Senior Recruiter - FTC (Maternity Leave Cover)

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 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.

We are seeking an experienced recruiter based in the UK for our global business during a 9–12 month maternity leave cover. This role is pivotal in ensuring we attract and hire exceptional talent across our diverse capabilities—including medical communications, integrated marketing, advertising, and activation—while maintaining a seamless candidate experience and strong business alignment.

As a member of the Talent Acquisition team, you will partner closely with UK leadership and global HR to deliver strategic hiring solutions that support business growth and client success.

• Execute recruitment for the UK across Medical, Integrated Communications, Analytics, Advertising, and Activation teams.
• Ensure alignment of recruitment plans with business priorities and client deliverables.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment for mid-to-senior level roles, ensuring a best-in-class candidate experience.
• Leverage technology (e.g., Greenhouse ATS) and innovative sourcing methods to attract top talent.
• Act as a trusted advisor to global stakeholders and leadership, HR Business Partners, and hiring managers.
• Collaborate with Finance and operations teams to ensure hiring aligns with budget and resource planning.

• Proven experience in talent acquisition within healthcare communications and advertising agency environments.
• Strong understanding of UK and European recruitment market and employment practices.
• Ability to manage complex hiring needs across multiple disciplines and seniority levels.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Highly organised, adaptable, and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Passion for purpose-driven work that impacts healthcare and improves lives.

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.

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 vision 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.

Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have office locations in cities in the US, UK, and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are also actively opening new office locations, so if one opens near you, our Real HART policy will apply. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be.

Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.

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, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic 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.

Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.