Associate Vice President, Strategy

We are currently looking for a Associate Vice President – Strategy to join us for one of the biggest global brands. In this role, you will drive the end-to-end strategic planning for all brands in the portfolio, brand activations and consumer media journeys to deliver brand goals. This role reports to GM Strategy.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate strong understanding of brand challenges, consumers, cultural trends and regional nuances.; Interpret data/tool outputs and drive storytelling to develop E2E briefs on brands.; Interact with diverse specialist teams, engaging them to work on your brief, curate and enhance their ideas so that they are on brief.; Mentor the team to proactively & reactively work on E2E briefs within deadlines.; Communicate emerging opportunities and best in class work with client teams to keep them engaged and responsive.; Be fully immersed in strategic brand challenges & campaigns, AI-led audience profiling, media understanding, cultural context & best campaigns in the competitive set – nationally and globally; Bringing superior understanding of audiences, category, competitive landscape, best practices and growth models to the client portfolio we handle. Eg: Rising rise of live experiences in GenZ impacting content consumption and hence reduced impact of digital investments.; Distilling this understanding into implications on brand & campaign strategy & partnerships for upcoming campaigns, product launches and regional activations & reviews.; Demonstrate strong understanding of brand challenges, consumers, cultural activation/partnership spaces and regional nuances; 4 key client engagements with senior stakeholders delivering strategic roadmaps; Collating audiences x brand learnings and creating strategic playbooks by brand; Land 3 super-sized partnership projects on the large brands (IP/ Programs/ Platforms) along with buzz-worthy innovations on individual touchpoints and as standalone/ integrated campaigns; Recommend and drive content partnerships as part of overall brand strategy.; Interpret insights, learnings, data/tool outputs and drive brand strategic recommendations; Interact with diverse specialist teams, engaging them to work on your brief, curate and enhance their ideas so that they are on brand goals.; Mentor the team to proactively & reactively work on Strategy & partnership briefs within deadlines; Communicate emerging opportunities and best in class work with client teams to keep them engaged and responsive

Requirements

Minimum ~7–10 years of progressive leadership in strategy, planning, consulting, or media roles; Ability to work under pressure; Strong ability to dissect complex brand, market, competitive, and internal data to build brand strategy and achieve brand goals; Expertise in tools like TGI, GWI and AOP & scenario planning; Experience in Media & platforms; Strong communication & presentation skills; Presenting a compelling strategic narrative to diverse audiences: senior leadership, client teams, and external partners.; Persuasion and negotiation to gain stakeholder buy-in; Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking

Benefits

competitive medical; group retirement plans; vision; dental insurance; significant paid time off; preferential partner discounts; employee mental health awareness days; employee resource groups; frequent in-office events