Senior Manager, Business Development

Senior Manager, Business Development

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‑centered 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.

Real Chemistry is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Development to join our U.S.

-based growth team. This position is an integral member of the team, helping to cultivate leads and strengthen business development processes across the agency.

• Support the development of proposals, pitch decks, and client presentations in partnership with cross‑functional teams across strategy, creative, media, data, and medical.
• Manage and submit RFIs and RFPs, collaborating with agency experts to develop responses that clearly address client needs and differentiate Real Chemistry’s capabilities.
• Manage business development opportunities through the full lifecycle within the Salesforce platform, ensuring accuracy, visibility, and timely updates.
• Partner with senior agency leadership to help implement business development strategies and improve consistency and effectiveness across pursuits.
• Drive post‑pitch debriefs and capture key learnings to strengthen future performance and win rates.
• Support tracking of win rates, pipeline health, and performance trends to inform leadership decision‑making.
• Keep senior stakeholders informed of progress, risks, and resource needs throughout active pursuits.
• Connect teams across markets and disciplines to ensure alignment, clarity, and efficient execution.
• Contribute to a collaborative, high‑performing growth culture aligned with Real Chemistry’s values and commitment to excellence.

• Thrive in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven agency environment.
• Enjoy collaborating across teams and disciplines to deliver strong outcomes.
• Be a strategic thinker who can also execute with precision.
• Bring a proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset to complex challenges.
• Manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
• Comfortable supporting senior leaders and navigating complex, matrixed organizations.
• Value continuous improvement and building scalable, repeatable approaches.
• Processoriented, detail‑driven, and take pride in producing high‑quality, client‑ready work.

• 5–7+ years of experience in an advertising, communications, consulting, or integrated marketing agency environment; healthcare experience strongly preferred.
• Hands‑on experience managing RFPs, proposals, and pitch processes end‑to‑end.
• Strong writing, storytelling, and presentation development skills.
• Experience working cross‑functionally to align teams around shared goals and timelines.
• Familiarity with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and business development reporting or tracking tools.
• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and able to remain calm under pressure while managing multiple pursuits.

$110,000‑$120,000 – This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. 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 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. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnicity 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.

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