VP, Client Leadership

dentsu; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k

Flexible paid time off

15+ paid holidays per year

Parental leave

Disability insurance

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in New York seeks a Vice President, Client Leadership to act as a senior strategic advisor and business partner for clients. You will lead integrated account teams, oversee shopper marketing initiatives, and drive innovative programs with measurable business results.

Ideal candidates bring deep shopper marketing expertise, strong client relationships, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across strategy, creative, media, production, and analytics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• 10+ years of integrated agency account leadership experience, including leadership of large-scale, multi-disciplinary marketing engagements.
• 5+ years of experience leading, developing, and mentoring high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in shopper marketing, driving engagement, purchase conversion, and measurable business results.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, building long-term partnerships and identifying opportunities for growth.
• Lead integrated shopper marketing strategies that align objectives, insights, and retailer priorities.
• Partner with creative, media, analytics, production, experiential, and partner agencies to deliver connected solutions.
• Guide teams through strategic planning, creative development, production, execution, and optimization.
• Translate insights into actionable programs that drive engagement and conversion.
• Oversee account operations, resource planning, delivery standards, and client satisfaction.
• Identify risks and ensure successful execution across multiple workstreams.
• Leverage performance data and market insights to optimize campaigns and inform investments.
• Partner with agency leadership on financial management, forecasting, profitability, and growth.
• Develop and mentor high-performing teams, fostering collaboration and accountability.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Client relations

Shoppers marketing

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven insights

Executive communication

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

Dentsu Creative is seeking a Vice President, Client Leadership to serve as a senior strategic advisor and business partner to clients. This role will lead integrated account teams, oversee complex shopper marketing initiatives, and drive the development of innovative, insight-led programs that deliver measurable business results.

Dentsu Creative is seeking a Vice President, Client Leadership to serve as a senior strategic advisor and business partner to clients. This role will lead integrated account teams, oversee complex shopper marketing initiatives, and drive the development of innovative, insight-led programs that deliver measurable business results. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in shopper marketing, strong client relationship management skills, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across strategy, creative, media, production, and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, building long-term partnerships and identifying opportunities for growth.
• Lead integrated shopper marketing strategies that align business objectives, consumer insights, and retailer priorities.
• Partner across creative, media, analytics, production, experiential, and partner agencies to deliver connected marketing solutions.
• Guide teams through strategic planning, creative development, production, execution, and performance optimization.
• Translate shopper, customer, and business insights into actionable marketing programs that drive engagement and conversion.
• Oversee account operations, resource planning, delivery standards, and overall client satisfaction.
• Identify risks, resolve challenges proactively, and ensure successful execution across multiple workstreams.
• Leverage performance data and market insights to optimize campaign effectiveness and inform future investment decisions.
• Partner with agency leadership on financial management, forecasting, profitability, and business growth.
• Develop and mentor high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and career development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• 10+ years of integrated agency account leadership experience, including leadership of large-scale, multi-disciplinary marketing engagements.
• 5+ years of experience leading, developing, and mentoring high-performing teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in shopper marketing, including the development of strategies that drive consumer engagement, purchase conversion, and measurable business results across retail and omnichannel environments.
• Experience leading integrated marketing programs spanning shopper, experiential, digital, social, content, and media disciplines.
• Proven ability to build and sustain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and serve as a strategic business advisor.
• Strong strategic planning skills with the ability to translate business challenges into growth opportunities and actionable marketing solutions.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and agency partners to deliver integrated, insight-driven programs.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple brands, business priorities, and stakeholder groups within complex client organizations.
• Strong understanding of shopper insights, retail dynamics, customer marketing, and omnichannel commerce strategies.
• Experience leveraging performance data, audience insights, and measurement frameworks to optimize marketing effectiveness and inform business decisions.
• Proven ability to oversee account operations, delivery excellence, resource planning, and client satisfaction.
• Experience managing account financials, including budgeting, forecasting, revenue management, and profitability.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, negotiation, and executive stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with operational execution in a fast-paced, client-focused environment.
• Experience identifying business opportunities that expand client partnerships and contribute to agency growth.
• Experience within CPG, retail, commerce, or other shopper-focused categories is strongly preferred.

Additional Information

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

The annual base salary range for this position is $155,000 - $175,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave,
• Paid parental leave.

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

Location

New York

Brand

Dentsu Creative

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.