It's not every day we have a chance to make the world a healthier place—but here, it’s our way of life. Idealistic? Maybe. Deeply pragmatic? Always. Real Chemistry is a global health innovation company that has carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, tech, and the people at the heart of it all. It’s with a great sense of purpose that we work together with brave health and wellness companies to create and inspire healthier, happier, and longer lives. It’s our passion. And if you’re still reading, we’re guessing it might be yours too. We are looking to add to our alchemic mix of more than 2,000 talented professionals. At Real Chemistry, we don’t just wish the world was healthier. We leverage tech, data and creativity to make it so. You in?

Our mission is to make the world a healthier place. Real Chemistry provides clinical, corporate and commercial solutions that meet the needs of today’s healthcare stakeholders. Our patient-centric approach relies on a multitude of real-world data sources, proprietary technologies and analytical insights paired with our expertise in modern marketing and communications services to solve today’s biggest healthcare challenges. From finding patients with complicated or rare diseases to participate in clinical trials, to targeting digital marketing efforts to exactly the right audience, Real Chemistry is advancing transformation at the intersection of consumerization, personalization and digitization impacting healthcare today.

In the Real Chemistry Data Office, we integrate across data sources, functions, methodologies, and technologies, to deliver insights that lead to intelligent action for our healthcare clients and their critical business decisions in the Clinical, Commercial, and Corporate domains.

As a Senior Director, Data Analytics R&D in the Real Chemistry Data Office you will be responsible for (1) developing, deploying, and scaling innovative analytical solutions that leverage both Real Chemistry’s and our client’s data assets, (2) applying quantitative methodologies, techniques, and tools to develop best-in-class insights that inform healthcare stakeholder activation, and (3) administering our data and analytics assets to maximize their value across the Real Chemistry enterprise.

You will primarily be focused on developing and delivering analytics methods to enhance HCP and patient activation throughout the clinical development lifecycle (clinical trial planning, recruitment and retention) with a focus on digital activation. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to identify business opportunities, goals and objectives, building analytical solutions, and interpreting the results of those solutions for internal and external consumption. You understand the intricacies of healthcare or other heavily regulated environments and will be a thought leader, bring new ideas and approaches, helping to define and deliver our data analytics offerings. You will partner with the internal Real Chemistry team and external clients and partners to implement, automate, and operationalize solutions that will make you a significant contributor to the overall success of client business.

All employees are currently working remote; once our offices re-open, this position can be in one of our offices, including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Austin, Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Hope, Florham Park, NJ or can be fully remote.

Who you are

• A genuine leader -- who sets the standard for delivering value that inspires direct reports and peers to deliver their best work, and has experience overseeing direct reports

• Curious by nature – easily identifying data requirements and necessary acquisitions to address business needs.

• An interpreter – easily able to determine if business objectives can be met using a quantitative analytical approach, developing hypotheses about anticipated outcomes; reviewing results of quantitative and qualitative models, identifying trends and issues to develop alternatives to support business objectives.

• A creator – who loves to build custom methodologies that leverage advanced statistical methods, such as: casual and predictive modeling, attribution, forecasting, data mining, simulation, and/or optimization.

• A truth seeker – who performs testing of models to ensure adequacy, determining needs for reformulation

• A partner – to internal and external stakeholders alike, partnering with both to implement, automate, operationalize models into effective decision-making machines, while being able to clearly and concisely communicate complex information to a variety of audiences, in the most effective medium to deliver maximum impact

• A continuous learner - You thrive in an environment that requires constant learning and innovation

What you’ll do

• Bring new ideas and approaches to the organization to employ data and analytics to drive client value, including helping to re(define) our offerings

• Lead and manage research projects from proposal stage to analytics to client delivery, collaborating with internal and external key stakeholders across each project milestone

• Develop research framework and tell stories across disparate datasets including clinical, RWD, social, and digital activation

• Review team deliverables, elevating findings into reports and outputs that bring a story to life 

• Produce analytics deliverables

• Present research reports and others forms of outputs to clients, coach team members on their presentation skills, and engage as a leader in client meetings

• Manage the professional development of direct reports, providing regular and timely feedback and guidance

• Cultivate strong people managers, including developing basic managerial skills and problem-solving when challenges arise

• Create and nurture long-lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Effectively grow existing business and serve as a strategic partner in successful new business pitches

• Provide support in identifying new business opportunities through research and analysis of client clinical development pipelines and needs where Real Chemistry supports

• Provide guidance on research and analytics methodologies based on client priorities and internal capabilities

• Interview, train, and onboard new hires and oversee direct reports in completing these activities

What you’ll bring

• 6+ years of hands-on data and analytics experience in the biopharmaceutical industry across a variety of data sets and analytical methodologies

• 3+ years of team management, including career development and project leadership

• Experience using statistical modeling and data science to solve problems in the biopharmaceutical domain with a focus on clinical development including applications to digital and offline data

• Understanding of statistics including regression, estimation, hypothesis testing, attribution, forecasting, and Bayesian methods.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Proficiency in the use of tools (e.g. Python, R, SQL, Excel) for manipulating data and drawing insights from data sets

• Experience with data visualization platforms like Tableau, Power BI, or DOMO.