Senior Director, Strategy

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world’s leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world’s largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything – from a new client brief to the way we work.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of happy warriors: You’ll be their leader, directing workflow and inspiring collaboration. You are the goal setter and the visionary, setting the pace and paving the way towards a new frontier for our people and our clients. You will coach your team, providing routine feedback, all the while being an advocate of their learning and development at PHD.
• Championing our media plan: You will connect brand goals with the target audience, leveraging media tools to uncover insights to activate the plan for a variety of campaigns.
• Being a business leader with a point of view: You will be your client’s second set of eyes, with a view of the future, proving business, marketing, and strategic media direction. You must be willing and able to step in and help your clients to make the decisions that matter the most.
• Shaping our fast-growing agency: As one of only a handful of Client Business Leads, you will be a leader inside our agency. This means you will have a voice in growing and fostering our culture, a hand in new business opportunities, and a point of view in training and coaching our people.
  
  

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of media integrated planning experience across all channels
• Minimum 8 years of experience in managing and growing a team
• Have had experience managing complex and fast-moving business.
• Have consulted and guided CMO and CEO’s towards new thinking
• Strong ability to have intelligent conversations about media planning, marketing, and business
• Be an over communicator, to you team, your clients and your agency partners
  
  

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$100,000—$180,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

PHD is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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