Chief Strategy Officer

Havas Worldwide

Greater London

On-site

GBP 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

Havas Worldwide à Londres recherche un Chief Strategy Officer pour piloter la vision stratégique globale et élever notre capacité de planification et de créativité. Le candidat idéal supervise des équipes internationales et développe des hubs stratégiques, garantissant une excellence continue des propositions destinées à des comptes mondiaux.

Plus de 15 ans d'expérience en leadership stratégique dans des environnements globaux sont attendus, avec une maîtrise des enjeux B2B et des

Qualifications

  • 15+ années d'expérience en direction stratégique dans une agence ou une organisation internationale.
  • Succès avérés en stratégie de marque, communications et optimisation de la performance.
  • Capacité à fédérer des équipes multiculturelles et à piloter des hubs globaux.

Responsibilities

  • Définir et conduire la vision stratégique à long terme de l'agence et des clients.
  • Établir et diriger des hubs stratégiques globaux et des cadres de planification.
  • Servir de conseiller de confiance auprès des dirigeants et diriger les présentations clients majeures.
  • Pilotage de l'innovation, IA et data-driven planning au sein du groupe.

Skills

Leadership stratégique
Stratégie B2B
Vision d'entreprise
IA & data planning
Gestion d'équipes
Développement commercial

Tools

Outils de planification

Job description

Agence : Ledger Bennett Description du poste : We are seeking a transformational Chief Strategy Officer to shape the future of our agency and our clients' brands. As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CSO will define and drive the agency's strategic vision, elevate our brand and creative strategy capabilities, and build a world‑class global strategy function that powers sustainable growth across markets. This is not a traditional planning leadership role. We are looking for a strategist who can connect business ambition, brand purpose, customer insight, creativity, data, technology and culture to create competitive advantage for both our clients and our agency. They will work with other strategy lead across Havas agencies to create joint propositions that give us unique offerings for clients globally. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing and scaling strategic hubs across global markets, creating integrated centres of excellence that deliver consistent strategic thinking while enabling local relevance and market expertise. They will champion the next generation of B2B marketing, ensuring our agency stays ahead of shifts in buyer behaviour, AI‑enabled marketing, creativity, channel innovation and brand building. This role will be instrumental in elevating our reputation as one of the world's most strategically influential B2B agencies.

Key Responsibilities
Agency Strategy & Vision

Define and lead the agency's long‑term strategic vision in partnership with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team. Shape the agency's market positioning, service evolution along with the CEO and other agency leaders to ensure continued relevance and differentiation. Identify emerging opportunities, industry trends and market shifts that can unlock competitive advantage. Act as a strategic catalyst across the business, driving innovation and future‑focused thinking.

Brand & Creative Strategy Leadership

Build a world‑class strategic planning function renowned for excellence in B2B brand building and creative effectiveness. Lead the development of transformative brand, communications and customer experience strategies for key global clients. Ensure strategy serves as the foundation for outstanding creativity and measurable business impact. Champion the integration of brand, demand generation, customer engagement and reputation‑building approaches. Establish best‑in‑class strategic frameworks, methodologies and planning tools across the agency (and international hubs).

Global Markets & Hub Development

Design and implement a global strategic operating model that supports agency growth across regions and markets. Establish and scale strategy hubs and centres of excellence across priority global markets. Create consistent standards, processes and capabilities while allowing for cultural and regional nuance. Foster collaboration across geographic teams to create a connected and high‑performing global strategy community. Identify opportunities for market expansion, acquisitions, partnerships and capability building.

Client Leadership & Growth

Serve as a trusted advisor to C‑suite client stakeholders and senior decision makers. Lead strategic engagements with key global accounts and participate in major business reviews. Support new business growth through compelling strategic thinking, positioning and pitch leadership. Translate complex business challenges into actionable opportunities for clients and agency teams. Strengthen long‑term client relationships through strategic value creation.

Innovation & Future Readiness

Lead the agency's approach to AI, data‑driven planning, customer intelligence and predictive marketing. Ensure strategic thinking evolves alongside technological change and emerging customer expectations. Create a future‑focused culture that embraces experimentation and continuous learning. Establish partnerships with industry experts, research organisations and innovation networks.

Talent & Leadership

Build, inspire and develop a diverse, high‑performing global strategy team. Create clear career pathways and a culture of strategic excellence. Mentor senior strategists and emerging leaders across the organisation with the added challenge of being located in different markets/time zones. Foster strong collaboration between strategy, creative, client services, media, social, digital and analytics teams. Raise the overall strategic capability and commercial acumen of the agency.

