Vice President of Strategic Planning

Boston, MA (On-site)

$150K/yr – $170K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 12 days ago

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Job Summary

You will own client leadership and end-to-end strategic planning across brand ecosystems, leading data-driven communications, developing planning frameworks, and mentoring the Mx team while driving growth through innovative media strategies.

  • Own client leadership and strategic planning across brand ecosystems.
  • Lead data-led planning and mentor the Mx planning team.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Driving Client Excellence
  • Develops communications planning frameworks that map brand ecosystems and consumer journeys across all touchpoints.
  • Leads effectiveness planning , ensuring strategies drive measurable business growth.
  • Champions Converged (Havas' data platform and planning toolkit), ensuring every response is data-led.
  • Engages with senior media owners to unlock exclusive opportunities for key clients.
  • Drives innovation by setting clear targets for each media plan and delivering fresh, impactful ideas.
  • crafts compelling case studies that showcase best-in-class work and measurable success.
  • Elevating Agency Standards
  • Shapes agency training programs , ensuring continuous learning and upskilling in comms planning.
  • Mentors and coaches the Mx planning team, instilling critical thinking and mastery of planning tools.
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Founded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with nearly 23,000 people in over 100 countries. With the ambition to help brands unlock Growth, Powered by Desire, Havas brings together creativity, media, technology and production capabilities to build strong, desirable brands that people genuinely want to engage with. Its integrated model is supported by Converged.AI, the Group’s operating system that unifies data, technology and AI to deliver optimized, scalable marketing solutions across the full customer journey. AI-driven, fueled by human ingenuity, and grounded in the belief that desire drives both brand performance and business outcomes, Havas teams collaborate within Havas Villages worldwide to cultivate reputation, relevance and long‐term preference for clients. Havas is equally committed to its people, fostering inclusive, responsible and inspiring workplaces where talent can thrive, because desire also starts from within.

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