Strategic Client Growth Lead

Publicis Groupe Africa; Durban; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Africa Pty Ltd seeks an exceptional Client Partner to own major client relationships and drive growth across integrated campaigns. You will ensure every brief starts with a clear business problem and success metrics while safeguarding scope and revenue.

Responsibilities include stakeholder alignment, scope ownership, and turning learnings into future briefs to elevate client outcomes and agency performance.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years with strong client leadership and integrated campaign exposure.
• Ability to manage senior client relationships and drive business outcomes.
• Excellent briefing, communication and influence skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the client relationship and senior client confidence.
• Understand client business, category, competitors and growth ambition.
• Translate client needs into a clear business brief and JTBD.
• Ensure all assignments have success criteria before strategy and planning begin.
• Confirm budget, timelines, stakeholders, approvals and commercial constraints.
• Align internal teams around the same brief.
• Protect agency scope, fees and revenue.
• Escalate client-facing delivery, billing or commercial risks.
• Ensure PCA learnings influence future briefs.

Skills

Client leadership

Integrated campaigns

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Job description

Publicis Groupe Africa Pty Ltd seeks an exceptional Client Partner to own major client relationships and drive growth across integrated campaigns. You will ensure every brief starts with a clear business problem and success metrics while safeguarding scope and revenue.

Responsibilities include stakeholder alignment, scope ownership, and turning learnings into future briefs to elevate client outcomes and agency performance.