Agency Practice Strategy Lead

HP Inc.; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off policies

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Flexible paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

HP, Inc. in the United States seeks an Agency Practice Strategy Lead to oversee the execution of marketing agency strategies and manage our external agency relationships.

You will drive collaboration across worldwide and regional marketing teams and procurement to ensure policy-compliant, high-impact partnerships. You will mentor staff, shape functional strategy, write briefs, and push for operational excellence across campaigns and vendors.

Qualifications

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Typically has 12+ years of work experience in agency management, brand marketing, social marketing, content marketing and media, data led planning, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Oversees execution of marketing agency practice strategies leveraging set policies, standards, and direction across the assigned business area.
• Projects manages content creation work with external agency partners and manages partner relationships on operational topics.
• Develops and manages project management processes and artefacts.
• Drives collaboration with cross-functional teams including worldwide marketing teams, regional marketing partners and procurement.
• Oversees definition, writing, and testing of briefs and scope documents and ensures consistent execution across the mix.
• Enables vetting and updating agency rosters and assessing new vendors, in collaboration with procurement.
• Leads large cross-functional teams, providing innovative ideas and exercising independent judgment to solve complex problems.
• Acts as a functional manager within area of expertise, developing strategy and setting policy and direction.
• Provides mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, ensuring realization of operational and strategic plans.

Skills

Agency management

Brand Management

Brand Marketing

Brand Strategy

Branding

Customer Relationship Management

Digital Marketing

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Marketing

Marketing Communications

Marketing Strategies

Project Management

Social Media

Thought Leadership

Effective Communication

Results Orientation

Learning Agility

Digital Fluency

Customer Centricity

Education

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related discipline

Job description

Agency Practice Strategy Lead

This role is responsible for overseeing the execution of marketing agency practice strategies, ensuring adherence to established policies and standards and supporting HP marketers to have the best collaboration experiences with key agency partners. The role takes the lead in working with and managing our external agency relationships. Additionally, the role involves fostering collaboration with cross-functional teams, contributing to leading and managing strategic discussions, operational excellence and relationships with key agency partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversees execution of marketing agency practice strategies leveraging set policies, standards, and direction across the assigned business area.
• Project manages content creation work with external agency partners and manages partner relationship on operational topics
• Develops and manages project management processes and artefacts
• Drives and ensures collaboration with the cross functional teams including worldwide marketing teams, regional marketing partners and procurement
• Oversees definition, writing, and testing of briefs and scope documents and ensures consistent execution across the mix.
• Enables the discussion on vetting and updating agency rosters and assessing new vendors, in collaboration with procurement.
• Contributes innovative ideas and leads large cross-functional teams, exercising independent judgment to solve unique and complex problems impacting the business.
• Acts as a functional manager within area of expertise, developing strategy and setting functional policy and direction.
• Provides mentorship and guidance to lower-level employees, thus ensuring the realization of operational and strategic plans.

Education & Experience Recommended

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 12+ years of work experience, preferably in creative agency, agency management, social marketing, content marketing and media, data led planning, or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

NA

Knowledge & Skills

• Agency management
• Brand Management
• Brand Marketing
• Brand Strategy
• Branding
• Customer Relationship Management
• Digital Marketing
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Marketing
• Marketing Communications
• Marketing Strategies
• Project Management
• Social Media
• Thought Leadership

Cross-Org Skills

• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

• Impacts large functions and leads large, cross-division functional teams or projects.

Complexity

• Provides highly innovative solutions to complex problems within established policy.

The pay range for this role is $130,700 to $205,200 USD annually with additional

opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related

knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview

[https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,

with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

The pay range for this role is $130,700 to $205,200 USD annually with additional

opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related

knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview

[https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,

with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job -

Marketing

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Not Specified

Relocation -

No

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

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