Business Lead
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What our ideal candidate looks like

You are a closer with 15+ years of experience, ideally having led complex businesses generating upwards of $10MM in revenue, with high production volume and global exposure. You are indispensable, providing sound advice to clients on a wide range of business issues and constantly reinforcing the agency's value by being one meeting ahead.

The Business Leader is future-focused, establishing and working toward a clear vision of growth for both client and agency business. You can articulate short-term and long-term strategies to achieve growth goals. Managing a portfolio, you are operationally driven and innovative in your approach to structuring and running businesses.

As the senior-most client partner, you are a strategic powerhouse with expressive creative instincts. You seek to expand the agency relationship beyond the marketing teams and help clients see the value of disruptive, innovative ideas.You promote a high-performance culture within the agency, motivating and inspiring the wider team to deliver best-in-class product and thinking. You take responsibility to recruit, mentor, and develop the talent within your business across departments.

A strategic leader who effectively manages resources and understands the importance of financial health, you keep stakeholders informed about progress toward growth and development goals. You drive and monetize TBWA's vision to be the cultural engine for 21st Century Business, able to effectively sell innovative agency offerings ranging from consulting services to products.

What the role requires

A senior client partner who is even-keeled, strategic, and oriented around the work. This individual must be excellent at process and capable of having tough conversations both internally and externally when needed. They should possess a growth-oriented mindset, be experienced, and yet remain open to learning and being coached.

More specifically...

• Set the vision for the account and create an environment for the best work to flourish.
• Resolve internal and client roadblocks to success.
• Work with clients on future opportunities and build the relationship.
• Oversee operations and set team members up for success.Lead the Business Leadership team by supporting at creative milestones and ensuring the quality of agency output.
• Manage scopes, resources, and overall profitability.
• Drive new business opportunities and organic growth.
• Understand the client business context to drive agency opportunities.
• Create the path to success by connecting the role of strategy and creative to the client business goals.
• Shape great work and drive creative opportunities.
• Partner and influence the quality of work and growth of business.
• Build and leverage relationships beyond day-to-day clients.

Alignment with TBWA\Chiat\Day Values

Our ambition is to create ideas for our clients that lift their businesses and brands. Ideas are our business. We believe that great ideas can come from anywhere.

Certain key TBWA\Chiat\Day attitudes define how we work and are important in what we seek for our culture here. They include...

• Curiosity: Be open minded to ideas wherever they come; curious people are often unafraid of change.
• Collaboration: Self-confidence without a big ego; work with all types of people.
• Integrity: What we say is what we do; it is honesty and respect in our dealings with people.
• Resourcefulness: To find ways to do whatever we have to do for our clients, and our people.

Other details...

Location

We are only considering candidates that currently live in or wish to relocate to New York City, in the near future (first 60 days of employment).

The annual salary range for this role is $185,000 - $250,000 and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic location and experience. Other compensation includes relocation costs, if applicable.

Benefits for this role include health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), stock purchase, vacation, sick and personal days, Also, you will be eligible (approximately thirty days after you commence employment) to participate in all disability, life, travel insurance plans and programs, retirement plans subject to the terms and conditions of such benefit plans. Please don't let our posted ranges keep you from exploring this or any other exciting opportunities within TBWA.