Vice President, Medical Director Remote

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 #Lifeat Real Chem  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 isseekinga visionary and strategic Vice President, Medical Director to lead and expand our medical communications offering. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of scientific strategy, drive client excellence, and elevate healthcare provider education ultimately transform patient outcomes.

As Vice President, you will serve as a senior strategic partner to our clients and internal teams, overseeing the development and execution of diverse medical affairs offerings across several therapeutic areas. You will lead a scientific team to ensure scientific excellence, foster innovative approaches to medical communications, and help grow Real Chemistry’s scientific footprint in the life sciences sector.

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.

• Strategic Leadership: Serve as the senior scientific lead on major accounts, driving scientific strategy and execution in alignment with broader medical communications and business objectives.
• Scientific Excellence: Provide expert oversight and final sign‑off on high‑impact deliverables including advisory boards, slide decks, field materials, digital educational assets, and congress materials. Ensure scientific integrity, strategic alignment, and storytelling that resonates with diverse medical audiences.
• Client Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to senior‑level clients (e.g., medical affairs, clinical development, publication leads), building and sustaining strategic relationships that result in long‑term partnerships and organic growth.
• Team Leadership & Talent Development: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of junior Directors, Medical Writers, and cross‑functional collaborators. Champion a culture of high performance, innovation, and continuous learning within the team and across the broader scientific department.
• Thought Leadership & Innovation: Drive innovation in content offerings and delivery, identifying new channels, formats, and digital opportunities to elevate engagement and impact.
• Operational & Financial Oversight: Lead resource planning and team structures across accounts, ensuring efficiency and scalability. Collaborate with manager and finance and account teams to ensure project profitability and strategic forecasting.
• Business Development: Partner with business development and executive leadership to identify growth opportunities, shape proposals, and lead scientific strategy in high‑stakes pitches and client presentations.

• Work Schedule/
  
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  This position requires occasional nonstandard work hours in accordance with project needs, deadlines, deliverables, and urgent client requests.
• Business Travel: This position requires moderate overnight/weekend travel (up to 15%) based upon client geography.

• Our Company values – Best Together, Impact‑Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability 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 thrive in a…