Real Chemistry
Senior Vice President, Consumer Health
Real Chemistry, New York, New York, United States, 10001
Senior Vice President, Communications & Storytelling, Consumer Health
Working at Real Chemistry and in the healthcare industry isn't just a job for us. We got into this field for different reasons, but we all stay for the same reason
to uncover insights, make meaningful connections, infuse creativity, and improve the patient experience by transforming healthcare through AI and ideas. Real Chemistry creates the world around modern therapies with over 2,000 talented professionals, and for the last 20+ years has, carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, data & AI, and the people at the heart of it all. We work with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies and are built for uncommon collaborationwe believe we are best together, bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be. This one-of-a-kind model allows us to work in a way that better reflects how people experience healthcareall with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can't do it alone
you in? What You'll Do: Brand Storytelling Leadership, Earned Media Strategy & Media Relations Lead the development and execution of breakthrough brand narratives across multiple consumer health clientstranslating health insights into culturally relevant, consumer-first stories. Partner with internal teams (creative, strategy, starpower (influencer & culture), digital) to ensure storytelling is consistent and impactful across all brand touchpoints. Provide high-level writing support and creative oversight across campaigns, press materials, executive messaging, and brand manifestos. Build and maintain top-tier media relationships across health, consumer, & lifestyle categories. Oversee and support the development of media strategy, angles, pitching efforts, and interview preparation. Evaluate and evolve Real Chemistry & starpower's approach to earned storytelling in health and wellness, ensuring alignment with influencer, social, and digital strategies. Integrated Collaboration & Client Leadership Serve as a senior client advisor on brand communications Collaborate with influencer and social leads to ensure a seamless connection between influencer messaging and brand storytelling. Identify opportunities to layer storytelling across paid and earned strategies to maximize reach and relevance. Business Development Participate in new business development efforts, RFPs, and proactive pitch initiativescrafting communication plans and narratives that set us apart. Author compelling pitch narratives, case studies, and decks showcasing our strategic storytelling expertise. Identify white space and emerging storytelling trends in the consumer health and wellness industries to inform future offerings. Thought Leadership & Innovation Serve as an internal and external thought leader on brand storytelling, communications, and narrative strategy in the consumer health space. Author regular thought leadership content, POVs, and trend reports tailored to consumer health, wellness, and lifestyle verticals. Represent Real Chemistry & starpower at relevant industry events, panels, and forumsestablishing the agency as a leader in culturally connected communications. This Position Is A Perfect Fit For You If: 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 are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data. You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines. What You Should Have: 15+ years of experience in brand communications, integrated storytelling, or strategic comms - with experience in consumer health, wellness, or CPG brands. Deep understanding of the media landscape, earned-first strategy, and how to translate science-backed innovation into consumer relevance. Proven leadership in crafting high-impact narratives that live across PR, social, influencer, executive, and owned content channels. Strong relationships across health, consumer, and lifestyle media. Passionate about the health and wellness category with a pulse on emerging trends, cultural moments, and audience mindsets. Exceptional communicator and writer with the ability to guide clients and internal teams with clarity and conviction. Experience collaborating cross-functionally with creatives, strategists, influencers, and senior leadership. Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and energized by building new capabilities and offerings from the ground up. Pay Range: $200,000.00-$250,000.00 This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. 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 here. 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 a 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 offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including options for medical, dental, and vision plans, a generous 401k match, and flexible PTO. Other perks include student loan debt contributions, mental wellness coaching and support, and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Additional benefits for those just starting or continuing with their family building journey include access to enhanced fertility support, Bright Horizons family support programs, as well as expanded paid leave for new parents including personalized coaching support through Your 4th Trimester. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at www.realchemistrybenefits.com. 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. *Notice: Real Chemistry and its affiliates' names are being misused by scammers through messaging services, fake websites, and apps. Do not share personal or financial information or make payments to any unverified sources claiming to be connected to Real Chemistry. We are working to stop these unauthorized activities and protect our community. Read more here.
