Manager, Client Media Solutions

Real Chemistry Media is a fully integrated media, analytics, technology, and customer engagement organization that helps healthcare brands create meaningful, measurable connections with their audiences. Our teams bring together media, omnichannel strategy, analytics, CRM, creative, influencer, technology, and client services capabilities to create connected customer experiences that drive business results across the healthcare ecosystem.

The Manager, Client Media Solutions serves as a day-to-day leader responsible for the successful planning, execution, and stewardship of integrated media programs for pharma and life sciences clients. This role combines strong media planning fundamentals, financial and operational rigor, client partnership, and project leadership to ensure campaigns are delivered accurately, on time, and aligned to client objectives.

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.

What You'll Do

Own media plans, flowcharts, budget summaries, project trackers, timelines, and workflow documentation across assigned accounts and brands.

Execute and manage campaign work orders, service requests, deliverable rotations, approvals, and project timelines from planning through launch.

Support the development of integrated media recommendations by conducting research, gathering marketplace intelligence, evaluating vendor opportunities, and managing RFP processes.

Collaborate with media partners and vendors to identify direct-buy opportunities and negotiate recommendations with guidance from senior team members.

Monitor campaign pacing, budget performance, and financial health, proactively identifying variances and partnering with Business Operations on invoicing, reconciliation, and reporting.

Serve as a day-to-day client contact, providing project updates, meeting recaps, and ongoing communication across internal and external stakeholders.

Lead campaign stewardship efforts, ensuring plans are executed accurately and align with approved client objectives and budgets.

Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Analytics, Omnichannel Strategy, Activation, Creative, Influencer, CRM, and Client Services teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Translate strategic direction from senior team members into accurate, high-quality deliverables and actionable recommendations.

Support the development of junior team members by reviewing work, providing feedback, and helping ensure quality and process adherence.

This Position is a Perfect Fit for You If

Our values of Best Together, Impact Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always, and Accountability with an "I" genuinely reflect how you work and collaborate.

You are equally comfortable discussing campaign strategy, managing details, and ensuring flawless execution.

You enjoy owning projects from start to finish and can effectively balance multiple priorities across brands and clients.

You are naturally organized and thrive in environments that require strong attention to detail, budget management, and project coordination.

You are a proactive problem solver who can independently navigate day-to-day challenges while escalating larger strategic or commercial decisions appropriately.

You enjoy building relationships with clients, partners, and cross-functional teams and are viewed as a dependable, solutions-oriented contributor.

You can communicate clearly and confidently, tailoring information appropriately for internal and external audiences.

You embrace new technologies, data, and AI-enabled tools that help improve planning, collaboration, and performance.

What You Should Have

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

3-5 years of experience in media planning, media account management, client services, integrated marketing, or agency environments.

Experience managing media plans, budgets, timelines, and campaign documentation across multiple stakeholders and workstreams.

Strong understanding of digital media channels, including programmatic, social, search, endemic, and other paid media tactics.

Experience partnering with media vendors and supporting RFP, proposal evaluation, and recommendation development processes.

Strong analytical and financial acumen with experience managing budgets, pacing, invoicing, reconciliations, and reporting.

Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work with minimal oversight.

Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and media planning tools such as Prisma, Mediaocean, Comscore, Pathmatics, Kantar, Telmar, or similar platforms.

Healthcare, pharmaceutical, or life sciences marketing experience is preferred.

Experience mentoring junior team members or interns is a plus.

Pay Range: $60,000-$80,000

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.