Strategic Digital Partnerships Director

dentsu; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 1,200,000,000 - 2,100,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu X in Jakarta seeks an Associate Business Director to lead key client partnerships and translate opportunities into action. You will shape digital media strategy and bring together expertise across programmatic, paid media, creators, ecommerce, and community to develop value for clients while growing the business.

The role requires strong strategic, digital, and commercial judgment to know clients’ businesses and anticipate what's next, guiding teams and ensuring high standards of delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in digital media leadership and managing complex client relationships.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, understand their business priorities, and translate them into relevant media solutions and clear recommendations.
• Identify ways to expand existing accounts, develop proposals, and build the case for new solutions and additional investment.
• Lead strategic workshops, connecting audience insights, consumer journeys, and brand priorities to media roles, channel choices, and actionable recommendations.
• Define frameworks that connect media activity to brand and business objectives, aligning clients and specialists on KPIs, reporting priorities, and how results inform decisions.
• Align forecast assumptions, review checkpoints, and optimisation decisions.
• Communicate performance risks clearly and distinguish estimates from guaranteed outcomes.
• Partner with media platforms and specialists across paid media, programmatic, creators, ecommerce, and community touchpoints to develop connected solutions around client needs.
• Oversee account revenue, budgets, delivery quality, and client commitments, balancing strong client service with commercial performance.
• Turn complex performance and commercial discussions into clear recommendations, agreed responsibilities, and practical next steps.
• Give teams direction, coach their development, and maintain high standards of delivery.

Job description

Dentsu X in Jakarta seeks an Associate Business Director to lead key client partnerships and translate opportunities into action. You will shape digital media strategy and bring together expertise across programmatic, paid media, creators, ecommerce, and community to develop value for clients while growing the business.

The role requires strong strategic, digital, and commercial judgment to know clients’ businesses and anticipate what's next, guiding teams and ensuring high standards of delivery.