Saatchi & Saatchi

Senior Vice President, Account Director

Saatchi & Saatchi$180K — $299K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in relevant fields
  • 8 years of leadership experience in integrated marketing and client relationship management with a digital focus
  • Creative agency and pharma experience, particularly in healthcare communication (HCP)
  • Strong presentation, training, and client-facing skills
  • Advanced communication and writing abilities
  • Robust analytical and strategic thinking skills
  • Willingness to travel as required

Responsibilities

  • Participate in organizational operations including issues management and capacity planning
  • Communicate business issues and impacts on budgets to senior leadership
  • Develop accurate revenue budgets and forecasts
  • Provide high-level counsel and strategic advice on client marketing strategies
  • Create integrated product strategies and branding initiatives
  • Seek out new revenue opportunities in partnership with the Vice President
  • Mentor and support a high-performance account management team

Benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Disability benefits
  • 401K plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Family forming assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
Full Job Description
Overview

We're searching for a Senior Vice President, Group Account Director who will manage the client relationship, partner with senior leadership on high-level strategy and use their deep web knowledge to ensure strategic deliverables.

Responsibilities

Client Operations
  • Participates in the overall organizational operations, including issues management, capacity planning, infrastructure development, resourcing, etc to support new and existing customer needs.
  • Provides comprehensive and proactive communication of critical business issues (including but not limited to changes in account activities) and their impact on budget and/or forecasts to senior leadership
  • Develops accurate and timely revenue budget and forecasts that meet and/or exceed established targets
  • Acts as a senior resource for client through all client marketing strategies (proposals, new ideas, tactical plans, etc) by providing clients with high-level counsel and strategic advice with respect to their associated brands
  • Generates product strategy, scientific position and branding supporting fully integrated offerings, including digital
  • Actively seeks new assignments and revenue opportunities in collaboration with the Vice President

People Management
  • Mentors a high performance account management team through visibility, accessibility, communication and best practice coaching.
  • Actively participates in recruitment and development of direct team members (and others within Company as appropriate)
  • Supports the VP, Account Director in the development of strategic and creative input to their respective client programming initiatives
  • Responsible for adhering to all Publicis policies and procedures

Qualifications

  • 12+ years experience
  • 8 years of leadership experience in integrated marketing programs and client relationship management with a digital scope
  • Creative agency and pharma experience, specifically HCP, strongly desired
  • Effective presentation, training and client-facing skills
  • In depth communication and written skills
  • Strong analytic and strategic abilities
  • Candidate must be open to travel as needed

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.

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Compensation Range: USD $180,215.00 - USD $299,637.00/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 8/17/2026.

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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