Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Senior Vice President - Strategy

Performance & Paid MarketingPosted on Nov 12

Full-timeChicago, IL, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 15 years of media experience.
At least 6 years of management experience.
Deep cross-channel media knowledge and experience.
Proven ability to lead people through mentoring and development.
Proven ability to earn the respect of clients, internal partners, and peers.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership across a single large client or a group of smaller clients.
Ensure the quality of work produced by cross-functional teams, maintain strong client relationships, and drive organic growth on assigned accounts.
Bring best practices for media across audiences and channels, including consumer packaged goods and retail.
Understand the total marketing process and the strategic role of media.
Provide insights into industry trends and client business.
Contribute to thought leadership through points of view, articles, interviews, or conference participation.
Proactively self-educate on Infinite Roar, Publicis Groupe, and client business functions, capabilities, tools, and processes.
Build trust, model inclusion, and show respect for employees.
Practice active listening to resolve issues and identify opportunities.
Exert lateral influence to manage cross-functional employees.
Communicate business initiatives and client requests clearly.
Ensure teams are properly trained on tools and processes.
Drive adherence to agency processes and best practices.
Participate in formal employee development processes, including performance management, goal-setting, midyear and annual reviews, and coaching.
Nurture and develop talent on assigned accounts.
Participate in recruitment and interviewing efforts.
Own overall media strategy, approach, and plans for each account.
Own strategic questions and concerns related to clients’ media efforts.
Collaborate with internal cross-functional leaders to align deliverables with client needs.
Represent cross-functional teams in client and agency partner meetings when those teams are absent.
Drive continuous improvement of self, team, and client deliverables.
Encourage innovative thinking.
Serve as a point of escalation.
Monitor team pacing to ensure profitability.
Assist leadership in setting organic growth goals.
Drive adherence to organic growth roadmaps and business plans.
Volunteer for pitch teams, task forces, and other initiatives.
Encourage teams to incorporate new agency initiatives into recommendations.
Identify opportunities to upsell and cross-sell to existing clients.
Scope client work with the Business Management partner.
Manage relationships with clients and agency partners.
Work with clients to shape their marketing priorities.
Take initiative in developing new client relationships.
Model outstanding client service for the team.
Maintain professional and impactful standards for written and verbal client communication, serving as a strong writer and presenter.
Serve as a point of escalation for client concerns.

Company description

Infinite Roar, Publicis Media's fastest-growing agency, is the new force in the media landscape. We are built for those clients looking to drive transformation, and we’ve created an approach especially tailored to the unique needs of disruptive, fast-growing brands. We combined the agility and personalized attention of a boutique agency with the unrivaled resources and expertise of a global powerhouse.

Overview

The SVP, Strategy provides leadership across a single large client or a group of smaller clients. The SVP is responsible for the quality of work produced by the cross-functional teams, maintaining strong client relationships, and driving organic growth on their assigned accounts.

Responsibilities

Knowledge

Deep media experience across a diverse set of verticals and audiences

Ability to bring best practices for media across audiences and channels (e.g. CPG, retail)

Understands the total marketing process and the strategic role of media

Provides insights into industry trends and client's business

Contributes to thought leadership in the form of POV’s, articles, interviews, etc. in the trades or at conferences

Proactively self-educates on Infinite Roar, Publicis Groupe, and client business functions, capabilities, tools, and processes

Managing and Leading Others

Builds trust, models inclusion, and shows respect for all employees

Practices active listening to resolve issues and identify opportunities

Exerts lateral influence to manage cross-functional employees

Provides clear communication on business initiatives and client requests

Ensures teams are properly trained on tools and processes

Drives adherence to Infinite Roar processes and best practices

Participates in the formal development process, including performance management, goal-setting, mid and yearly reviews, and coaching

Nurtures and develops talent on assigned accounts

Participates in Infinite Roar’s recruitment and interviewing efforts

Strategy & Account Management

Owns overall media strategy, approach, and plan on each account

Owns strategic questions and concerns related to the client’s media efforts

Collaborates with internal cross-functional leaders to ensure strategic alignment of deliverables with client needs

Represents the interests of cross-functional teams in client and agency partner meetings where those teams are absent

Pushes for continuous improvement of self, team, and client deliverables

Encourages innovative, out of the box thinking

Provides a point of escalation

Monitors team pacing to ensure profitability

Organic Growth and New Business

Assists leadership in setting organic growth goals

Drives adherence to organic growth roadmaps and business plans

Volunteers for pitch teams, task forces, side hustles, etc.

Encourages team to incorporate new agency initiatives into recommendations

Identifies opportunities to upsell and cross-sell to existing clients

Scopes client work with Business Management partner

Client Service

Responsible for relationships with clients and agency partners

Conveys passion for clients and their businesses

Works with clients to shape their marketing priorities

Takes initiative in developing new client relationships

Models outstanding client service for team

Drives professional, impactful standards within team for all written and verbal contact with clients; 'gold-standard' writer and presenter

Serves as point of escalation for client concerns

Qualifications

15+ years of media experience

6+ years management experience

Deep cross-channel media knowledge and experience

Proven ability to lead people (mentoring and developing)

Proven ability to earn the respect of clients, internal partners, and peers

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $268,905.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/8/2027.

About the Company

Publicis Groupe

Runs advertising and digital transformation services

Publicis Groupe runs advertising, media buying and digital transformation services for companies that want to reach consumers, coordinate campaigns and improve their business systems. Its agency network includes creative and media specialists, while Publicis Sapient builds and modernizes the technology behind clients' operations. Epsilon adds customer data and marketing technology that connect brands with audiences and measure campaign results. Clients pay for consulting, campaign creation and execution, with production and media costs billed through alongside the group's service work. Founded in 1926, Publicis Groupe is headquartered in Paris, France.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 1926

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