Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Real Chemistry is a global agency focused on transforming healthcare through innovative analytics and marketing. The Senior Director of Advertising Analytics will lead analytics initiatives, manage client relationships, and develop high-performing teams to drive growth in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the client lead on advertising analytics projects, providing strategic guidance on approach and solutions
- Establish credibility with partners and clients and engage in senior-level conversations that drive client business strategy
- Successfully identify new and organic opportunities with clients and convert them to profit-generating business in a financially intelligent and proactive manner
- Partner closely with integrated partners across Real Chemistry to help identify, scope and secure new analytics opportunities
- Be able to proactively reach out and build relationships that enable resourcefulness and operational excellence
- Lead teams by understanding individual strengths, providing constructive feedback, and creating environments that support growth and development
- Connect the project team to the strategic WHY behind client work and ensure team members understand how their contributions impact client business outcomes
- Work fluently in AI-enabled research and analytics environments — applying prompt-based workflows, rapid insight generation, and lightweight, low-code, or vibe-coding approaches for analysis, synthesis, and prototyping where appropriate — while exercising strong critical thinking and ethical judgment about AI's capabilities and limitations in healthcare contexts
Skills
- 8+ years in analytics leadership roles with substantial advertising and marketing experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare industries
- Prior leadership experience at healthcare communications agencies or advertising agencies serving pharmaceutical clients, with understanding of creative workflow integration
- Proven success selling analytics services and managing revenue targets. Demonstrated ability to develop and close opportunities for analytics solutions within pharma and healthcare marketing ecosystems
- Demonstrated expertise in omnichannel marketing, social listening and audience analytics. Knowledge of paid media a plus
- Demonstrated practical experience using AI-enabled tools for research, analysis, synthesis, and insight development, along with familiarity with prompt-driven workflows and iterative experimentation. Exposure to lightweight coding, scripting, low-code tools, or modern analytics platforms is a plus. Be able to exercise strong judgment about when AI accelerates thinking and when human reasoning is essential, particularly in healthcare contexts
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical marketing compliance requirements, data governance standards, and healthcare regulatory environment. Knowledge of HIPAA, data privacy regulations, and ethical data use principles a plus
- Exceptional relationship-building skills with demonstrated ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and senior marketing leadership. Experience recruiting, mentoring, and inspiring high-performing analytics teams
- Proven ability to lead a team or pod — drawing out individual strengths, connecting people to growth opportunities, and bringing the big-picture thinking and appetite for innovation that helps your team grow into what's next
Benefits
- Free snacks to keep you running all day long
- Generous holiday and paid time off
- Options for private medical, dental, and vison plans
- Support in saving for the future
- Mental wellness coaching and support
- Access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning
- Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach designed to foster collaboration, learning, innovation, and meaningful relationships while providing flexibility where appropriate
- Some positions offer hybrid or remote flexibility, while others require regular in-office presence
- For employees located within a one-hour commute of a Real Chemistry office, we require in-person attendance two days per week
- Employees in regions without a nearby office may work remotely and come together throughout the year for collaboration, culture-building, learning, and team connection opportunities
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