Job Description:
As SVP, Growth Strategy, you are dentsu X's strategic lead on new business — the person who owns the pitch from first brief to final room. You write the agency's strategic response, shape how dentsu X positions itself for each prospective client, and set the direction that every contributing team works to. You are as comfortable distilling a complex opportunity onto a single page as you are commanding a room with an inspiring, data-informed story. Fast-moving, collaborative, and creatively rigorous, you thrive in the high-stakes, high-tempo environment of competitive pitching — and you bring out the best in the teams around you.
Key Accountabilities
Lead pitch strategy
Write the agency's core strategic response for every major pitch - from the shaping of the initial point of view to the final narrative arc
Distil complex briefs and strategic thinking into a sharp, compelling pitch on a page that orients the entire team
Craft dentsu X's agency positioning in a way that authentically adapts to each client's category, ambitions, and challenges
Maintain strategic coherence and clarity of argument across all pitch materials, regardless of how many teams contribute
Operate with confidence and quality at speed - thriving under the fast turnaround timelines that define competitive pitching
Internal leadership
Brief and align department leads — across strategy, planning, activation, and measurement — ensuring every workstream ladders up to the central strategic idea
Be the connective tissue between disciplines: a brilliant collaborator who earns trust quickly and holds teams to a shared vision under pressure
Challenge and sharpen contributions from across the agency, pushing for integration and coherence rather than a collection of separate answers
Create clarity and momentum in ambiguous, fast-moving pitch environments where priorities and timelines shift quickly
Storytelling and presentation
Lead the strategic narrative in pitch presentations — owning the room with a story that is confident, inspiring, and impossible to ignore
Bring equal weight to data literacy and creative thinking: grounding strategy in evidence while making it feel fresh, human, and memorable
Command the attention of senior client stakeholders through storytelling that connects insight to ambition in a way that feels inevitable
Represent dentsu X's strategic ambition and voice at the highest level of new business
Ensure there is a red thread through the presentation across all disciplines, tying back to why dentsu X is right for a client
Professional Skills
15+ years of experience in media
Lead a new business pitch from start to finish, being comfortable leading executives and guiding CMO level clients to solutions
Be able to articulate clearly and concisely the complex, as our industry has becoming increasingly technology driven
Proven leadership skills and ability to interact with all levels of the organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and results.
Desire to learn new skills and link different aspects of the business.
Ability to think strategically, creatively, practically and commercially; someone who can see the big picture but can articulate the all-important detail.
Exceptional presentation skills, written and oral communication.
Passion to drive business forward and a team player.
Has participated in new business development and pitches.
Client-facing experience.
Strong managerial skills
Working with us
Joining dentsu X. It’s an opportunity to produce career-defining work. Along the way, you’ll team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences and opportunities to shape your future.
Our 8 ways
We are dentsu. As champions for meaningful progress, we help our clients to win, keep and grow their best customers with best-in-class services and solutions in media, CXM, and creative.
educated specialists teaming across 145 markets, our ‘8 ways’ shape and guide the way we do things here, so that, together, we can achieve the ‘never before’ for our clients, for society and for each other.
We dream loud.
We inspire change.
We team without limits.
We all lead.
We make it real.
We climb high.
We choose excitement.
We are a force for good.
We are dentsu
Keeping connected
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Additional Information
At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.
The annual base salary range for this position is $197,225 - $250,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.
Benefits available with this position include:
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.
To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.
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Skills Required
- 15+ years of experience in media
- Proven experience leading new business pitches from start to finish and guiding CMO-level clients
- Ability to articulate complex, technology-driven industry topics clearly and concisely
- Proven leadership skills and ability to interact with all organizational levels to foster cross-functional teamwork
- Desire to learn new skills and connect different aspects of the business
- Ability to think strategically, creatively, practically and commercially with attention to detail
- Exceptional written and oral presentation skills
- Client-facing experience and participation in new business development and pitches
- Strong managerial skills
- Passion to drive business forward and work as a team player
dentsu Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about dentsu and has not been reviewed or approved by dentsu.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave at full pay and caregiver supports (including backup care) are emphasized as standout elements. Feedback suggests family-oriented benefits are a strong part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, extensive paid holidays, and a year-end office closure are established components. Feedback suggests time-off policies are generous and add meaningful flexibility.
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Retirement Support — A large, established 401(k) plan with employer matching is clearly documented. Feedback suggests retirement benefits feel competitive and straightforward.
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