Associate Vice President, Strategy

Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. The Associate Vice President (AVP), is a senior leader responsible for overseeing Kepler’s largest and most complex client partnership. This role leads day-to-day operations across a team of approximately 100+ specialists and managers, spanning numerous lines of business within a single enterprise organization. The AVP directly manages 5-7 Director-level leaders and reports to the VP/SVP of our Strategy Team. As a senior leader at Kepler, you’ll also be responsible for growing the Client Services organization, developing industry-leading media approaches and frameworks, identifying and codifying best practices, and refining Kepler’s unique approach to planning, client management, and media deployment.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior point of contact for a large enterprise client, with full accountability for satisfaction, performance, and growth; Build and maintain executive-level relationships, including CMO and senior marketing stakeholders; Maintain a regular on-site presence to strengthen partnerships and expand relationships across business units; Identify and drive opportunities to deepen and broaden the client engagement; Lead development of integrated, full-funnel digital media strategies across multiple lines of business; Provide expert guidance across planning, activation, investment strategy, partner negotiations, and measurement frameworks; Oversee operations across a 100+ person team to ensure alignment, efficiency, and consistently high-quality execution; Directly manage and develop 5-7 Director-level leaders, fostering accountability and growth; Partner cross-functionally across media, analytics, strategy, and operations to drive integrated delivery; Establish scalable processes, codify best practices, and continuously elevate standards of excellence

Requirements

10-15+ years of experience in digital advertising, account management, marketing strategy/consulting, performance marketing, direct marketing, and/or brand management; Deep expertise in digital media strategy, activation, and measurement across both brand and performance objectives; Demonstrated ability to build executive-level relationships and influence decision-making within large enterprise organizations; Proven experience leading large, cross-functional teams, both directly and indirectly, with a strong track record of developing senior and emerging leaders; Strategic thinker with the ability to connect marketing initiatives to measurable business impact; Innovative problem solver comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity; Process-oriented leader with a hands-on, “roll up your sleeves” mindset; Thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, team-based environment

Nice to have

BA/BS degree preferred

Benefits

Healthcare/Dental/Vision; Unlimited PTO; 401k Contributions; $75/mo Wellness Stipend; $100/mo Mobile Phone Stipend; $50/mo Internet Stipend; $500/yr Annual Learning Stipend; $2,000/yr Annual Tuition Stipend; One-time $200 New Hire Home Office Equipment Stipend; Parental Leave - 16 week primary caregiver / 6 week secondary caregiver leave; Annual Work From Anywhere 4 weeks per year; Target Annualized Discretionary Bonus: 15% ($27,000 - $29,250)