Senior Account Associate - Medical

twentysix; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free snacks

Generous leave

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

LinkedIn Learning

Mental wellness coaching

Job summary

Real Chemistry is seeking a Senior Account Associate to join our growing team in the U.S. The role emphasizes day-to-day project management and building client relationships, with responsibilities spanning planning, delivery, and collaboration across colleagues and leaders.

You will manage small to medium projects end-to-end, delegate tasks for junior staff, and help ensure timely, on-budget outcomes while learning and growing in a fast-paced healthcare communications environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in a scientific subject.
• At least one year of professional environment experience.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentations skills.
• Highly organized with deadlines, multitasking, and attention to detail.
• Independent thinker who can take ownership and collaborate with a team.
• Proactive, driven and data-curious with a results orientation.

Responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for planning ahead and prioritizing deliverables across accounts, escalating risks when needed.
• Manage administrative tasks (meeting invites, status reports, agendas, notes, timelines) with minimal senior input.
• Maintain awareness of projects across accounts and flag key updates with suggested next steps.
• Lead small-to-medium projects from start to finish, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Delegate effectively to upskill junior team members and support development.
• Understand client needs and preferences, and reflect insights in the work delivered.
• Lead portions of client calls and meetings with recommendations and counsel where appropriate.
• Improve writing by researching, drafting, and validating content for accuracy.
• Demonstrate proficiency with project tools and asset management.

Education

Scientific degree

Job description

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-centred 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 #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem.

Job Summary:

Real Chemistry is looking for a Senior Account Associate to join our growing team!

As a Senior Account Associate, you will have a strong focus on day-to-day project management and learning how to manage client relationships. You are already able to manage small and medium sized projects from start to finish and will be gaining experience of managing others and delegating. Both clients and your colleagues know they can rely on you to make sensible decisions, and to be efficient and reliable.

What you’ll do:

Client delivery

• Take full responsibility for planning ahead and managing your time, priorities and deliverables across your accounts, proactively seeking guidance from your account leads and line manager, if required; highlight risks to project delivery, as necessary
• Confidently manage administrative accounts tasks (managing internal & external meeting invites; updating status reports; developing agendas, call notes and timelines, etc.) with minimal senior input
• Maintain an awareness of projects across your accounts, flagging key updates to your teams in a timely manner along with suggested next steps/solutions
• Manage small to medium-sized projects from start to end, ensuring that they are delivered to cost and deadline, including managing internal and external resource where required
• Identify opportunities to delegate effectively (both up and down), matching suitable assignments with more junior team members for their professional development and effective delivery (where applicable)
• Demonstrate an understanding of your clients’ needs (building an awareness of their strategy and brand) and preferences in your interactions and the delivery of work
• Lead sections of client calls and face-to-face meetings, providing recommendations and counsel to clients, where appropriate
• Develop writing skills further; conducting research, drafting the complete first draft, and ensuring content is accurate
• Demonstrated proficiency on VVPM, capable of uploading, tagging and managing assets through approval

Team management

• Understand the reasons behind why we are doing the programme and project objectives, and be able to effectively communicate these internally and externally
• Start to develop your coaching, delegation and briefing (both internally and externally with suppliers) skills, and lead by example; use these approaches to upskill, develop and inspire more junior team members
• Buddy new AA/SAA starters

Financial management

• Develop a clear understanding of the relevant RC financial processes (e.g. raising job codes, purchase orders, managing Salesforce opportunities, requesting time moves, etc.) and support your account teams as required
• Begin to draft budgets, talking your account lead through your rationale
• Complete your timesheets and expense claims accurately and on time and take an active role in reviewing timesheets across some of your projects

Agency environment

• Immerse yourself in the medical communications and pharma industries, and your client companies and therapy areas: engage with every opportunity to establish an awareness of developments, innovations and trends. Look for opportunities to reflect these in your work and flag your ideas to your teams and wider team to raise your internal profile

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:

• Relevant degree in a scientific subject
• Previous industry experience
• Must have at least one year of experience in a professional environment
• Highly organised with a mindfulness of deadlines, the ability to manage multiple tasks based on priorities and a strong attention to detail
• Independent thinker confident in taking ownership of assets and material development, but a team player who enjoys collaboration
• Performs tasks with a sense of urgency and has the confidence to communicate with managers when deadlines will not be met or when issues are foreseeable
• Strong written and oral communication and presentations skills
• Open minded and eager to learn – the more you put in, the more you get out!
• High energy, able to effectively operate in fast-paced, growing and evolving environment

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.

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. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vison plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Learn more about our great benefits and perks and search specific offerings in your region at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com.

At Real Chemistry, we believe we're at our best when we're connected. Our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach is designed to foster collaboration, learning, innovation, and meaningful relationships while providing flexibility where appropriate. Because our workforce spans multiple countries, regions, and client needs, work arrangements may vary by role and location. Some positions offer hybrid or remote flexibility, while others require regular in-office presence. For example, certain teams and regions, including some of our UK operations, have office-based requirements. Your recruiter will discuss the specific expectations for the role you're pursuing during the interview process and keep you informed throughout the hiring journey. For employees located within a one-hour commute of a Real Chemistry office, we require in-person attendance two days per week, either from a Real Chemistry office or when working onsite with clients. Employees in regions without a nearby office may work remotely and come together throughout the year for collaboration, culture-building, learning, and team connection opportunities. While these guidelines reflect our current workplace model, we understand that everyone’s circumstances are unique. If you require additional flexibility, we welcome an open conversation with your recruiter and our HR team to discuss your needs and determine what may be possible.

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.