At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead business development initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive growth.
- Company: Join Real Chemistry, a global agency transforming healthcare through innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive perks, including flexible work options, wellness support, and professional development.
- Other info: Experience a culture that values inclusivity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in healthcare while working in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: 5-7 years in medical communications with strong proposal and presentation skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Real Chemistry is looking for a Senior Manager, Business Development to join our Europe-based growth team. This hybrid role is in or near one of our European hubs and an integral member of the team, helping to cultivate leads and strengthen business development processes across the agency.
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. Our Life at RealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues.
This is a hybrid role in or near one of our European hubs and an integral member of the team, helping to cultivate leads and strengthen business development processes across the agency.
What you’ll do:
- 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.
This position is a great fit for you if:
- Thrive in a fast paced, deadline driven agency environment.
- Enjoy collaborating across teams and disciplines to deliver strong outcomes.
- Are a strategic thinker who can also execute with precision.
- Bring a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset to complex challenges.
- You are comfortable supporting senior leaders and navigating complex, matrixed organizations.
- Value continuous improvement and building scalable, repeatable approaches.
- You are process oriented, detail driven, and take pride in producing high-quality, client-ready work.
What you should have:
- 5–7+ years of experience in a medical communications agency environment (either in business development roles or client services with BD experience).
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
