Associate Director, Pitch Strategy

Publicis Groupe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 97,375 - 155,961; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe seeks an Associate Director, Business Development to own and orchestrate end-to-end pitch execution for Connected Media new business opportunities.

You will partner with senior growth leadership to drive high-quality outputs, disciplined processes, and collaboration across cross-functional teams in a New York–based setting.

Qualifications

• Strong storytelling, writing, editing, and presentation skills.
• Proven experience in managing and/or leading new business pitches.
• Highly organized and diligent with ability to manage complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive execution across assigned new business pitches, ensuring alignment to overall strategy.
• Translate pitch strategy into structured timelines, workplans, and deliverables.
• Lead pitch workstreams across BD teams and partners, ensuring accountability and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate pitch logistics, materials, and rehearsals to ensure a polished client impression.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Storytelling

Writing

Editing

Presentation skills

Job description

Company Description

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80,000 professionals, Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris [FR0000130577] and is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain, Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupe’s tools and expertise around the world through the mantra "The Power of One."

Overview

The Associate Director, Business Development is a key leader responsible for owning and orchestrating end‑to‑end pitch execution and ensuring seamless delivery across Connected Media new business opportunities. This role partners closely with senior growth leadership and BD teams to translate strategy into execution, driving high‑quality outputs, disciplined processes, and effective collaboration across cross‑functional teams.

Operating at the intersection of strategy and execution, the Associate Director is expected to manage both upward and downward, guiding teams, anticipating needs, and proactively solving challenges to keep all pitch workstreams on track. You will be part of a New York–based team and play a critical role in managing pitch workstreams and teams across Connected Media new business efforts.

Responsibilities

• OWN AND ORCHESTRATE PITCH EXECUTION
  • Own and drive execution across assigned new business pitches, ensuring alignment to overall strategy
  • Translate pitch strategy into structured timelines, workplans, and deliverables
  • Manage and oversee pitch content development, ensuring clarity, consistency, and quality
  • Actively participate in pitch rooms, rehearsals, and workshops to ensure readiness and delivery excellence
  • Identify risks proactively and implement solutions to maintain momentum and quality
• LEAD PITCH WORKSTREAMS AND TEAM DELIVERY
  • Lead day‑to‑day coordination across BD teams, SMEs, and functional partners
  • Anticipate team needs and effectively delegate work across junior team members
  • Ensure all workstreams are aligned, progressing on schedule, and delivering against expectations
  • Provide clear direction and maintain accountability across contributors
  • Manage pitch timelines, dependencies, and outputs to ensure seamless execution
• OWN COMMUNICATION AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for BD team leadership across assigned opportunities
  • Maintain proactive communication with senior growth leadership, advancing risks when necessary
  • Build strong working relationships internally across media, strategy, data, and creative teams
  • Ensure alignment across partners and consistency of messaging across all deliverables
• DRIVE PITCH OPERATIONS, CONTENT, AND DELIVERY
  • Implement pitch delivery plans, ensuring schedules, checkpoints, and breakthroughs are met
  • Coordinate pitch logistics including work sessions, rehearsals, materials, and presentation readiness
  • Partner with design teams to ensure pitch materials are visually strong, polished, and on‑brief
  • Support pitch theatre, environments, and experiences to ensure a professional, engaging client impression
• COLLABORATION AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT
  • Mentor junior team members, sharing expertise across pitch development and execution
  • Ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance across all pitch outputs and submissions
  • Foster a collaborative, high‑accountability working culture across teams
  • Support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across pitch processes
  • Source and maintain best‑in‑class pitch content, examples, and templates
  • Capture feedback and takeaways from wins and losses to inform future pitch improvements

Qualifications

• 8+ years of media agency or related experience, with hands‑on involvement in business development or pitching
• Proven experience managing and/or leading new business pitches
• Strong storytelling, writing, editing, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with multiple partners
• Highly organized, diligent, and meticulous
• Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, time‑sensitive environments
• Proactive, solutions‑oriented approach with a bias toward action
• Strong desire to grow into broader business development and leadership roles over time

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range

USD $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00 Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third‑party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/6/2026.