Strategic Leadership Director

4 days ago

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Publicis Groupe Malaysia Full time

Company Overview

Publicis Groupe Malaysia is a leading creative and production agency that drives innovation and excellence in the region.

We are part of the Publicis Communications collective, a group of passionate, purposeful, and progressive agencies that work together to deliver high-quality content and production services for global brands.

At Publicis Groupe Malaysia, we believe in the power of creativity to bring positive change to the world. We strive to be the indispensable partner for our clients, delivering exceptional results and building long-lasting relationships.

Job Description

The Managing Director & SEA Growth Lead will oversee the operations and profitability of Prodigious Malaysia, ensuring a professional collaborative spirit with the Groupe's creative agencies and clients.

You will work closely with regional and global production leadership to grow production revenue within Southeast Asia, formulating overall growth and profit plans, including product & service strategy, operating models, training and managing people and establishing policies.

You should be an analytical and thoughtful leader and a confident decision-maker, helping our people develop and grow in their roles while ensuring our profits are on the rise.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the Business Forward
    • Work closely with market CEOs, Senior Leadership Team and Prodigious SEA Managing Director to help build market leadership status for the agency.
    • Communicate a compelling and inspired vision and sense of core purpose for the local operation.
    • Work closely with brand leads at the creative agency to build trust and credibility in the Groupe's production capabilities to ensure maximum internalization of production.
  • Craft Excellence
    • Work with department leads to ensure delivery of production assets for all media platforms are delivered with the highest craft and stringent quality control.
    • Encourage and integrate adoption of technology including AI to create production efficiencies.
    • Conduct annual production capacity and capability audits to ensure we have top production talent and reshape teams when and where necessary.
  • Growth and New Business
    • Work with the SEA MD to develop a strong growth strategy for Prodigious Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
    • Work with the Malaysia CEO to ensure that there is a strong prospecting plan – identify targets with engagement action plan which result in maximum client satisfaction and organic revenue growth.
    • Provide active input into business development plans and prospects.
    • Work with local brands leads as well as regional/global production leads and Finance to craft production solutions, rate cards and processes for pitches and new business wins.
  • Client Excellence
    • Be a real business partner to internal and external stakeholders and provide solutions that solve their problems.
    • Mentor a team of account/project managers who provide a high level of servicing and solutions for clients and regional/global production needs.
    • Participate in performance feedback surveys/sessions from or for a client.
  • Financial Performance
    • Meet regularly with CEO/CFO/Finance Director to review overall P&L and flag issues which may have impact.
    • Work closely with creative agency brand leads to ensure strategic internalization of production to meet revenue commitments to production.
    • Ensure resourcing and rate cards deliver a satisfactory margin/profit.
  • Manage People, Build Effective Teams & An Engaging Culture
    • Working in partnership with the CTOs/HRBPs to drive an engaging, innovative, high performing and supportive culture.
    • Lead, inspire and give clear direction to a large team of people. Be a mentor and a people builder.
    • Retain people and attract fresh talent to achieve our vision and ambition in the market.
    • Demonstrate Publicis values, including DI&E policies, consistently to the rest of the business.
    • Create an engaging, collaborative and inspirational culture for your teams and business to thrive in.
    • Oversee day-to-day operations
    • Work with the Finance team to maintain budgets and optimize expenses and CAPEX.
    • Ensure policies and processes deliver against financial goals.

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