Managing Director, B2B

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$143K/yr - $180K/yr (Est.)Director/Executive12+ years expFull time

Posted 10 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead the senior B2B client relationships and the development of integrated ABM and demand-generation strategies across brand, media, and sales enablement, driving multi-stakeholder alignment and measurable business outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 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 client’s 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.

Requirements

  • Approximately 12–15+ 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.

Preferred

  • Experience working across a complex agency network or similarly matrixed organization is preferred.
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Initiative unlocks business growth for the world’s most ambitious brands. We believe in the power of media to reshape our industry and orchestrate a brand’s entire consumer experience, by balancing both what unites people and what makes them different. When brands unite people in culture, they build Fame, and when brands connect individuals to their unique journeys, they build customer Flow. Initiative builds Fame & Flow for brands like Nike, Volvo, Amazon, Constellation Brands, Merck, Anthropic, Paramount, and T-Mobile.Media responsibility is at the forefront of everything we do, whether it’s creating media plans that reflect the diversity of our communities, promote brand safety, and foster sustainability. Our agency celebrates diversity in an inclusive environment where all of our 10,000+ strong talent across 90+ markets feel seen, heard, and valued. Our vision is to create not only a better media company, but also a better media industry, and maybe even a better world.

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