EVP, Global Productivity & Transformation

Publicis Groupe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability

401k

Parental leave

Family care leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe is seeking an executive leader to drive a global productivity and transformation program for the PepsiCo partnership. You will lead a strategy to simplify processes, remove duplication and accelerate AI-enabled workflows across markets.

You will translate opportunities into operating-model improvements, establish governance, measure impact with KPIs, and ensure adoption across Above Market, regional and local teams. Competitive USD compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience in global media, marketing services, consulting, business transformation or complex operational environments.
• Proven success leading enterprise-wide productivity, operating-model transformation or large-scale process improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of media agency workflows, commercial models, organizational structures and global service delivery.
• Experience deploying automation, AI or technology-enabled solutions to improve business performance.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including business-case development and value realization.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption across complex, matrixed organizations.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and transformation programs across multiple markets.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a comprehensive productivity strategy across the global PepsiCo operating model, aligned to business priorities, contractual commitments and transformation objectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency across planning, investment, operations, reporting, data and other recurring workflows.
• Develop a prioritized productivity roadmap, including near-term improvements and longer-term transformation initiatives.
• Define consistent methodologies for identifying, quantifying and validating productivity improvements.
• Evaluate existing workflows, roles, handoffs and processes to identify duplication, unnecessary complexity and opportunities for standardization.
• Partner with functional leaders to redesign processes and embed more efficient ways of working.
• Develop scalable solutions that can be adopted across brands, regions and markets while accommodating legitimate local requirements.
• Ensure productivity improvements are integrated into the operating model rather than managed as isolated initiatives.
• Partner with Marcel, technology, data and functional teams to identify and prioritize automation opportunities.
• Accelerate adoption of AI-enabled workflows that reduce manual effort and improve speed, consistency and output quality.
• Evaluate opportunities to automate repetitive activities across planning, reporting, operational management and knowledge sharing.
• Establish clear measures of adoption, efficiency and business impact for productivity-related technology initiatives.
• Ensure solutions are supported by appropriate training, governance and change management.
• Develop a global productivity measurement framework with consistent KPIs, baselines and reporting standards.
• Track realized productivity benefits, including capacity released, cycle-time improvements, process efficiencies and operational savings.
• Work with Finance and Commercial leadership to validate the financial implications of productivity initiatives.
• Establish regular reporting to PepsiCo and Publicis leadership, distinguishing forecast benefits from validated results.
• Identify risks to productivity delivery and recommend corrective actions.
• Lead cross-functional implementation of productivity initiatives across Above Market, regional and local teams.
• Build alignment with capability leaders and market leadership on new processes and expectations.
• Establish training, communication and adoption programs to support sustainable behavioral change.
• Monitor implementation quality and ensure productivity improvements do not compromise client service or strategic effectiveness.
• Serve as the senior executive accountable for the productivity transformation agenda.
• Partner with PepsiCo stakeholders, Publicis executive leadership, Finance, Operations and capability leads to prioritize initiatives.
• Establish governance, escalation and decision-making processes for major productivity programs.
• Provide executive-level recommendations on future operating-model improvements and investment priorities.

Job description

Publicis Groupe is seeking an executive leader to drive a global productivity and transformation program for the PepsiCo partnership. You will lead a strategy to simplify processes, remove duplication and accelerate AI-enabled workflows across markets.

You will translate opportunities into operating-model improvements, establish governance, measure impact with KPIs, and ensure adoption across Above Market, regional and local teams. Competitive USD compensation is offered.