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 collaboration—we 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 healthcare—all with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can’t do it alone – you in?
Group Director, Growth Enablement & Operations
The Group Director, Growth Enablement & Operations is responsible for overseeing all active RFIs/RFPs within a specific capability area, ensuring the effective and efficient end-to-end delivery of responses, and managing resourcing within the Growth Enablement & Operations group. As a strategic partner, the Group Director prepares capability presentations, providing high-level counsel on RFI/RFP responses, refining existing content with input from executive sponsors, and acting as the primary liaison with executive sponsors and pitch captains. The Group Director manages communication with prospective clients, facilitating productive kick-off meetings through the Pitch Content Planner, and overseeing the performance and professional development their direct reports and other managerial talent within the group.
This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.
What you’ll do:
- Leads the initiatives to identify growth opportunities in partnership with h leaders of specific capability areas
- Develops and executes growth strategies for growth within designated capability area. Directly accountable for achievement of established growth targets
- Responsible for oversight of all active RFIs/RFPs in capability area, ensuring effective and efficient end-to-end delivery of responses.
- Manages resourcing of Growth Enablement & Operations group (e.g., assigning talent to task, flexing support in high-volume periods, etc.)
- Strategic partner with direct responsibility for:
- Preparing capability presentations to meet client asks/growth effort needs.
- High-level understanding of RFI/RFP asks; able to provide counsel on response.
- Deep understanding of RFI/RFP ask and providing counsel and context on response content.
- Collecting and refining existing content (e.g., case studies, bios, frequently used slides) with pitch captain/executive sponsor input.
- Primary partner to executive sponsor and pitch captain.
- Completes Pitch Content Planner to facilitate action-oriented kick-offs based on a shared foundational understanding of how we’ll answer the ask; with executive sponsor and pitch captain, align to casting and clear R&Rs for each stakeholder at kick-off to ensure productivity and efficiency.
- Facilitate communication with prospective clients regarding intent to respond to new opportunities.
- Manages direct reports and is responsible for their performance/performance development, as well as the overall professional development of all Director and Manager level talent in the Growth Enablement & Operations group.
- Develops L&D programming and partners with HR to support performance development/optimization.
This position is a perfect fit for you if:
- Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you.
- 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:
- At least 10 years of related experience with RFI/RFP process with ownership over process success
- A deep understanding of the RFI/RFP process, operations, and opportunities; Ability to develop strategies and policies to improve department and improve team performance and efficiency
- Requires previous experience in managing and executing the RFI/RFP process with multiple direct reports and ownership over a capability area
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Pay Range: $170,000 - $205,000
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.
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 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 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.
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