Associate Planning Director

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe, known for its world-renowned creativity, best in class technology, digital and consulting expertise, is the world’s third largest communications group in the world. With more than 80,000 people in over 100 countries, the Groupe has four Solution hubs: Creative with Publicis Communications, Media with Publicis Media, Digital business transformation with Publicis Sapient, and Health & Wellbeing with Publicis Health.

Since 2014 and the acquisition of Sapient, Publicis Groupe has undergone a profound transformation by scaling a new model connecting data, creativity and technology. We have continued on that journey with the 2019 acquisition of Epsilon to further scale our data led offering and provide true momentum to our clients own transformation.

This model, with a country led approach, is called the “Power of One” and gathers all the capabilities of the Groupe under one roof, putting clients at the core of the organisation.

It breaks down the silos between Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis Sapient, and Publicis Health making them work seamlessly and efficiently to help clients transform marketing and business at scale.

Never has our vision and drive for Power of One been as demonstrable as in the role of the Global and Regional Client lead. The Publicis Groupe is a brand led organisation powered by data driven global Practices and has our clients at the absolute core of our business. The role of a RCL is essential for driving growth, for understanding and leading our clients own transformation through delivering the true scale our agencies capabilities. A RCL sets the vision, builds a culture of collaboration and curates a team of experts from our whole Groupe to deliver on that promise. They are true leaders with responsibility for revenue, profitability and leading the relationship with our clients. We could not be more committed to delivering excellence and we articulate our approach to that as the following;

Clients Come First; The entire Publicis Groupe transformation was designed to put clients at the center of all we do. Their needs and objectives drive the solutions we provide in order to help them win and grow.

We are Seamless; We have created the powerful role of the Regional Client Leader. One person who acts as one point of access and one point of accountability to tap an 80,000-deep pool of talent - free from silos, legacy, and convention.

We are Frictionless; We have unified P&Ls and removed all operational barriers that enable true collaboration.

We are Modular; The core benefit of our new organization is not only in the depth and range of capability but, more importantly, in our ability to configure situationally; the ability to configure around individual client needs and an open architecture to plug & play world class partners when needed. Modularity is critical as it enables a future proof way for this organization support innovation now and keep pace the changes that show no sign of stopping.

We are United; By fusing together our creative, intelligence, and technology expertise, we are able to provide clients with transformative ideas and consumer experiences, unlike any other agency or holding company in the marketplace.

We are seeking an experienced and driven Sr. Director of Strategic Planning to lead the creation of a high-quality strategic plan that delivers maximum value and the lowest cost. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, integrating, and articulating the go-forward Tech Strategy in collaboration with Global Technology leaders. You will translate this strategy into an integrated Global Tech strategic roadmap across towers, markets, and segments and collaborate with tower leaders to estimate the capacity required for tech workloads and products. Additionally, you will design and operationalize enterprise prioritization processes, business case development, and value realization for Global Tech.

The ideal candidate for this role will have experience in strategy creation, design, and articulation, and possess deep communication and influencing skills. If you are an impact-minded problem solver with a strong track record in driving successful strategic planning initiatives, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, integrate and articulate go-forward Tech Strategy in collaboration with Global Technology leaders
• Translate the tech strategy into integrated Global Tech strategic roadmap across towers, markets, and segments
• Based on strategy and roadmap, collaborate with tower leaders to estimate capacity required (esp. for managed services vendors) for tech workloads and products
• Design and operationalize enterprise prioritization process, business case development and value realization for Global Tech
• Drive reporting and analytics to track effectiveness of allocation and value realization of large tech programs
• Develop and operationalize portfolio health and governance processes to ensure early visibility to execution or budget risk

• 10-15 years of experience with Strategy creation, design, and articulation
• Deep communication and influencing skills, partnering with global tech leadership as well as finance and other functions
• Experience and understanding of modern planning and strategic execution methods (e.g. QBR, OKRs, PI planning) and agile planning processes
• Deep understanding of technology trends and market changes, especially consumption-based spend (e.g., Cloud, Edge, managed services, AI/ChatGPT)
• Experience with demand planning & forecasting, and resource allocation
• Experience with reporting and analytics
• Ability to drive governance and tracking of effectiveness of strategy and allocation of resources
• Impact-minded approach, with ability to articulate goals and instill action and alignment towards reaching them
• Good communication skills with comfort in speaking with business stakeholders
• Strong problem solver with ability to manage and lead the team to push the solution and progress