Associate Director, Pitch Strategy

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80000 professionals Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris FRand is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupes tools and expertise around the world through the mantra The Power of One.

The Associate Director Business Development is a key leader responsible for owning and orchestrating endtoend pitch execution and ensuring seamless delivery across Connected Media new business opportunities. This role partners closely with senior growth leadership and BD teams to translate strategy into execution driving highquality outputs disciplined processes and effective collaboration across crossfunctional teams.

Operating at the intersection of strategy and execution the Associate Director is expected to manage both upward and downward guiding teams anticipating needs and proactively solving challenges to keep all pitch workstreams on track. You will be part of a New Yorkbased team and play a critical role in managing pitch workstreams and teams across Connected Media new business efforts.

OWN AND ORCHESTRATE PITCH EXECUTION

• Own and drive execution across assigned new business pitches ensuring alignment to overall strategy
• Translate pitch strategy into structured timelines workplans and deliverables
• Manage and oversee pitch content development ensuring clarity consistency and quality
• Actively participate in pitch rooms rehearsals and workshops to ensure readiness and delivery excellence
• Identify risks proactively and implement solutions to maintain momentum and quality

LEAD PITCH WORKSTREAMS AND TEAM DELIVERY

• Lead daytoday coordination across BD teams SMEs and functional partners
• Anticipate team needs and effectively delegate work across junior team members
• Ensure all workstreams are aligned progressing on schedule and delivering against expectations
• Provide clear direction and maintain accountability across contributors
• Manage pitch timelines dependencies and outputs to ensure seamless execution

OWN COMMUNICATION AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

• Serve as a primary point of contact for BD team leadership across assigned opportunities
• Maintain proactive communication with senior growth leadership advancing risks when necessary
• Build strong working relationships internally across media strategy data and creative teams
• Ensure alignment across partners and consistency of messaging across all deliverables

DRIVE PITCH OPERATIONS CONTENT AND DELIVERY

• Implement pitch delivery plans ensuring schedules checkpoints and breakthroughs are met
• Coordinate pitch logistics including work sessions rehearsals materials and presentation readiness
• Partner with design teams to ensure pitch materials are visually strong polished and on-brief
• Support pitch theatre environments and experiences to ensure a professional engaging client impression

COLLABORATION AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT

• Mentor junior team members sharing expertise across pitch development and execution
• Ensure accuracy consistency and compliance across all pitch outputs and submissions
• Foster a collaborative highaccountability working culture across teams
• Support knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across pitch processes
• Source and maintain best-in-class pitch content examples and templates
• Capture feedback and takeaways from wins and losses to inform future pitch improvements

• 8 years of media agency or related experience with hands-on involvement in business development or pitching
• Proven experience managing and/or leading new business pitches
• Strong storytelling writing editing and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with multiple partners
• Strong storytelling writing editing and presentation development skills
• Highly organized diligent and meticulous
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced time-sensitive environments
• Proactive solutions-oriented approach with a bias toward action
• Strong desire to grow into broader business development and leadership roles over time

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Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage dental vision disability 401K as well as parental and family care leave family forming assistance tuition reimbursement and flexible time off.

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