Resource Manager
Real Chemistry
| Company | Real Chemistry |
| Category | Operations & Admin |
| Location | Boston - Massachusetts; Carmel - Indiana; Chicago - Illinois; Lambertville - New Jersey; Remote - USA |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
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. Resource Manager
Role Overview
Real Chemistry is seeking a Resource Manager to join our Business Operations, Resource Management team. In this role, you will own the day-to-day allocation and deployment of talent across our client engagements — ensuring the right people are matched to the right work at the right time.
You will serve as the operational backbone of the team: maintaining allocations, tracking utilization and billability, and producing the reporting that drives staffing decisions. You will also partner directly with business leaders and group leads on capacity planning, forecasting, and strategic resourcing across our creative and technology disciplines.
Key Responsibilities
Resourcing & Allocation
Partner with business leaders and resource management lead to understand the client engagements, SOWs, and funding that drive resource needs.
Own and maintain the accuracy of allocations and resourcing trackers, ensuring data is current across all clients and team members.
Make staffing recommendations based on an understanding of team members’ skill sets across, social strategy, paid media, omnichannel strategy & media account management, influencer/celebrity.
Ensure client work is resourced with the best teams, combining experience with technical knowledge and expertise.
Get to know the teams you support – becoming a trusted advisor to business leaders on all aspects of resource planning for their teams.
Utilization, Billability & Reporting
Monitor team member and department bandwidth to maximize utilization and billability across team resources, while preventing burnout.
Maintain and reconcile billability and utilization data, including support for monthly low-billability commentary and related reporting exercises.
Provide up-to-date information, analysis, and advice on availability, engagement needs, forecast utilization, forecast revenue, headcount, and pipeline to management on a weekly basis.
Monitor freelancer engagements to ensure they remain within the terms of our contracted work agreements.
Process & Collaboration
Proactively prepare for and help lead recurring resource management meetings so critical staffing decisions can be addressed quickly.
Partner with Recruitment/Talent Acquisition to identify when internal resources are not available and prioritize open positions.
Partner with HR to escalate any information related to retention and employee relations.
Maintain our engagements with our freelance partners – working with finance/TA to ensure extensions and new work orders are processed as needed.
Required Skills & Experience
3+ years of experience in a trafficking or resourcing role in a professional services or agency environme
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