Director, Growth Operations

Company Description

Present in over 100 countries and employing nearly 80,000 professionals, Publicis Groupe is the third largest communications group in the world. Publicis Groupe is listed on the Euronext Paris [FR0000130577] and is part of the CAC 40 index. Active across the entire value chain, Publicis Groupe offers its major clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access to all the Groupe's tools and expertise around the world through the mantra "The Power of One."

Job Description

The Publicis Groupe Growth Organization is responsible for accelerating Groupe transformation to high growth businesses and solutions through the development of company-wide strategies for new market entry, client development, and integration.

The Growth Operations team is responsible for supporting the Chief Business Officer to develop, deploy, and manage key Groupe growth strategies across primary product pillars. The team is responsible for commercial pricing/management, KPI tracking, and overall strategic analysis of the business health/growth. The team is consistently working to fine tune the agency model and client experience.

The Growth Operations Director is responsible for the day-to-day reporting and analysis of business unit performance. They are looking to immerse themselves in the business to affect change, encourage growth, and improve process.

Key deliverables will typically include the cleansing, aggregation, and creation of high-quality reporting across all Growth product pillars of focus to align/prepare internal teams to meet product specific goals/targets. The role requires proficiency in Tableau and familiarity with SQL, as both are used to perform day-to-day tasks. This role will have unique insight into product health and opportunities across the Publicis portfolio. The role is designed to be a distinctive opportunity to gain knowledge of a wide breadth of business areas and develop professional demeanor in working with leadership and becoming a team lead.

Primary Roles & Responsibilities:

• Data process and reporting ownership across five proprietary products/offerings
• Manage forecasts specific to product offering and affiliated Publicis agency
• Build and analyze reporting directly from Salesforce, Tableau, proprietary reporting systems and financial systems; Manage and improve data integrity

• Create a seamless process for recurring reports and their distribution
• Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders within the organization to ensure timely and accurate deliverables
• Foundational understanding of media buying principles and/or financial reporting principles to aid in development work; Expectation of achieving both through onboarding
• Build data/systems bridge to connect and integrate various teams/departments
• Proactively problem solve and identify issues before they arise
• Strong conceptual thinker who can input on ways to reinvent our process, approach, and product; Does not let data quality challenges/ambiguity discourage development
• Become a subject matter expert in Publicis Groupe business and disciplines – having an ability to form constructive opinions on business challenges
• Act as mentor to more junior members of the team, enhancing their career and technical development

Qualifications

• Some advertising experience preferred, but not required
• 7-10 years of experience working with large data sets in a development capacity
• Mastery of 1+ coding language and/or relational database structure implementation
• Extremely organized with attention to detail and an eagerness to learn
• Manage complexity and ambiguity comfortably and work in a highly matrixed environment
• Ability to multi-task and manage various projects simultaneously
• Takes initiative; self-starter; ability and desire to master the advertising marketplace as well as the Publicis business
• Strong presentation and communications skills; written, verbal and in-person
• Strong analytical and Excel skills

Additional Information

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