M+C Saatchi Consulting
Senior Strategy Director
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Senior Strategy Director
Senior Strategy Director – London
M+C Saatchi Consulting is seeking a Senior Strategy Director to join our London-based leadership team.
This pivotal role offers the opportunity to work with some of the world’s most ambitious brands and organisations, helping them navigate growth, change, and transformation through brand-led consulting. We are looking for a strategic leader who combines intellectual curiosity, commercial instinct, and a passion for solving complex challenges.
About The Role
The Senior Strategy Director is one of the most senior consulting roles within our London team. The position encompasses the full breadth of our brand-led consulting work, including:
- Brand strategy and positioning
- Portfolio strategy
- Brand architecture
- Innovation
- Customer and category growth
- Commercial transformation
Key Responsibilities:
As a Senior Strategy Director, you will:
Leading Client Engagements
- Independently own and lead large, transformational brand strategy engagements from brief framing to board-level recommendations.
- Act as a senior advisor to C-suites and CMOs, shaping brand-led growth agendas with high-impact executive-level consultancy.
- Ensure clarity, rigour, and inspiration in all deliverables.
- Lead high-level storytelling and strategic recommendations, guiding the full consulting team.
Driving New Business & Account Growth
- Own a portfolio of pillar and niche clients, ensuring retention, expansion, and strong financial performance.
- Actively target new clients, leading high-stake pitches and proposal development.
- Uncover organic growth opportunities within existing relationships and convert them into sustained engagements.
- Mentor and guide colleagues to successfully win new business.
Research & Intelligence
- Be fluent in qualitative, quantitative, and AI-powered research methods, applying them rigorously in brand strategy projects.
- Elevate the analytical quality of engagements, driving world-class insights and outputs from internal/external suppliers.
- Translate insights into actionable, commercial brand strategies for clients.
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Shaping Our Offer & Leadership Thought
- Contribute to proprietary tools, frameworks, and strategic perspectives, enhancing our consulting solutions.
- Develop thought leadership content (e.g., published articles) to attract clients and establish M+C Saatchi as a brand strategy authority.
- Strengthen our proven thinking framework—most notably, Return on Cultural Power (RoCP).
Leadership & Team Development
- Coach and mentor junior consultants, nurturing growth in strategic, commercial, and craft skills.
- Set the gold standard for client management, project delivery, and team standards.
- Be a culture ambassador, upholding M+C Saatchi’s values internally and externally.
What You’ll Bring
This is a senior-level role requiring a blend of experience, judgement, and ambition. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:
- Extensive brand strategy consulting experience, ideally at a brand-led consultancy focused on strategic growth.
- A track record of leading complex brand strategy and innovation engagements for major global clients.
- Fluency in qualitative, quantitative, and AI-powered research methods, applying them to sharp, commercially rigorous brand strategies.
- Strong ability to drive business growth—either organically or through net-new pitches—proven by winning proposals and deep client relationships.
- Exceptional storytelling abilities, translating complex thought into clear, compelling narratives that influence decisions.
- Flowing commercial instincts: confident balancing creative ambition with financial accountability.
- A board-credible presence, with experience advising C-level executives and navigating complex conversations.
- Coaching expertise, backed by a proven track record of developing junior strategists.
- A lateral, creative mindset, inspiring others to think differently.
- Right to work in the UK (unable to sponsor visas for this role).
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About M+C Saatchi Consulting
M+C Saatchi Consulting is part of the Global Growth Engine, combining Consulting, Experience, and Performance to deliver growth powered by culture. Our multidisciplinary teams operate across multiple regions:
- EMEA is a key growth area with some of our most significant client partnerships.
About M+C Saatchi Group
M+C Saatchi Group is a global leader in creative solutions, combining data, technology, and culture to drive meaningful change. Our expertise spans five core divisions:
- Connected Creativity
- Passion Marketing
- Global & Social Issues
- Brand, Experience & Innovation
- Performance Media
Global Reach & Culture: Headquartered in London, with operations in 23 countries across Europe, US, MENA, Asia & Australia.
Core Principles:
- Diversity of Thought
- Brutal Simplicity of Thought
Why We’re Unique:
- France’s then-single-largest buyout (2014), forming the biggest Independent creative agency group worldwide.
- Founded on Brutal Simplicity as our defining principle.
Equal Opportunity & Values
The Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. All hiring decisions are made based purely on talent and capability.
Data Privacy: Employee data is handled in accordance with GDPR policies.
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