Working at Real Chemistry and in the healthcare industry isn't just a job for us. We got into this field for different reasons, but we all stay for the same reason
to uncover insights, make meaningful connections, infuse creativity, and improve the patient experience by transforming healthcare through AI and ideas. Real Chemistry creates the world around modern therapies with over 2,000 talented professionals, and for the last 20+ years has, carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, data & AI, and the people at the heart of it all. We work with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies and are built for uncommon collaborationwe believe we are best together, bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be. This one-of-a-kind model allows us to work in a way that better reflects how people experience healthcareall with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can't do it alone
you in? What You'll Do: Brand Storytelling Leadership, Earned Media Strategy & Media Relations Lead the development and execution of breakthrough brand narratives across multiple consumer health clientstranslating health insights into culturally relevant, consumer-first stories. Partner with internal teams (creative, strategy, starpower (influencer & culture), digital) to ensure storytelling is consistent and impactful across all brand touchpoints. Provide high-level writing support and creative oversight across campaigns, press materials, executive messaging, and brand manifestos. Build and maintain top-tier media relationships across health, consumer, & lifestyle categories. Oversee and support the development of media strategy, angles, pitching efforts, and interview preparation. Evaluate and evolve Real Chemistry & starpower's approach to earned storytelling in health and wellness, ensuring alignment with influencer, social, and digital strategies. Integrated Collaboration & Client Leadership Serve as a senior client advisor on brand communications Collaborate with influencer and social leads to ensure a seamless connection between influencer messaging and brand storytelling. Identify opportunities to layer storytelling across paid and earned strategies to maximize reach and relevance. Business Development Participate in new business development efforts, RFPs, and proactive pitch initiativescrafting communication plans and narratives that set us apart. Author compelling pitch narratives, case studies, and decks showcasing our strategic storytelling expertise. Identify white space and emerging storytelling trends in the consumer health and wellness industries to inform future offerings. Thought Leadership & Innovation Serve as an internal and external thought leader on brand storytelling, communications, and narrative strategy in the consumer health space. Author regular thought leadership content, POVs, and trend reports tailored to consumer health, wellness, and lifestyle verticals. Represent Real Chemistry & starpower at relevant industry events, panels, and forumsestablishing the agency as a leader in culturally connected communications. This Position Is A Perfect Fit For You If: 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 are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data. You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines. What You Should Have: 15+ years of experience in brand communications, integrated storytelling, or strategic comms - with experience in consumer health, wellness, or CPG brands. Deep understanding of the media landscape, earned-first strategy, and how to translate science-backed innovation into consumer relevance. Proven leadership in crafting high-impact narratives that live across PR, social, influencer, executive, and owned content channels. Strong relationships across health, consumer, and lifestyle media. Passionate about the health and wellness category with a pulse on emerging trends, cultural moments, and audience mindsets. Exceptional communicator and writer with the ability to guide clients and internal teams with clarity and conviction. Experience collaborating cross-functionally with creatives, strategists, influencers, and senior leadership. Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and energized by building new capabilities and offerings from the ground up. Pay Range: $200,000.00-$250,000.00 This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, skills, certifications, and geographical location. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. 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 here. 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 a 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 offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, including options for medical, dental, and vision plans, a generous 401k match, and flexible PTO. Other perks include student loan debt contributions, mental wellness coaching and support, and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Additional benefits for those just starting or continuing with their family building journey include access to enhanced fertility support, Bright Horizons family support programs, as well as expanded paid leave for new parents including personalized coaching support through Your 4th Trimester. Learn more about our great benefits and perks at www.realchemistrybenefits.com. 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. *Notice: Real Chemistry and its affiliates' names are being misused by scammers through messaging services, fake websites, and apps. Do not share personal or financial information or make payments to any unverified sources claiming to be connected to Real Chemistry. We are working to stop these unauthorized activities and protect our community. Read more here.