Senior Vice President, Strategy - Biotech

Real Chemistry • Boston, MA

6h • $210,000 - $235,000 • 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. Job Summary Real Chemistry’s Medical Communications group collectively has decades of experience working with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies to execute comprehensive medical communication solutions. We offer end-to-end strategic medical communication solutions at scale that add value for our clients, healthcare professionals and patients, all fueled by industry-leading AI and analytics. Biotech has always been a key pillar within Real Chemistry as a whole, and now we are looking to expand and strengthen this expertise within the Medical Communications capability, growing our footprint in biotech hubs such as Boston, San Francisco, Switzerland, and Germany, specifically focusing on emerging companies that are nascent in their commercialization lifecycle. We are currently seeking a highly motivated and biotech-experienced SVP, Biotech Strategist to drive our strategic offering for emerging biopharma clients, including being a trusted voice and partner to C-suite clients, generating frameworks and templates for efforts including strategic and engagement planning, designing and leading workshops, writing compelling creative briefs based on deep patient and HCP insights, and helping to drive new business efforts. Partner closely with Client Services, agency leadership, and cross-functional teams to shape and activate integrated strategies that support biotech clients across every stage of development. Standardize our approaches to strategic planning and execution, and enhance client outcomes. We are looking for a strong leader who can architect, execute, and continuously improve our strategic processes, approaches, and counsel for biotech, leading to high client retention and strong value output. This is a hybrid role, based out of our Boston office.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in an agency environment and client-facing roles (e.g., Strategy Lead), working on books of business of $7 – 10 million+ in the areas of medical affairs, publications and promotional medical education.
• At least 5+ years in the biotech sector specifically, with knowledge of varied platforms and technologies as well as the nuances of biotech vs pharma in pre-clinical and early clinical phases .
• Proven track record of leading teams with a focus on management, coaching, scaling, and developing new strategic initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build and foster positive business relationships cross-functionally.
• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to learn quickly and multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to upsell and expand client portfolios.
• Willingness to travel as needed for client and internal meetings.

Responsibilities

• Over time, build a strong, knowledgeable, and proactive client-facing strategy team, with members located in both the US and global regions, that is focused on the biotechnology space. This role requires a highly experienced people leader who can balance upholding our results-oriented culture while unlocking the highest potential of our team.
• Work in partnership with internal teams across the medical capability to build and lead integrated strategies that ensure client goals are met, while advancing the strategic function through mentorship, training, and the development of strong strategic talent.
• Partner with our client services team, including our biotechnology COE client services lead, to define our biotech growth strategy, and build tools, templates, and approaches that help with commercialization planning for our clients, many of whom are in C-suite or equivalent positions.
• Guide strategic insight and planning for existing accounts and new business on an ongoing basis and during client strategic planning initiatives.
• Monitor market and therapeutic category developments that impact accounts and work with the team to develop solutions.
• Support business development activities and capability growth outside of existing accounts, including providing strategic analysis and participating in new business pitches and proposals
• Contribute to company strategic goals and initiatives, strategizing and proposing ideas and motivating colleagues to achieve company’s vision.

Benefits

• 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 .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed