Saatchi & Saatchi

VP, Media (Cross-Channel Investment)

Saatchi & Saatchi$149K — $204K *
Media
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of media investment experience on agency side, encompassing both digital and traditional channels.
  • 5+ years in senior leadership roles, demonstrating influence and accountability across teams.
  • Experience managing media investment strategies in both U.S. and international contexts.
  • Strong understanding of cross-channel dynamics while coordinating with specialists in various areas.
  • Proven track record in managing substantial media budgets and navigating complex market scenarios.
  • Exceptional communication, facilitation, and presentation skills at a senior client level.
  • Knowledgeable about media system operations and investment impacts across decision-making stages.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of integrated investment strategies that align across diverse markets, ensuring unified business and media objectives.
  • Act as the main cross-channel investment authority, ensuring synchronization of planning, activation, optimization, and performance measurement.
  • Steer investment decisions while balancing budget, audience, market priorities, and emerging opportunities.
  • Collaborate closely with channel specialists to enhance investment strategies while respecting existing expertise.
  • Advise clients with clear, actionable insights that simplify complex investment narratives.
  • Set quality standards for investment, enforcing rigorous governance and consistency across markets and operations.
  • Facilitate resolution of cross-channel issues and risks, ensuring alignment among teams and stakeholders.
  • Promote a culture of strategic thinking and continuous improvement within the team through effective coaching and accountability.
  • Advocate for innovative investment strategies by leveraging marketplace data and testing new media opportunities.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more.
  • Financial support for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility.
  • Pet adoption assistance.
  • Employee Assistance Programs and wellness reimbursements for work-life balance.
  • Tuition Assistance to support continuous learning.
  • Flexible Paid time off including vacation, sick days, and volunteer days.
  • Matching Gifts programs to support employee charitable donations.
  • Flexible working arrangements, including the 'Work Your World' program allowing remote work from various locations.
  • Participation in Business Resource Groups supporting diverse affiliations.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a VP, Cross-Channel Investment to serve as the senior investment leader for a large, multi-market client business. This role sits at the center of the investment ecosystem, bringing together channel expertise, audience insights, and business priorities to shape a unified investment strategy.

The VP will drive alignment across teams, guide critical investment decisions, and elevate the quality of investment thinking across the business. Success requires a leader who can turn complexity into clarity and translate strategy into measurable results.

Responsibilities

  • Investment Strategy & Leadership: Lead integrated investment strategy across U.S. and international markets, aligning channel recommendations to a unified business and media investment approach.
  • Cross-Channel Integration: Serve as the senior cross-channel investment leader, connecting planning, activation, optimization, and measurement into a cohesive portfolio strategy.
  • Investment Stewardship & Decision-Making: Guide cross-channel investment decisions, evaluating tradeoffs related to budgets, audiences, market priorities, performance, and emerging opportunities.
  • Channel Team Partnership: Partner with channel specialists to strengthen the overall investment strategy while preserving channel ownership and subject-matter expertise.
  • Client Leadership & Communication: Act as the primary investment advisor to clients, translating complexity into clear, actionable recommendations and decision-oriented narratives.
  • Governance & Quality Assurance: Establish standards for investment quality, budget stewardship, audience alignment, and cross-market consistency, ensuring strategic rigor and executional readiness across all workstreams.
  • Issue Resolution & Risk Management: Lead resolution of cross-channel and cross-market challenges, mitigating risks and driving alignment across teams and stakeholders.
  • Team Leadership & Capability Development: Foster a culture of strategic thinking, collaboration, and continuous improvement through influence, coaching, and shared accountability.
  • Innovation & Marketplace Expertise: Champion testing, learning agendas, and emerging media opportunities by translating marketplace trends into actionable investment strategies and future growth opportunities.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of progressive agency-side media investment experience across digital and traditional channels.
  • 5+ years of senior team leadership experience, including guiding experienced specialists through influence and establishing accountability across matrixed teams.
  • Experience working across U.S. and international media plans, with the ability to balance enterprise consistency and local-market requirements.
  • Strong cross-channel fluency and the judgment to integrate specialists without needing to be the deepest practitioner in every channel.
  • Demonstrated experience stewarding significant media investments, managing cross-market complexity, and guiding decisions with clear business rationale.
  • Exceptional senior-client leadership, facilitation, presentation, and executive communication skills.
  • Working knowledge of media systems, buying methods, contract operations, governance, and the upstream and downstream impacts of investment decisions.
  • Strong commercial judgment, curiosity, organization, accountability, and composure in a fast-moving environment with multiple markets and stakeholders.

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources.

Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
Tuition Assistance
Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
Matching Gifts programs
Flexible working arrangements
'Work Your World' Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

Compensation Range: USD $149,340.00 - USD $204,400.00/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. 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 11/15/2026.

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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