Vice President, Strategy (Performance Marketing)

CMIUS Critical Mass (U.S.) Inc; United States; Hybride; USD 200 000 - 225 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Critical Mass is seeking a VP of Strategy to lead strategic initiatives across performance marketing, brand building, and customer experience. The role operates at a high level, collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to drive strategic excellence, with a hybrid Chicago-based office and travel.

Responsibilities include developing data-driven strategic recommendations and defending rationale to senior clients, while balancing short-term performance with long-term brand equity.

Qualifications

• Proven senior (Director/Group Director/VP) strategic experience within digital advertising or marketing agency setting, or customer experience consultancy.
• Proven success managing complex, high-stakes client relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Strong experience with performance media platforms, DSPs, and data-driven marketing strategy.

Responsabilités

• Develop and articulate compelling strategic recommendations grounded in data and insights, addressing client objectives across paid media, brand positioning, and customer engagement; partner with account leaders to present.
• Confidently engage in discussions to present and defend strategic rationale.
• Collaborate with media teams, creative partners, and account management to ensure integrated strategy execution and alignment across disciplines.

Connaissances

Senior strategy

Client relationships

Performance media

Brand strategy

Data-driven marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic advisory

Outils

DSPs

Description du poste

Agency: Critical Mass

Job Function: Strategy and Planning

Job Subfunction: Account Planning and Brand Planning

Job Description:

Critical Mass is looking for an exceptional VP, Strategy to lead strategic initiatives across a performance marketing, brand building, and customer experience domains. In this role, you'll operate at a high level across both performance marketing disciplines driving strategic excellence. This is an opportunity to work with industry leading brands, engage directly with clients, think strategically across channels, and build strong collaborative relationships. Please note - this is a Hybrid role based out of our Chicago office that will require travel.

What you'll do:

• Develop and articulate compelling strategic recommendations grounded in data and insights, ensuring these recommendations and address client business objectives across paid media, brand positioning, and customer engagement Parter with Account leaders to present a unified serving as a trusted strategic advisor to senior clients.
• Confidently and thoughtfully engage in robust discussions to present and defend strategic rationale
• Collaborate with media teams, creative partners, and account management to ensure integrated strategy execution and alignment across all disciplines

What you've got:

• Proven senior (Director/Group Director/VP) strategic experience within digital advertising or marketing agency setting, or customer experience consultancy
• Proven success managing complex, high-stakes client relationships with senior stakeholders
• Strong experience with performance media platforms, DSPs, and data-driven marketing strategy
• Deep capability in both performance marketing strategy and brand strategy; ability to balance short-term performance needs with long-term brand equity
• Strong ability to articulate strategy clearly, defend recommendations with compelling rationale, and guide clients toward optimal solutions
• Experience working effectively with media, creative, and account teams in an IAT environment and the ability to align disciplines around shared strategic objectives
• Comfort operating across different client types, business models, and strategic challenges
• Ability to synthesize complex information and develop clear, actionable strategic recommendations
• Comfort moving between big-picture strategy and tactical execution
• Problem-solving mindset and intellectual rigor
• Nice To Have Experience with life sciences/AdTech/Agriculture or other heavily regulated categories and/or performance marketing accounts
• Background with large multinational brands
• B2B Customer Journey/Customer Lifecycle Management
• Media planning or buying experience

Salary Range: $200,000 - $225,000 USD

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