insights, and identify commercial opportunities.
• Ability to independently engage and influence growth targets, with or without an existing team supporting.
• Executive presence and strong communication skills, able to tailor messaging for senior client stakeholders and cross-functional internal teams.
• A collaborative spirit and an agile mindset. You know how to work across a matrixed organization to gather inputs, understand new offerings, and deliver on goals.

Nice To Haves

• Bonus if you also bring experience in advertising, data-driven storytelling, digital, or other Real Chemistry offerings.
• Experience with marketing and thought leadership initiatives is a plus; belief in the alignment between business development and marketing is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Own business development for U.S. Medical Communications—driving top-line growth by identifying, cultivating, and converting high-potential opportunities across PME, MA, and related scientific communications services.
• Develop and execute strategic growth plans, identifying clear levers for expansion, whitespace opportunities, and differentiating value propositions across therapy areas and client types.
• Provide high-level strategic and business oversight for key RFPs and pitches, partnering with practice leadership, client services, and scientific strategy to ensure quality, consistency, and competitive positioning.
• Independently lead smaller RFP or capabilities presentations, and comfortably initiate or steer conversations with prospective clients, demonstrating deep subject matter fluency.
• Monitor and analyze pharmaceutical pipelines, either independently or in collaboration with strategy and insights teams, to proactively identify new opportunities.
• Leverage industry knowledge and personal networks to pursue leads, cultivate executive-level client relationships, and advance new business conversations with minimal oversight.
• Collaborate closely with internal marketing, thought leadership, and communications teams to support Real Chemistry’s positioning and market visibility.
• Partner cross-functionally to stay fluent in Real Chemistry’s broader offerings — including advertising, data and analytics, and digital engagement — and identify opportunities for integration and cross-sell.
• Build and implement targeted growth plans, motivating team members to take action, meet milestones, and drive measurable results.
• Represent Real Chemistry at client meetings, industry events, and conferences, acting as an ambassador for our Medical Communications capabilities.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees