VP, Partnerships – Search (Hybrid)

Job Description:

The Partnerships & Platform division is responsible for all elements of strategic partnerships for the dentsu Media practice in the US. The team sits at the intersection of dentsu's media agencies (Carat, iProspect and dentsuX), clients, investment and activation communities, and Amplifi, the commercial innovation arm for dentsu. The team is responsible for translating the business needs of dentsu's clients, the strategic and commercial imperatives of dentsu itself, as well as emergent and established trends across the industry and society into strategic, value-driven, and beneficial partnerships. They also set the strategic agenda for partnerships at dentsu in the marketplace, how that pertains to new business and in product/solution design within dentsu.

The VP will operate as a subject matter expert in Paid Search partnerships - both internally and externally. You will operate across adjacent media channels, environmental contexts and disciplines. The core assignment of the role is determining the partnership strategy for their specialism, negotiating and delivering partnership agreements against that strategy, and finally ensuring that these partnerships meet the core goals: strategic and value-driven. You will report into the EVP, Head of Partnerships. You will be an individual contributor with the goal to eventually grow a team.

You will provide ongoing feedback to senior management on status and priority and to future-proof dentsu's business by building partnerships with relevant vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a portfolio of relationships with partners in the market, distributing information to management where needed across dentsu
• Use market intelligence, client feedback and collaboration across the business (Amplifi, Investment & Activation, Agencies), to develop a partnership strategy for the year.
• Partner with senior leadership to identify new partnership opportunities anticipating critical needs of our business.
• Be a leader and subject-matter-expert in assigned specialism within the Partnership community while embracing cross-channel strategy and representing other channels in partnership discussions.
• Be seen as an integrator both internally and externally driving partners and maintaining engagement across several variables.
• Promote standards of excellence and consistency across the team, including reporting, ways of working, endeavor tracking and partnership compliance.
• Help develop Partnership themes and lead in external communications of these in market (panels, PR, articles), particularly in the area of Search.
• Communicate with Product and Solutions organizations to facilitate partnership development and capability creation within dentsu.
• Consult on client business to build custom partnership plans as a subject-matter-expert of the partner landscape.
• Participate in new business as subject-matter-expert in specialism and/or Partnership leader on value proposition for potential client.

Qualifications:

• 10-12 years' experience within the digital industry as a partnership or investment or search lead at a reputable agency or partner.
• Ability to present sophisticated metrics to C-level executives
• Ability to translate complex ideas into actionable solutions.
• Have strategic thinking and make business decisions aligned with organizational goals.
• Experience challenging conventional thinking and inspire new ideas and approaches.
• Experience in organizational transformation and leading large-scale change management programs.
• Business acumen, client-centricity, and a commercial mindset are essential, along with a genuine passion for people.
• Balance, prioritize and properly assign work associated with multiple, concurrent projects and stakeholders

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000-$182,850. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include:

• 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, and
• 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 further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.

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Location:

New York

Brand:

Amplifi

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent