SVP, Client Solutions – Planning

📋 Description

• Act as the primary client and strategic leader for one of dentsu’s largest accounts, serving as the key liaison and trusted advisor to senior client leadership.

• Develop and implement integrated solutions across dentsu's capabilities (media and beyond) to enhance client impact, value, and agency growth.

• Advocate for and deeply understand the client's business and industry, utilizing this insight to transform client challenges into strategic media directions and opportunities that provide a competitive edge.

• Establish and nurture a high-performing team that attracts top talent by fostering a culture of accountability, client focus, compassion, and excellence.

• Cultivate collaborative and trusted relationships within matrixed environments, engaging with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders while staying attuned to dynamics that reveal risks and opportunities.

• Oversee the P&L, making sound commercial decisions autonomously, managing contract development and negotiations, and optimizing staff plans.

• Drive operational excellence across all functions, strategically addressing people, processes, and technology needs—including AI—to enhance operational efficiency and collaboration.

• Tackle challenging problems and engage in difficult conversations—both internally and with clients.

• Accurately represent the client's perspective when reviewing work, leveraging this viewpoint and strong communication skills to create clear, compelling, and persuasive storytelling and presentations for clients.

• Manage and mentor team members from Director to VP level, actively supporting their coaching and career development.

• Hold teams accountable to dentsu’s principles and standards, aligning executive management's viewpoints with the practical realities of the account’s daily operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 15 years of experience in relevant fields such as leading large-scale, complex regional or global client relationships, strategic media planning, and/or communications strategy.

• Significant retail experience with a proven capability to adapt quickly to the retail pace, understand omnichannel shopping behaviors and strategies, and leverage rich customer data to drive effective strategies.

• Extensive knowledge and experience across multiple communication channels and their roles in marketing, encompassing both traditional and digital media channels, as well as national and local media.

• Profound knowledge and experience in utilizing data, technology, identity, and advanced measurement solutions to create data-driven, high-performing integrated marketing plans.

• Demonstrates mental agility to adapt to the fast pace of business—priorities frequently change, and flexibility beyond core competencies is essential.

• Proven strategic thinking ability, combining analytical and creative approaches, and the capability to teach others to think strategically and tackle complex problems.

• Proactive storyteller and collaborator, skilled at persuading and positively influencing diverse groups of team members and clients to achieve desired results.

• Charismatic presence in presentations and communications.

• Demonstrated ability to lead change within complex organizations and implement new operational models across various marketing disciplines and/or markets.

• Strong commercial and strategic insight, with a history of delivering significant business impact.

• Proven leadership skills—experience in managing, motivating, and developing large teams, including establishing an inspiring vision and clear goals that empower employees to achieve success and grow.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• 401k.

• Flexible paid time off.

• At least 15 paid holidays per year.

• Paid sick and safe leave.

• Paid parental leave.