The Role
Lead business transformation engagements, develop strategic roadmaps, foster client relationships, and manage a high-performance team in transforming agency operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job title: Project Manager - Transformation Lead
Duties:
- Act as a trusted advisor on business transformation matters to senior client stakeholders (e.g., CMOs, Chief Digital Officers).
- Lead client transformation engagements in:
- Marketing operating model redesign.
- Data-driven and AI-enabled marketing.
- Technology integration across marketing and customer experience.
- Organizational readiness and change management.
- Client leadership development.
- Develop and deliver strategic transformation roadmaps aligned to client business goals.
- Build and sustain deep, long-term strategic client relationships.
- Define and drive Akcelo’s own agency transformation in products, services and operating model.
- Build and lead a multi-disciplinary Transformation Team (strategy, tech, AI, data, consulting).
- Create standardized transformation frameworks and methodologies for internal and client use.
- Integrate transformation capabilities into Akcelo’s existing offerings (creative, tech, data, strategy).
- Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performance transformation team.
- Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and commercial accountability.
- Coach internal teams to enhance their strategic business partnering capabilities.
- Shape the agency’s evolution toward high-value, strategic client engagements.
- Influence product, technology, and partnership strategy (especially in AI and data).
- Lead thought leadership and external positioning in marketing, business transformation and innovation.
- Collaborate with Business Development to win transformation-driven new business and grow existing client relationships.
- Represent Akcelo at conferences and C-level events and industry forums.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Design and Technology, Organizational Development or closely related field; and minimum 3 years of experience in Business Transformation
Location of work: Huntington Beach, California
Top Skills
Ai-Enabled Marketing
Change Management
Data-Driven Marketing
Technology Integration
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The Company
What We Do
Akcelo delivers powerful brand experiences that people love. We fuse creativity with experience design to solve business problems and generate white-space opportunities for some of the world's most famous brands and businesses.
