Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Director, Applied AI Strategy

Saatchi & Saatchi$112K — $179K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Business, Economics, or a strategy-related field.
  • 4-5 years of experience in marketing/media agencies or related areas.
  • Proficient in analyzing workflows and making strategic recommendations.
  • Experience in cloud environments and design of marketing tech solutions.
  • Strong creative problem solver with structured thinking.
  • Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills as a team player.
  • Experience working effectively with both co-located and virtual teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design vertical-specific AI solutions based on business needs.
  • Evaluate solutions for client-specific or cross-vertical capabilities.
  • Facilitate collaboration across Product, Strategy, and Engineering teams.
  • Present compelling use cases aligning client challenges with platform strengths.
  • Negotiate commercial models and timelines that fulfill client needs.
  • Incorporate client insights into platform development roadmaps.
  • Manage feedback loops to prioritize enhancements based on client feedback.
  • Create internal training materials to aid teams in new business ventures.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Disability benefits and a robust 401(k) plan.
  • Parental and family care leave policies.
  • Tuition reimbursement assistance available.
  • Flexible time off to promote work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

A leader who sets the vision and standards for AI agent and skill development on the MRCL (Marcel) platform, leveraging deep expertise in media data and AI-native building to audit complex business processes and architect them into scalable, measurable workflows. Manages and develops a team while designing vertical-specific platform and service solutions and leading cross-functional, consulting-style projects to scale adoption of AI offerings across data, media, and marketing.

Responsibilities

  • Vertical Solution Design: Shape vertical-specific solutions by translating key business needs into AI workflows using platform functionality, DSAI models, partners, and net-new builds.
  • Path-to-Solution Evaluation: Assess whether to adapt existing cross-vertical capabilities or design bespoke client or vertical flows to solve client problems.
  • Cross-Functional Scoping: Drive collaboration with Product, Strategy, Engineering, Data Science, and Delivery to scope, price, and structure proposals.
  • Storytelling & Demos: Present use cases that map client challenges to platform capabilities, using storytelling and live demos to earn partner consensus.
  • Commercial Alignment: Align on commercial models and timelines that meet client expectations while advancing CoreAI program goals.
  • Roadmap Influence: Bring vertical context into platform roadmaps by translating client and market needs into clear product input.
  • Feedback Loop Management: Surface common client challenges and friction points from delivery to guide future enhancements and prioritize scalable use cases.
  • Internal Enablement: Develop and present solution overviews, narratives, and learning materials to enable internal teams and support new business pursuits.

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in Business, Economics, or a strategy-related discipline.
  • 4-5 years of relevant experience in marketing and media agencies or adjacent organizations (ad-/mar-tech, consultancies, client-side marketing).
  • Proficiency in analyzing workflows and processes and making strategic recommendations aligned with business objectives.
  • Experience with cloud environments and marketing technology solution design projects.
  • Creative problem solver with strong intuition and structured thinking.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills; highly resourceful team player.
  • Excellent creative problem solver using both data and intuition for decision-making.
  • Experience working with co-located and virtual teams.
  • Impeccable time management and strong judgment on high-priority, confidential initiatives.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $112,290.00 - USD $179,712.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/5/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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