Responsibilities

• Define and uphold the vision and standards for Video & Partnerships across accounts, strengthening capabilities, workflows, governance, tools, and measures of success.
• Set strategic direction across linear television, streaming, connected TV, and online video, ensuring each channel has a clear role within integrated plans.
• Partner closely with strategy and planning teams and cross-channel investment leaders to translate business priorities into connected, executable recommendations and clarify how video and partnerships contribute to the broader media plan.
• Establish and continuously improve the systems, technology, data inputs, documentation, and quality controls that support planning, buying, activation, optimization, measurement, and financial stewardship.
• Oversee major investment, allocation, pricing, negotiation, and partner decisions, balancing reach, performance, innovation, flexibility, and commercial value.
• Originate differentiated partnerships, including branded content, custom integrations, tentpole sponsorships, exclusive franchises, and first-to-market opportunities.
• Advise senior clients through annual planning, marketplace guidance, executive presentations, and high-stakes investment recommendations.
• Cultivate senior relationships with networks, streaming platforms, publishers, creators, and technology partners to expand access, influence, and opportunity.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team while fostering strong collaboration across strategy, planning, cross-channel investment, activation, analytics, finance, legal, operations, and creative.
• How You Lead

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive experience in video investment, media strategy, buying, or partnerships, with significant leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated success elevating or transforming a media capability, operating model, or center of excellence across multiple accounts.
• Deep expertise across linear television, streaming, connected TV, online video, and emerging formats.
• A working understanding of programmatic and social video capabilities, including when and how to engage specialist experts to strengthen strategy, activation, and outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of the systems and technology that support video planning, buying, activation, audience management, measurement, reporting, workflow, and financial operations.
• Experience evaluating platforms, defining requirements, designing workflows, and translating business needs into scalable systems and processes.
• Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations and developing custom content, sponsorship, or platform partnership programs.
• Executive presence, commercial judgment, and the ability to influence senior clients, partners, and cross-functional leaders.
• Proven people leadership experience, including building teams and developing senior talent in a matrixed organization.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Benefits

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances