Senior Client Strategy & Execution Lead

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Client Strategy and Execution to own multiple workstreams with independence, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional coordination across projects. The role focuses on reducing oversight needs while increasing account ownership and client readiness.

The Senior Manager should coach Managers and junior team members, guide client communications, and help with proposal development and organic growth identification, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, healthcare, communications, life sciences, or a related field preferred; equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• 2+ years of relevant professional experience in client services, consulting, market access, healthcare, pharmaceutical communications, strategy, operations, project delivery, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple workstreams with increasing independence, manage timelines and dependencies, and anticipate execution risks before escalation is required.
• Experience coaching junior team members and improving execution quality, communication, and project discipline across assigned workstreams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, organization, problem-solving, attention to detail, and follow-through skills.
• Proficiency with standard business applications, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Owns multiple concurrent workstreams with greater independence, stronger judgment, and less day-to-day oversight than a Manager.
• Serves as the first escalation point for execution issues before they move to an Associate Director or Director.
• Responsible for raising execution standards across projects by coaching Managers and junior team members on ownership, quality, timing, and communication.
• Operates as a bridge between execution leadership and emerging account ownership.
• Lead portions of client communication, status meetings, and workstream discussions with increasing independence.
• Support proposal development, organic growth identification, client competitive environment assessment, and opportunity positioning.
• Translate client priorities into practical execution plans, team assignments, and deliverable expectations.
• Own pre-client quality review for assigned deliverables and ensure work product is accurate, complete, and aligned to expectations.
• Guide therapeutic area research, payer data review, competitive monitoring, market research support, and insight reporting.
• Ensure MLR submission and revision coordination is organized, accurate, and aligned to project needs.
• Identify process improvements and execution efficiencies that improve quality, speed, handoffs, or team clarity.
• Support resource request escalation by providing clear context on workload, timing, scope, and risk.
• Maintain strong therapeutic and regulatory knowledge relevant to assigned accounts and projects.
• Coach Managers and junior team members on ownership, project discipline, client communication, and work product quality.
• Contribute to performance feedback and development conversations by providing clear examples of strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, healthcare, communications, life sciences, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Publicis Groupe in the United States is seeking a Senior Manager, Client Strategy and Execution to own multiple workstreams with independence, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional coordination across projects. The role focuses on reducing oversight needs while increasing account ownership and client readiness.

The Senior Manager should coach Managers and junior team members, guide client communications, and help with proposal development and organic growth identification, while