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In addition to providing continuing opportunities for career growth we are proud to offer our employees market leading benefit and incentive programs.

We strive to provide what matters to you personally with the ability to choose and modify programs to suit your lifestyle.

The Vice President, Business Development is responsible for assisting with sales and marketing activities across Publicis Groupe agencies and implementation of the business development plan, which includes: prospecting, lead generation and qualification, presentation development and follow-up. Will also be an internal connector between all North American offices to make sure opportunities are properly distributed.

This individual will ensure that our new business database is up-to-date and properly set up with notes including Publicis Groupe employees with past connections to prospects.

Candidates must have digital advertising agency, marketing transformation, or digital business transformation consultancy experience.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develops/updates new sales collateral along with marketing team.
• Generates and handles inquires, manage pitches, and on-boards new clients.
• Serves as the first point of contact for all clients and partners.
• Manages and attends meetings and pitches to asses chemistry fit.
• Provides direct marketing to new business prospects.
• Builds relationships between agency and key prospects.
• Coordinates presentation/pitch approaches of varying sizes (individual and multi-agency pitches)
• Works to build prospects/contacts through attending events and mining databases.
• Develops and maintains a prime prospect/contact list.
• Manages/keeps regular contact with companies on the prospect list.
• Organizes, directs and makes physical arrangements for presentations.
• Coordinates and drives new business activities from start to finish.
• Completes RFPs and RFIs.
• Prepares and circulates periodic new business status and meeting reports
• Drives key Publicis Groupe reports across all digital experience agencies.
• Serves as the conduit between the digital experience agencies and Publicis Groupe.

Experience Guidelines:

• 10+ years of building business for a digital advertising agency, marketing transformation or digital business transformation consultancy.
• Must have experience with multi-nationals and global brands with complex marketing needs that could require global/local alignment and collaboration.
• Ability to speak to all levels of prospective clients: strategic and tactical decision makers.
• Proven experience in the pitch/business development process.
• Best of the best writing and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take a consultative approach to engaging with C-level digital marketing or marketing transformation executives.
• Ability to reach across the cross-functional aisles and the various capability groups across the organization in order to drive more wins.
• Ability to understand macro business issues and articulate value generating opportunities supported all DEG brands and capabilities.
• Extensive experience and comfort with the Salesforce platform to track pipeline across multiple agencies.

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.

Publicis Groupe is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $143,000 - $240,500. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. 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. For this role, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off