Associate Business Group Director

McCann; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

McCann Philippines in Metro Manila is seeking a senior portfolio leader to drive sustainable growth across assigned accounts, ensuring client health and long-term partnership value. This role anchors strategic direction and profitability, while guiding teams to deliver impactful work that aligns with client goals.

You will own portfolio profitability, shape strategic direction, lead cross-functional teams, and develop leaders while balancing ambition with discipline.

Qualifications

• Own the portfolio business and drive sustainable growth.
• Build trust and long-term partnerships with clients.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact work.

Responsibilities

• Build trust and influence client decisions to create long-term value.
• Manage portfolio relationships and anticipate client needs.
• Oversee portfolio profitability, growth, and pricing decisions.
• Shape the agency's perception among key clients.
• Lead teams to deliver high-quality, insight-led work.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and resilience.

Job description

Job Description

Responsibility: Sustainable growth, profitability, client health, and leadership of the assigned business group.

Job Description

Responsibility: Sustainable growth, profitability, client health, and leadership of the assigned business group.

Imperative

Own the portfolio business.

Key Results Areas

• Client Leadership: Build trust, influence decisions and create long-term partnership value with clients.
• Own client relationships across the portfolio of assigned accounts; understand their needs, both stated & unstated, manage expectations, and cultivate long-term strategic partnerships beyond service delivery.
• Manage portfolio-level risk and opportunity; anticipate needs, own decisions, and lead outcomes.
• Shape the agency's perception among key clients.
• Business Leadership: Create sustainable growth within the portfolio of assigned accounts by balancing ambition and discipline.
• Own portfolio profitability and growth; understand the agency business model, financial principles, and the ability to identify, pursue, and manage ambition & revenue opportunities while ensuring profitability, sustainable growth, and client value.
• Make the hard calls on clients, pricing, and priorities to drive sustainable business results across the portfolio.
• Product Leadership: Delivery work that works, and travels.
• Set strategic & creative ambition across the portfolio of assigned accounts; think beyond the brief, frame long-term direction, and align output with business objectives.
• Understand, evaluate, and constructively challenge the work, to recognize & advocate for effective, high-quality, and insight-led work that delivers tangible impact and measurable results.
• Ensure consistent delivery of Work that Works.
• People Leadership: Build teams that are high-performing, resilient, and future-ready.
• Shape culture and reinforce standards; lead and orchestrate cross-functional communication & collaboration that is seamless, psychologically safe, and focused on shared success.
• Build leadership bench and succession pipeline; build, motivate, and develop teams through coaching, setting standards, and fostering a positive culture.
• Operational Leadership: Create clarity, speed, and scale without burnout.
• Optimize structures and systems; establish robust operating systems and implement systems that ensure clarity, speed, and scalability.
• Optimize resource allocation and capacity; manage projects efficiently.

Individual Development

• Growth Mindset & Adaptability: Willingness to learn continuously, embrace change, seek new challenges, and adjust strategies & approaches in response to shifting market, client, and business dynamics.