Global Hub Manager

dentsu; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

dentsu is seeking a Global Hub Manager to partner with Global Hub Lead and Regional Hub Leads, aligning global priorities with regional execution and driving planning excellence. The role covers hub coordination, digital planning, and cross-market culture activations, with a focus on governance and continuous improvement.

Based in London or Amsterdam, the role emphasizes stakeholder management, multi-market coordination, and shaping the operating model for an interconnected global network.

Qualifications

• Strong digital media planning and integrated planning experience.
• Experience operating in multi-market, regional, or global client environments.
• Experience working within hub, centre-of-excellence, or shared service structures.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Hub Coordination & Leadership Support: coordinate priorities, risks, and initiatives across four regional hubs.
• Digital Planning Coordination: align planning activities across Global Brands and Regions; support annual and campaign planning.
• Topical & Culture Pulse Coordination: manage activations across hubs; ensure alignment with global priorities.
• Governance & Continuous Improvement: drive standard practices and governance across work-streams.
• Learning & Capability Building: support knowledge sharing and capability-building across hub network.

Skills

Digital planning

Integrated planning

Multi-market coordination

Stakeholder management

Program coordination

Organisational skills

Job description

Job Description:

The Global Hub Manager will act as the operational and planning partner to the Global Hub Lead and Regional Hub Leads, supporting the successful delivery of priorities across Global Brands, Regional Hubs, local markets, and specialist functions. The role will serve as a central coordination point across the network, helping connect global priorities with regional execution while driving planning excellence, alignment, and continuous improvement. This role is intended to complement the leadership, providing the additional support required to manage an increasingly interconnected global operating model.

Key Responsibilities:

Hub Coordination & Leadership Support

Support the Global Hub Lead and Regional Hub Leads in managing strategic priorities, dependencies, risks, and key initiatives. Coordinate activities across the four regional hubs and provide visibility on progress, actions, and escalations. Consolidate regional updates and prepare leadership-ready summaries and recommendations. Track delivery against key work-streams and support issue resolution where required.

Digital Planning Coordination

Coordinate planning activities across Global Brands and Regional Hub teams for Topical and Culture Pulse activations. Facilitate collaboration between Strategy, Planning, Activation, Analytics, and Operations teams. Support annual planning, campaign planning, and key planning milestones across the network. Ensure planning frameworks, best practices, and ways of working are consistently applied and shared across markets and hubs.

Topical & Culture Pulse Coordination

Coordinate global Topical and Culture Pulse activations across hubs and markets. Ensure alignment between global priorities and regional deployment plans. Manage timelines, stakeholder communication, and implementation tracking. Capture learnings and facilitate sharing of best practices across the organisation.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

Support the adoption and implementation of processes, frameworks, and standards. Drive consistency in execution across regions and identify opportunities for process improvement. Help maintain visibility of actions, decisions, and governance requirements across work-streams.

Learning & Capability Building

Support learning forums, capability-building initiatives, and knowledge-sharing programmes across the hub network. Identify opportunities to scale successful approaches, planning methodologies, and operational best practices. Contribute to the ongoing evolution and improvement of the operating model.

Candidate Profile:

Strong digital media planning and integrated planning experience. Experience operating in multi‑market, regional, or global client environments. Experience working within hub, centre‑of‑excellence, or shared service structures. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Proven ability to coordinate complex programmes involving multiple teams and markets. A proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset with excellent organisational capabilities.

Location:

The role can be based in either London or Amsterdam, depending on the strongest candidate and business requirements.

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Location: London

Brand: Global Carat

Time Type: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

About dentsu

For over 120 years, innovation has been a core tenet of our offering - exploring new ways to reach, engage and nurture relationships with audiences. Together we drive a multiplier effect for clients at a global scale, through the development of Integrated Growth Solutions that are underpinned by our promise to clients: innovating to impact. Be a force for good. Sustainability is a vital part of our business and an important area of focus for our clients. We're leading the way - helping to build a more sustainable planet. Dream loud. In this moment of transformation, we need our people to be fearless, embracing change and ambiguity, driven by the love for their work and excitement for the future. Team without limits. We create opportunities for connection and collaboration between our colleagues and clients, building a sense of belonging and having some fun along the way. Find out more about us Who we are Our Social Impact Our work