Managing Director, B2B
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Agency:
InitiativeJob Function:
Account Management and GrowthJob Subfunction:
Account ManagementJob Description:
- Serve as the senior strategic and relationship lead for approximately four priority B2B clients.
- Build trusted relationships with senior marketing sales digital and business leaders including C-suite stakeholders.
- Develop a deep understanding of each clients business model growth priorities customer segments buying audiences competitive environment and commercial objectives.
- Translate complex business challenges into clear actionable marketing and media strategies.
- Provide senior-level guidance to client teams ensuring work is strategically rigorous integrated differentiated and aligned with measurable business outcomes.
- Identify opportunities to expand client relationships by anticipating needs and introducing relevant Omnicom capabilities partners and solutions.
- Navigate complex client organizations and serve as a confident solutions-oriented point of escalation when needed.
- Lead the development of integrated B2B strategies spanning brand demand generation customer acquisition account growth and retention.
- Apply a deep understanding of long and complex sales cycles buying committees category dynamics and the relationship between marketing and sales.
- Connect upper-funnel brand investment with lower-funnel demand pipeline and revenue objectives.
- Guide audience content channel and measurement strategies across the full buyer journey.
- Ensure strategic recommendations reflect the needs of multiple decision-makers and influencers within an account.
- Turn market audience customer intent and performance data into clear strategic direction.
- Advise clients on the development and evolution of their ABM strategies including 1 1 and 1:1 programs.
- Help clients determine the appropriate balance between broad demand generation and account-based activation.
- Guide account selection segmentation buying-group identification personalization orchestration and measurement.
- Connect ABM strategy across marketing media sales CRM content and technology teams.
- Evaluate ABM program maturity and establish practical roadmaps that enable clients to scale over time.
- Ensure ABM programs are grounded in customer value strong audience intelligence and clearly defined business outcomes.
- Maintain a strong working knowledge of the B2B marketing technology ecosystem including ABM platforms intent data CRM marketing automation content syndication identity and audience solutions activation platforms and measurement tools.
- Understand how platforms such as Demandbase 6sense Salesforce Adobe HubSpot LinkedIn and other B2B data and technology partners contribute to an integrated marketing ecosystem.
- Help clients assess how data and technology should be connected across audience development activation personalization sales enablement and measurement.
- Partner with data analytics activation and technology specialists to translate platform capabilities into meaningful business applications.
- Provide informed objective guidance on technology and partner selection without allowing the technology itself to dictate the strategy.
- Stay current on emerging developments in AI buying-group intelligence intent identity personalization and B2B measurement.
- Play a leadership role in new-business opportunities from initial discovery and strategic development through pitch delivery.
- Develop compelling B2B growth narratives that connect client challenges to differentiated Omnicom solutions.
- Partner with strategy media data analytics creative technology and commercial leaders across Omnicom to build integrated proposals.
- Lead or contribute to executive-level pitch presentations workshops and chemistry meetings.
- Partner closely with the President of B2B to codify and evolve Omnicoms B2B methodologies products thought leadership and go-to-market proposition.
- Identify emerging client needs and market opportunities that can inform new capabilities and commercial offerings.
- Represent Omnicoms B2B practice at industry events client forums and partner engagements as appropriate.
- Support the President of B2B in executing the vision and growth strategy for Omnicoms B2B practice.
- Help connect and mobilize B2B capabilities talent tools and expertise from across the Omnicom network.
- Encourage collaboration across agencies and disciplines to deliver connected enterprise-level solutions for clients.
- Contribute to the development of proprietary B2B products partnerships research and thought leadership.
- Help establish consistent standards for B2B strategy and client delivery across the network.
- Act as a visible ambassador for Omnicoms B2B proposition both internally and externally.
- Provide senior direction and mentorship to multidisciplinary client teams.
- Establish a clear strategic vision while empowering functional leaders to deliver against it.
- Create alignment across strategy media creative data analytics technology and account leadership.
- Raise the quality of strategic thinking client counsel and executive communication across the practice.
- Develop talent by coaching team members creating growth opportunities and encouraging collaboration.
- Foster a culture of curiosity accountability inclusion and commercial thinking.
- Approximately 1215 years of experience in B2B marketing strategy media consulting agency leadership or a related discipline.
- Significant experience advising complex B2B organizations and senior client stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple major client relationships simultaneously.
- Deep understanding of B2B audiences buying groups customer journeys sales cycles and go-to-market models.
- Strong knowledge of brand strategy demand generation ABM integrated media data technology and measurement.
- Working familiarity with leading ABM CRM marketing automation intent-data and B2B activation platforms.
- Proven success leading or materially contributing to new-business pitches and organic account growth.
- Ability to simplify complex business and technology concepts into clear strategic recommendations.
- Strong executive presence storytelling ability and written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within a matrixed organization.
- Commercially minded with the ability to connect marketing strategy to pipeline revenue customer growth and enterprise value.
- Experience working across a complex agency network or similarly matrixed organization is preferred.
The successful candidate will be:
- A strategic thinker who can move confidently between enterprise growth challenges and activation details.
- A trusted advisor who brings a clear point of view while remaining collaborative and pragmatic.
- A relationship builder who can earn credibility with clients internal teams and external partners.
- A connector who can mobilize talent and capabilities from across the Omnicom network.
- A translator who connects marketing sales media data and technology.
- A modern B2B practitioner who understands that brand and demand must work together.
- An inspiring leader who raises the ambition and quality of the work.
- A growth-oriented operator who can identify opportunities and turn them into action.
Success in this role will be demonstrated through:
- Strong senior-level relationships and client satisfaction across the assigned portfolio.
- High-quality strategically consistent work that advances client business objectives.
- Client retention and organic revenue growth.
- Meaningful contributions to new-business wins.
- Increased adoption and effectiveness of modern B2B and ABM capabilities.
- Strong integration across client agency and partner teams.
- Effective partnership with the President of B2B and leaders across Omnicom.
- Development of high-performing talent and future B2B leaders.
- Continued growth and differentiation of Omnicoms B2B practice.
$350000
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