Mindshare Managing Director

OVERVIEW OF JOB

This is a very senior position within Mindshare, where you’ll have responsibility for running a portfolio of high-profile multinational brands with services scope focused on communications and media planning, media digital and traditional operational, excellence and latest innovation across the globe.

You will be the strategic global lead for one of the categories and at the same time the Asia media lead for the region. You will lead the client relationship while also being responsible for maintaining the quality of contracted services, lobbying additional assignments/ In this role you get the unique opportunity to lead the fusion between data, consumer, brand and creativity.

As Managing Director, you will be tasked with supporting management for the profitable and efficient running of each account through the allocation of resources, process and systems across the portfolio.

3 BEST THINGS ABOUT THE JOB
- This position affords the opportunity to work for a globally networked client that affords you a canvass to create bespoke new to the world solutions
- Your client owns multiple billion-dollar brands - you shall inherit the mantle to steer the next chapter in their growth.
- This client is a leading innovator in the industry and thirsty for market-first innovations. They are daring and highly experimental in their approach to new media

Being the Client Leader on one of Mindshare’s most interesting and digitally forward accounts, you will be the trusted advisor not just to the client, but for internal (regional / global) touch-points on the local market. Good performance on this account will further strengthen Mindshare’s overall relationship with this client.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS
- 3 months: _Establish leadership stance among key stakeholders both on client and agency side To translate the client’s needs into clear direction and leadership for all Mindshare and GroupM resources working on the account. To become completely familiar with the client’s organizational structure, planning process, marketing calendar and the needs of key stakeholders.
- 6 months: _To be the recognized trusted advisor, execute “media first” innovations and deliver exceptional ROI for the client.
- 12 months: _To expand the range of non-traditional services for the client, and to be the go-to person for all matters connected to media in the local market. To continually delight the client.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
- Entrenching senior client relationships that position Mindshare as a principal business partner of the client/s. Be unafraid to push back, be audacious and stand your ground in terms of ideas.
- Build client satisfaction by soliciting feedback and operating like a consultant
- Acts as a client visionary by bringing a highly valued perspective to the client based on a deep understanding of their business, issues and opportunities
- Overall strategic approach on the account/s designed and delivered to meet Client’s business objectives and strategies. Oversees the implementation of the annual planning in conjunction with the client team
- Generates and communicates a shared goal and unifies a team in the pursuit of a common objective.
- Drive additional services in areas like Social, Media Mix Modeling, Analytics
- Always operate with a talent mindset

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Minimum 15+ years of work experience in business consultancy, market research/analytics or a strategic planning role, of which at least 5 years have been spent working on media/communications planning related business
- Highly evolved presentation and facilitation skills.
- Experience in managing large projects
- Demonstrated experience and success working with the decision makers of organizations.
- Significant proven experience of working with multiple stakeholders, e.g. suppliers, advertising/marketing agencies, media owners.
- Shows a depth of understanding of the industry, business, brands and consumers in client conversations.
- Understands business principles and good practice and perceives issues in both financial and commercial terms.
- Superb team management skills to build and maintain a cohesive and enviable work culture

WHAT YOU WILL GET

It’s important to us that we give you as much as you give to us. We want you to have the headspace and the opportunity to grow your own learning through training. At Mindshare we believe in learning and that journey never ends. This is a partnership and so while this job description is about what we would like, we want you to also add/shape and adapt it to what excites you and makes you happy.

More about Mindshare

We were born in Asia in 1997, a start up with a desire to change the media world. Now we are a global agency with more than 7,000 employees in 116 offices across 86 countries, operating as one team
- #teammindshare
- We believe that in today’s world, everything begins and ends in media. We aim to be our clients’ lead business partner, to grow their