Saatchi & Saatchi

Principal, Client Leadership

Saatchi & Saatchi$132K — $198K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise sales, client leadership, or strategic account management
  • Strong experience working with Retail clients
  • Deep understanding of first-party data and customer data strategies
  • Expertise in CRM, loyalty, and lifecycle marketing
  • Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Track record of driving revenue growth and expanding client relationships
  • Strong executive presence and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Own and grow a portfolio of Publicis-supported Retail accounts
  • Drive revenue through renewals, expansions, and cross-sell opportunities
  • Build and manage a strong pipeline with accurate forecasting and account planning
  • Develop multi-year growth strategies aligned to client business objectives
  • Serve as a senior partner to Retail clients and Publicis agency teams
  • Build trusted relationships across Marketing, CRM, Loyalty, Analytics, and Media partners
  • Help Retail clients activate first-party data across owned and paid channels

Benefits

  • Medical coverage, dental, vision
  • Disability insurance
  • 401k plan
  • Paid time off
  • Potential for bonus or incentive compensation
Full Job Description
Overview

Epsilon is seeking a Principal, Client Leadership to support strategic Publicis retail accounts.

This is a highly visible, client-facing role that sits at the intersection of Retail strategy, data, identity, and media activation. You will partner with Retail clients and Publicis agency teams to unlock the full value of customer data-powering everything from CRM and loyalty to audience development and paid media activation.

Success in this role requires the ability to navigate complex ecosystems-connecting collaborators across client organizations, Publicis agencies, and Epsilon's data, identity, analytics, and activation teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Drive Account Growth
  • Own and grow a portfolio of Publicis-supported Retail accounts
  • Drive revenue through renewals, expansions, and cross-sell opportunities
  • Build and manage a strong pipeline with accurate forecasting and account planning
  • Develop multi-year growth strategies aligned to client business objectives

Lead Client & Agency Partnerships
  • Serve as a senior partner to Retail clients and Publicis agency teams
  • Build trusted relationships across Marketing, CRM, Loyalty, Analytics, and Media partners
  • Navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments across client and agency ecosystems
  • Align cross-functional collaborators around shared goals and solutions

Translate Data into Business Value
  • Help Retail clients activate first-party data across owned and paid channels
  • Support use cases including CRM, loyalty, personalization, audience targeting, and measurement
  • Deliver clear, executive-level recommendations grounded in business outcomes

Orchestrate Cross-Functional Delivery
  • Partner with Epsilon teams across Data Strategy, Product, Identity, Analytics, Legal, and Delivery
  • Navigate data privacy, compliance, and activation requirements
  • Ensure solutions are clearly scoped, aligned, and successfully driven
  • Act as the connector across Epsilon and Publicis teams

Qualifications

Required
  • 10+ years of experience in enterprise sales, client leadership, or strategic account management
  • Strong experience working with Retail clients
  • Deep understanding of:
    • First-party data and customer data strategies
    • CRM, loyalty, and lifecycle marketing
    • Paid media activation and audience strategy
  • Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder environments
  • Track record of driving revenue growth and expanding client relationships
  • Strong executive presence and communication skills with the ability to translate data into clear business value

Preferred
  • Experience working with or within Publicis or large agency ecosystems
  • Familiarity with data, identity, and activation solutions (e.g., clean rooms, audience targeting, measurement)
  • Experience partnering across media, analytics, and data teams

What Sets You Apart
  • You understand how to connect owned customer data with paid media activation
  • You thrive in complex environments and can align partners across client, agency, and internal teams
  • You bring a consultative, "seller-plus" mindset-combining commercial leadership with strategic problem solving
  • You simplify complex data concepts into clear, actionable recommendations
  • You are comfortable leading across ambiguity and driving outcomes

Success in This Role
  • Achievement of revenue and growth targets
  • Expansion of Retail accounts through broader solution adoption
  • Strong client and agency relationships
  • Effective collaboration across Epsilon and Publicis teams
  • Delivery of measurable business outcomes for clients


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Additional Information

Compensation Range: USD $132,000.00 - USD $198,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. 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 8/13/2026.

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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