Vice President of Strategic Planning at Havas | New York City, NY | $150K/yr – $170K/yr

Havas

Vice President of Strategic Planning

New York City, NY (On-site)

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

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own integrated comms planning from framework to data-led execution, shaping brand storytelling and audience outcomes across touchpoints.

Strategic Planning & Storytelling: Build frameworks that weave brand, data, and consumer journeys into standout campaigns.
Leadership & Growth: Drive effectiveness planning, mentor the Mx team, and push clients toward higher performance through innovative, accountable plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

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.
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.
Leads thought leadership by identifying gaps in industry knowledge and proactively filling them with insights.
Attends agency and industry events, sharing key learnings with the broader team.

Havas

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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.

Founded in 1991

Puteaux, Île-de-France, FRA

13K employees (4,848 in marketing)

www.havas.com

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