Senior Manager, Business Strategy

Job Description: WE WELCOME REMOTE U.S.-BASED CANDIDATES The Senior Manager, Business Strategy will report into the VP, Business Strategy. This is an opportunity to join a team of experienced consultants and marketers focused on helping Merkle clients accelerate their level of marketing maturity through data driven, customer-centric programs, people/processes and technology platforms. You will operate as an important member of our Transformation & Consulting team ensuring that the recommendations we deliver are based on our deep understanding of our client's strategic goals. You will build relationships to become a trusted advisor to the client and Merkle team. You will be analytical and creative in your thought process and can be nimble in your thinking about client problems. As an individual contributor inside of a team you must also demonstrate the capability to get others to believe in the ideas that you present and follow that belief through to execution. As a Senior Manager in the Business Transformation & Consulting Strategy team you have demonstrated hands-on, client-facing delivery experience with CX transformation initiatives such as omnichannel experience planning, digital transformation, process and operating model design, and/or change management, and can work across multiple of our core vertical markets (Financial Services & Wealth Management, Healthcare, Retail, Travel, Media and Entertainment, B2B, High Tech). You must have a passion for problem solving and experience understanding of how businesses, brands and customers interact, with an advanced understanding of the evolving role that data and technology play in this relationship. Candidates must possess the ability to support business growth opportunities and develop strategic recommendations to help grow client relationships. Responsibilities: * Partner with Consulting delivery leads to lead individual consulting workstreams and deliverables related to transformation engagements, often in coordination with concurrent Merkle data, technology, or digital experience implementation teams. * Plan and facilitate client discovery through client interviews, document review, surveys / questionnaires, or marketing data analysis * Manage daily consulting delivery efforts, including client meetings, discussions, workshops, deliverable reviews, or readouts * Help clients assess overall business and organizational readiness for marketing transformation initiatives * Lead discovery, prioritization, and development of customer use cases (B2B, B2C, B2B2C) according to client's strategic priorities and goals * Plan and facilitate business prioritization workshops applying a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to select top recommendations * Use 1P tools to conduct customer-centric capability assessments and blueprints * Use market and competitive research to uncover trends, benchmarks, and best practices to inform recommendations * Support delivery of operating model / change management engagements, including organizational maturity assessments, process redesign, decision rights, governance, training plans, or playbooks to facilitate new ways of working * Analyze client business processes and systems to identify inefficiencies, gaps, and areas for improvement * Support operational projects related to marketing workflow automation and optimization, content governance, content supply chain optimization * Facilitate work sessions and interviews with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to assess gaps, gather business requirements, and validate recommendations * Develop executive-level presentations, summarize findings into common themes that inform client recommendations and decision-making. * Create multi-year roadmaps to guide client implementation, in consultation with data and technology teams, to identify main dependencies and sequencing of recommendations * Ensure meaningful client value is delivered through a mix of best-practice solutions, capabilities, and original thinking * Identify main data points and measurements to show the impact of our approach and strategy on our client's business * Support business development activities including identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities * Collaborate and build relationships with other Merkle/Dentsu teams to determine feasibility and lead cohesion around cross-channel recommendations/plans. Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Organizational Development, or a related field * 5+ years in consulting, business transformation, digital transformation, or integrated marketing strategy roles * 5+ years working in a top tier consulting firm and/or digital marketing agency. * Experience leading and delivering complex projects by providing actionable solutions * Demonstrated understanding of end-to-end consulting approaches to solve client problems (from design to execution of strategy) * Understanding of marketing technologies (martech/adtech) to orchestrate and activate customer experiences. * (preferred) Experience assessing and recommending optimal team structures or process structures to facilitate integrated marketing program execution * (preferred) Prior experience in marketing operations or change management * (preferred) Prior experience in marketing automation & workflow management platforms (e.g. Adobe Workfront) * (preferred) Familiarity with the application of agile methodologies to marketing * (preferred) Experience designing or implementing B2B marketing solutions, strategies, or operating models * 4+ years of experience using data, analytics, and research to guide decisions. * Experience translating insights into actionable recommendations and presentations - proficiency in PowerPoint required. * Comfort and experience working within a matrixed organization in roles with a wide degree of latitude. * Up to 25% travel (contingent on comfort level of client) The annual salary range for this position is $94,000-$132,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits available with this position include: * Medical, vision, and dental insurance, * Life insurance, * Short-term and long-term disability insurance, * 401k, * Flexible paid time off, * At least 15 paid holidays per year, * Paid sick and safe leave, and * Paid parental leave. Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps. At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office. #LI-REMOTE #LI-MERKLE Location: Detroit Brand: Merkle Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. 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