Job Overview
Location
Chicago - Illinois
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Sales
Date Posted
April 14, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • The Senior Account Manager oversees projects within a vertical account team to ensure quality, continuity, and tactical alignment while leading high-profile projects from client initiation through project manager and cross-functional teams. This role is critical to delivering healthcare communications and marketing solutions for pharmaceutical and biotech clients, ensuring strategic objectives are met and client expectations exceeded.
- • Day to day, the Senior Account Manager ensures quality and consistency across multiple tactics led by internal and external partners, provides oversight and consultation to Account Managers on project execution, acts as the in-house client by communicating expectations to cross-functional teams, serves as the Customer Management Office (CMO) liaison, provides invoicing and budget status updates, reviews job scope changes and closeouts, drives strategic partnerships through deep knowledge of client products and objectives, leads strategic brainstorming and annual planning sessions, creates proposals, partners with finance and project managers on budget development, supervises projects to meet tactical and strategic goals, ensures compliance with policies and industry standards, executes client status meetings with agendas and follow-ups, monitors project scope and communicates changes, provides final approval on deliverables, develops and communicates status reports, and manages project-related risks and issues in partnership with project managers.
- • Real Chemistry LLC is a global healthcare communications and marketing agency that transforms healthcare through deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights. The company serves top pharmaceutical and biotech clients with a full suite of services and fosters a culture rooted in being 'Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always' with 'Accountability with an “I”'. The #LifeatRealChem environment emphasizes connection, innovation, and purpose-driven work, supported by a Great Place to Work® certified workplace and a Real HART hybrid work model that balances in-office collaboration with flexibility.
- • In this role, the Senior Account Manager will develop leadership and strategic account management skills, deepen expertise in pharmaceutical and biotech marketing, enhance cross-functional collaboration and client relationship management, gain experience in budget development and financial oversight, strengthen project lifecycle management from initiation to closeout, and contribute to organic growth opportunities by identifying buying signals and aligning Avant capabilities with client needs. The position offers the opportunity to influence strategic planning, drive innovation in healthcare communications, and grow as a trusted advisor to both clients and internal teams.
🎯 Requirements
- • BA/BS or equivalent required
- • 3-4 years of team leadership experience required
- • 3-4 years of client/customer management experience required
- • 2+ years in pharmaceutical sales/marketing preferred
- • 2+ years’ experience in strategic planning preferred
- • Leadership experience in a corporate, marketing, or life sciences environment preferred
🏖️ Benefits
- • Comprehensive benefit program including options for private medical, dental, and vision plans
- • Generous holiday and paid time off
- • Free snacks at office locations to support energy and focus throughout the day
- • Mental wellness coaching and support
- • Access to more than 13,000 online classes via LinkedIn Learning
- • Support in saving for the future through retirement and financial wellness programs
Skills & Technologies
About Real Chemistry LLC
Real Chemistry is a healthcare-focused commercialization partner providing data-driven strategy, medical communications, advertising, patient engagement, and technology solutions to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. It integrates clinical and commercial data to accelerate product launches, improve patient access, and enhance health outcomes. Services span market access consulting, medical affairs, omnichannel marketing, and AI-enabled analytics, supporting brands from clinical development through post-launch. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Francisco with global offices, Real Chemistry employs over 2,000 professionals serving more than 1,000 life-science clients worldwide.
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