Managing Director, Consulting – EMEA

MC Saatchi is building the agency model of the future. At the heart of this is our global practice that unites Consulting Experience and Performance into one powerful culturally-driven growth platform.

As Managing Director Consulting EMEA you will play a pivotal role in shaping this vision in one of our largest longest standing markets. You will lead our Consulting division across the UK Europe & Middle East building an integrated offer that connects brand business and culture. This role is for an entrepreneurial leader who thrives on transformation has proven consulting and commercial experience deep experience working with senior clients including C-Suite and is excited to pioneer the next chapter of MC Saatchi.

What youll do:

You will lead Consulting across EMEA accountable for both regional P&L delivery and integration into CEP. You will:

• Set the vision and inspire: Translate our CEP ambition into a clear Consulting strategy for EMEA and lead the region with clarity conviction and cultural intelligence.

• Represent in market: Become a recognised voice in the EMEA consulting landscape building client trust driving thought leadership opening new opportunities and positioning MC as a cultural growth partner of choice.

• Bridge disciplines: Work closely with Global CEOs of Consulting and Performance as well as local leadership and partner across Creative Data Digital and Strategy ensuring the region presents an integrated CEP offer to market.

• Build Consulting for tomorrow: Embed new tools IP and platforms (e.g. CPI RoCP Cultural Commerce Media) into the way we solve client challenges and grow accounts.

Leadership and Influence:

• Inspire! Share our vision and values in a clear and tangible way ensuring your key talent believe and are committed to the Consulting plans. Translate the vision into a plan that gains the support of Consulting and through your leadership ensure that plan is executed brilliantly.

• Communicate and present with skill and exceptional gravitas to influence internally and externally.

• Build a strong reputation in the marketplace maximise your Consulting appeal and make yourselves newsworthy.

People and Team:

• Manage build and inspire regional Consulting teams to deliver on the vision.

• A talent magnet within the Consulting and industry - attract the best people and apply their skills in line with the demands of Consulting and clients. Create leaders of the future. Empower individuals to set and deliver on bold targets and invest the time to challenge and coach them on their journey.

• Live breathe and protect our values at all levels throughout Consulting. Manage any difficult conversations and situations swiftly and decisively.

• Build a diverse and inclusive team culture that is meritocratic collaborative and future-ready. Keep your superstars happy motivated and rewarded to make sure we retain the best talent. Set the expectation for top performance actively talent mapping and positively managing Consulting churn.

Strategy

• A visionary leader you can see the bigger picture build and execute the regional Consulting strategy to deliver sustained growth and client impact communicating it with energy and commitment to inspire others.

• Entrepreneurial by nature you turn problems into opportunities to deliver against your overall vision and balance short and long-term strategic objectives.

• Represent total Consulting capabilities to the market. More specifically this means being able to engage clients in all aspects of consulting capabilities from smart data solutions upstream strategic thinking world class design and digital/technology services.

• Oversee the service and product delivery at a local level.

• Balance short-term commercial performance with long-term capability and IP development.

• Make Consulting a learning organisation that keeps building and sharing its knowledge insight and research base.

Commercial/ Growth

• Work with the CEO to plan and manage Consulting finances to create success sustainability and innovation within your marketplace. Be bold and pioneering by creating Consulting plan that creates growth for our clients people and Consulting overall.

• Ruthless discipline in setting and delivering accurate revenue and profit forecasts and manage all aspects of Consulting costs with care.

• Drive both organic growth with existing clients and new business while piloting scalable new products and IP.

• Collaborate across CEP and Group to co-invest in growth opportunities that drive shareholder value.

• Decisively drive outcomes across the business that add value and reduce cost.

Creativity

• Ensure that creativity and diversity of thought runs throughout and ideas are encouraged and embraced wherever they start.

• Make creative collaboration a continued part of our DNA bringing strategy creativity and technology together to create breakthroughs for our clients.

• Champion connecting human truths cultural signals and data to deliver breakthrough solutions.

• Foster innovation in how we productise consulting services including AI-enabled consulting methods and subscription-based models.

• Embed creative collaboration into Consultings DNA bringing together strategy creativity and technology for impact.

What youre good at:

To unlock this opportunity youll demonstrate:

• Transformation leadership: Proven track record of scaling consulting businesses building new propositions and driving cultural and digital transformation.

• Commercial athlete: Strong P&L ownership experience with the ability to balance growth ambition profitability and cash discipline.

• Cultural fluency: Deep understanding of EMEAs consulting and brand landscape with the ability to apply global frameworks in local context.

• Entrepreneurial drive: Resilient adaptable and comfortable leading through ambiguity to capture opportunity.

• Collaborative mindset: A connector who thrives in cross-disciplinary global teams and embodies our all in no egos ethos.

• Curiosity & creativity: Inquisitive insightful and imaginative with the confidence to challenge convention and unlock new possibilities.

What youll bring:

This role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of MC Saatchi Consulting where there is endless opportunity. Given the impact this role will have on the business were looking for someone with a stellar mix of relevant experience and skills. Ideally youll have the following experiences and strengths:

• Thinking: Ability to understand diverse brand & marketing challenges from strategic commercial and creative perspectives and calm under pressure and able to solve problems.

• Passion: A natural passion for clients and understanding how and why they make decisions.

• Creativity: Experience with architecting the appropriate data/technology solution to solve a clients challenge or respond to a brief and a fantastic storyteller.

• Role Modelling: An authentic leader youre a force of energy and positivity - people want to work with you and for you. You inspire loyalty by being genuine and self-aware and create a positive working environment for your talent.

• Commercial acumen. A hunger for new business and a result driven mindset. Fundamentally this role is about driving revenue both directly and indirectly.

About Consulting

MC Saatchi Consulting is part of the CEP Engine - combining Consulting Experience and Performance to deliver growth powered by culture. Our brands and teams span multiple geographies with EMEA representing a priority region and home to some of our most significant client partnerships.

ABOUT MC SAATCHI GROUP

MC Saatchi Group is a creative solutions company that connects specialist expertise fuelled by data technology and culture to help clients navigate create and lead meaningful change. The Group operates across five core divisions: Connected Creativity; Passion Marketing; Global & Social Issues; Brand Experience & Innovation; and Performance Media. Headquartered in London operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK Europe US Middle East & Africa Asia and Australia. MC Saatchi Groups two principles Diversity of Thought and Brutal Simplicity of Thought guide how they build teams and solve problems.

MC Saatchi Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not discriminate celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on talent and capability without regard for any personal characteristics.

All employee information is kept confidential according to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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