Experience

15+ years of strategic leadership experience within a leading agency, consultancy, marketing services business or marketing dept in a global brand. Significant experience leading brand, communications and creative strategy at a regional or global level. Demonstrated success building and scaling high‑performing strategy teams. Experience developing international operations, markets, hubs or centres of excellence. Strong track record of driving agency growth, client retention and new business success. Deep understanding of B2B marketing and the evolving relationship between brand building and commercial performance. Full funnel B2B marketing experience. Key outcomes will demonstrate the candidate's impact.

Key Outcomes

Within 12‑24 months, the Chief Strategy Officer will have: Established a globally connected strategy organisation with clearly defined market hubs and centres of excellence. Elevated the agency's reputation as a strategic leader in global B2B marketing. Support the delivery of 20‑25% agency revenue growth through strategic leadership of key accounts, proposition development and new business activity. Ensure strategy function directly contributes to at least 50% of all new business wins. Built market‑leading brand and creative strategy capabilities. Embedded innovative, AI‑enabled and insight‑driven planning practices throughout the agency. Created a high‑performing strategy, and globally scalable strategy team capable of supporting sustained international growth. Design and launch a global strategy operating model within the first six months. Establish new regional strategy hubs across key markets. Implement standardised strategic frameworks, planning tools and processes across 100% of agency locations and achieve adoption by all strategy teams within year one. Increase multi‑market strategic project delivery by 30%. Ensure every major global client has access to integrated hub expertise. Develop and implement a strategy quality framework. Reduce strategy development cycle times by 20% through improved processes and AI‑enabled tools.

Type de contrat : CDI

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About Havas

Fondé à Paris en 1835, Havas est l’un des plus grands groupes de communication au monde, avec plus de 22000 collaborateurs dans plus de 100 pays, qui partagent une seule et même mission : make a meaningful difference au service des marques, des entreprises, et de la société dans son ensemble.

Havas a développé un modèle d’agences totalement intégré, regroupant tous les métiers de la communication. Les équipes des trois divisions Creative, Media, et Health & You, travaillent avec agilité et en parfaite synergie pour accompagner leurs clients dans leur transformation positive, en leur apportant des solutions sur mesure, porteuses de sens et s’inspirant des métiers de l’entertainment.

Life at Havas

Nous sommes très fiers de notre famille Havas. Elle est composée de personnalités uniques, qui enrichissent leur travail avec leurs idées et leurs passions. L’esprit d’équipe est au cœur de notre fonctionnement et les Havas Villages constituent nos espaces de travail. Nous encourageons nos collaborateurs à saisir les multiples opportunités d’évolution au sein du groupe, que ce soit par une formation dans une agence locale, par la création d’un projet spécifique ou par la participation à l’un de nos programmes mondiaux de développement, uniques en leur genre.

Havas Creative Network

Chez Havas, nous pensons que la créativité n’est pas seulement une description de notre activité, mais qu’elle fait partie de l’ADN de nos agences. Notre réseau créatif rassemble certaines des agences les plus créatives et les plus accomplies du secteur. En associant l’expertise créative au pouvoir stratégique et innovant de nos Villages, nous construisons des équipes sur‑mésure autour des besoins spécifiques de chacun de nos clients.

Havas Media Network

Chez Havas, nous offrons la meilleure expérience média, en nous concentrant sur les médias les plus meaningful pour construire des marques porteuses de sens. Nous savons comment établir une relation entre un client et son public cible – en fonction d’où il se trouve et avec du contenu qui lui parle. Nous apportons cette expertise grâce à notre système Mx, notre méthodologie opérationnelle globale et processus commun de planification stratégique. Ce système crée de la valeur pour nos clients en transformant les informations sur les consommateurs en objectifs de croissance clairs, en associant les parties prenantes et les indicateurs clés de performance et en mesurant l’impact des expériences médiatiques.

Havas Health & You

Animé par l’objectif d’avoir un impact positif sur la vie des patients et d’œuvrer à l’amélioration du bien‑être et de la santé de tous, l’entité Havas Health & You s’appuie sur un réseau mondial d’experts en communication santé. Avec un état d’esprit résolument tourné vers l’innovation, la créativité et l’éducation, nous nous engageons à fournir un travail innovant et toujours excellent.

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