Saatchi & Saatchi

Director, Business Management

Saatchi & Saatchi$97K — $155K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive finance experience within advertising.
  • Strategic thinker with a track record of driving business outcomes through financial insights.
  • Expertise in client finance, business management, and operational finance.
  • Proactive leader capable of challenging norms and influencing key stakeholders.
  • Exceptional analytical skills to convert complex financial data into actionable strategies.
  • Experience with financial systems (SAP, Hyperion, etc.), Excel modeling, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the financial lead, providing insights and recommendations for profitable growth.
  • Partner with leadership to optimize scopes of work and identify revenue opportunities.
  • Provide financial analysis to support key business decisions and strategic planning.
  • Own financial reporting and forecasting to ensure actionable clarity for leadership.
  • Identify operational efficiencies to enhance agency performance and profitability.
  • Lead financial oversight of client accounts, managing revenue and pricing strategies.
  • Drive annual planning, budgeting, and resource alignment with agency strategy.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Disability insurance and 401(k) plan.
  • Parental and family care leave.
  • Family forming assistance and tuition reimbursement.
  • Flexible time off to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Overview

At Saatchi & Saatchi Health, we're not just building campaigns-we're shaping the future of healthcare communication. To do that, we need strong business leaders at the center of it all.

We're looking for a Director of Business Management who brings both strategic thinking and commercial acumen to the table. This is a highly visible, business-critical position that partners directly with account leadership to influence decisions, drive performance, and fuel growth across the agency.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will manage health of a portfolio of accounts while acting as a true partner to client teams. You'll help guide everything from forecasting and revenue strategy to profitability and long-term business planning.

We're looking for someone who is naturally curious, proactive, and comfortable challenging the status quo. You enjoy connecting the dots between numbers and business outcomes, and you're motivated by the opportunity to make a real impact-both internally and with clients.

  • You will thrive here if you are someone who:
  • Thinks beyond the numbers and brings a strategic lens to financial decision-making
  • Partners closely with account and client leadership to drive smarter, more profitable growth
  • Takes ownership of P&L performance across multiple accounts or a business portfolio
  • Is energized by a fast-paced, collaborative agency environment
  • Brings a strong sense of accountability, curiosity, and drive to continuously improve

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience within Business Management, Project Management, or Client Finance
  • Proven experience supporting or leading financial management across multiple clients or a portfolio of business
  • Strong expertise in P&L management, revenue forecasting, and profitability analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with account/client services teams and influence senior stakeholders - Experience working within healthcare or pharma advertising is strongly preferred
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving agency environment with multiple priorities
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate financial insights into business recommendations

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 $97,375.00 - USD $155,961.00/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 7/15/2026.

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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