Client Leadership Director

Agency :

Havas Japan

Job Description :

Havas Japan is building a modern, growth-driven agency—powered by ambition, collaboration, and cultural relevance.
We are looking for a Client Leadership Director to join our Leadership Team and take ownership of Havas Creative client leadership in Japan, driving growth, integration, and impact across our portfolio.
This is not a traditional account management role.
It is a commercial, strategic leadership position for someone who wants to shape the future of the agency, build meaningful client partnerships, and unlock new opportunities—both locally and across the global Havas network.
Havas Japanは、成長志向とコラボレーション、カルチャーへの理解を大切にしながら、進化を続けるモダンなエージェンシーです。
現在、クライアント・リーダーシップ・ディレクターとして、日本におけるHavas Creativeのクライアントリーダーシップを担い、ビジネス成長と価値創出をリードしていただける方を募集しています。
本ポジションは、単なるアカウントマネジメントではなく、エージェンシーの成長に直接関わり、クライアントとの長期的なパートナーシップを築く戦略的な役割です。国内外のHavasネットワークと連携しながら、新たなビジネス機会の創出にも携わっていただきます。

1. Lead Client Partnerships (Havas Creative)

• Own senior relationships across key clients, acting as a trusted strategic partner
• Drive overall client health: growth, satisfaction, retention, and commercial performance
• Elevate conversations beyond delivery into business and brand transformation
• Lead Havas Creative account leadership across all key clients in Japan
• Partner closely with Media, PR, Health, and other Havas teams to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions
• Act as senior escalation point where needed

2. Drive Growth

• Build and actively manage a new business pipeline—from opportunity identification through to conversion
• Unlock growth within existing clients through proactive, insight-led thinking
• Lead senior-level pitching, shaping compelling, differentiated narratives
• Work cross-functionally to bring together the best of Havas capabilities to win and grow business

3. Lead & Evolve the Team

• Lead and develop the Client / Account team into a high-performing, growth-oriented function
• Coach teams to move beyond traditional servicing into proactive, commercially driven client leadership
• Create clarity in roles, accountability, and ways of working
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and ambition

4. Shape the Business

• Act as a core member of the Havas Japan Leadership Team, contributing to strategy, structure, and growth plans
• Help evolve how we operate as a modern, integrated agency
• Champion a growth mindset across business, clients, skills, and people

5. Connect Across the Global Network

• Build strong relationships with regional and global Havas team
• Identify and unlock multi-market and international opportunities
• Collaborate across offices to bring the best of Havas to local clients—and export Japan thinking globally
• Act as a connector between Japan and the wider network

■ Ideal Candidate Profile
Experience

• A proven leader in client leadership / business leadership roles within an agency or similar environment
• Strong track record of growing accounts and building senior client relationships
• Experienced in leading integrated work across multiple disciplines
• Confident in new business development and senior pitching environments

Capabilities

• Strong Japanese and English communication skills (business fluent in both)
• Ability to operate confidently in a Japanese client environment, with an international mindset
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Commercially minded with a clear understanding of growth, revenue, and profitability
• Highly collaborative and cross-functional in approach
• Entrepreneurial, self-motivated, and proactive

Mindset

• Energized by building—not maintaining
• Excited by the opportunity to shape a growing, evolving agency
• Comfortable in a lean, fast-moving environment
• International in outlook, with a desire to connect across markets
• Creatively ambitious, with belief in the power of ideas to drive growth

Why Join Havas Japan

• Be part of a growing agency with strong momentum and a diverse, high-quality client roster
• Work at the intersection of local insight and global opportunity
• Join a leadership team focused on building a modern, integrated agency model
• Play a key role in shaping the next phase of growth in Japan and beyond

This is a role for someone who wants to build, shape, and lead—not maintain the status quo.

Contract Type :

Permanent

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.