B2B Strategy Partner, Media

Dentsuaegis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu B2B UK is seeking a Strategy Partner to shape strategic direction for flagship client relationships, guiding thought leadership and winning transformational partnerships. You will collaborate with Managing Partner and client leaders across media, strategy, data, technology and CX to craft market-leading growth plans with measurable impact.

You will lead multi-disciplinary pitch teams, translate business objectives into integrated strategies, and mentor rising strategic talent while

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in strategic planning, consulting, marketing strategy or a related discipline.
• Significant B2B marketing experience gained within an agency, consultancy or client-side environment.
• Demonstrable experience leading strategic engagements for enterprise-level organisations.
• Strong track record of winning new business and contributing to successful pitches.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy development across a portfolio of priority client relationships.
• Partner with senior client stakeholders to define growth agendas, identify opportunities and solve complex strategic challenges.
• Translate client business objectives into integrated marketing, media and customer experience strategies.
• Lead strategic workshops, executive stakeholder sessions and annual planning engagements.
• Ensure all strategic recommendations are grounded in insight, audience understanding and measurable business outcomes.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior client decision-makers across technology, financial services and professional services organisations.
• Lead the strategic development of major pitches and growth opportunities.
• Build compelling client propositions that differentiate dentsu B2B in competitive situations.
• Develop strategic narratives, growth frameworks and proposition architecture that connect client challenges to dentsu's capabilities.
• Inspire and coordinate cross-functional pitch teams spanning strategy, media, creative, data and technology.
• Play a key role in converting opportunities into long-term client partnerships.
• Continuously refine and evolve our pitch approach, tools and methodologies.
• Help position dentsu B2B as a recognised leader in B2B growth, marketing transformation and customer experience.
• Develop original points of view on emerging trends including AI, audience intelligence, account-based experiences and measurement.
• Create thought leadership content including reports, articles, presentations and industry commentary.
• Represent dentsu B2B at industry events, conferences and client forums.
• Partner with marketing and leadership teams to amplify thought leadership through internal and external channels.
• Serve as a senior member of the dentsu B2B UK leadership team.
• Contribute to agency growth planning, capability development and strategic direction.
• Mentor and develop strategic capability across the business.
• Foster a culture of curiosity & innovation.
• Champion collaboration across dentsu Media, Customer Experience, Creative and specialist capabilities.
• Help strengthen strategic excellence across all client work.

Skills

Strategic planning

Marketing strategy

B2B marketing

Engagement leadership

Pitch leadership

Job description

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world's leading organisations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now operating in approximately 120 countries and regions, we bring together the power of a global network of leadership brands to deliver impactful, end-to-end growth solutions. Through our client promise, Innovating to Impact, we drive growth through integrated services across Media, Customer Experience Management (CXM), and Creative. Our business transformation (BX) mindset, combined with a focus on experience transformation (EX), drives sustainable growth for brands, people, and society. Our commitment to innovation, collaboration, and diversity enables us to continuously evolve, pushing boundaries while delivering measurable impact in a fast-changing world

dentsu B2B is officially recognised by B2B Marketing as the best B2B agency in the UK, US and Globally. We exist to help ambitious organisations accelerate growth through connected experiences, audience intelligence, media, data, technology and creativity. We work with some of the world's most recognised brands across technology, financial services and professional services sectors; helping them navigate increasingly complex buying journeys and deliver measurable commercial outcomes.

Purpose of the Role

As Strategy Partner, you will be responsible for shaping the strategic direction of our most important client relationships, driving the agency's thought leadership agenda and helping to win the next generation of transformational client partnerships. You will work closely with the Managing Partner, client leadership teams and specialists across media, strategy, data, technology and experience disciplines to develop market-leading growth strategies that create tangible business impact for our clients. This role combines strategic consultancy, ground-breaking innovation and agency influence. You will be equally comfortable advising C-suite stakeholders, leading multi-disciplinary pitch teams, presenting on industry trends and inspiring internal teams around new opportunities for growth.

Key responsibilities

Client Strategic Leadership

• Lead strategy development across a portfolio of priority client relationships.
• Partner with senior client stakeholders to define growth agendas, identify opportunities and solve complex strategic challenges.
• Translate client business objectives into integrated marketing, media and customer experience strategies.
• Lead strategic workshops, executive stakeholder sessions and annual planning engagements.
• Ensure all strategic recommendations are grounded in insight, audience understanding and measurable business outcomes.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior client decision-makers across technology, financial services and professional services organisations.

New Business & Pitch Leadership

• Lead the strategic development of major pitches and growth opportunities.
• Build compelling client propositions that differentiate dentsu B2B in competitive situations.
• Develop strategic narratives, growth frameworks and proposition architecture that connect client challenges to dentsu's capabilities.
• Inspire and coordinate cross-functional pitch teams spanning strategy, media, creative, data and technology.
• Play a key role in converting opportunities into long-term client partnerships.
• Continuously refine and evolve our pitch approach, tools and methodologies.

Thought Leadership & Market Influence

• Help position dentsu B2B as a recognised leader in B2B growth, marketing transformation and customer experience.
• Develop original points of view on emerging trends including AI, audience intelligence, account-based experiences and measurement.
• Create thought leadership content including reports, articles, presentations and industry commentary.
• Represent dentsu B2B at industry events, conferences and client forums.
• Partner with marketing and leadership teams to amplify thought leadership through internal and external channels.

Leadership & Agency Development

• Serve as a senior member of the dentsu B2B UK leadership team.
• Contribute to agency growth planning, capability development and strategic direction.
• Mentor and develop strategic capability across the business.
• Foster a culture of curiosity & innovation.
• Champion collaboration across dentsu Media, Customer Experience, Creative and specialist capabilities.
• Help strengthen strategic excellence across all client work.

Qualifications & Skills

• Extensive experience in strategic planning, consulting, marketing strategy or a related discipline.
• Significant B2B marketing experience gained within an agency, consultancy or client-side environment.
• Demonstrable experience leading strategic engagements for enterprise-level organisations.
• Strong track record of winning new business and contributing to successful pitches.
• Experience adv