Strategy Director

**Strategy Director**:

- Strategy
- Ho Chi Minh
- Director
- Mon - Fri, 9am - 6pm

**Objectives**:
We are looking for a Strategic Planning Director (Strategy Director) who has experience in developing marketing, brand and communications strategies, with a strong business acumen and a passion for developing impactful total marketing solutions. You will be a manager of a strategy team within our Strategy Department, together driving outstanding business results for PMAX Consulting in practical and PMAX in general.

**1. Pitching & Client Acquisition**:

- Lead strategic planning efforts in pitch development to win new business and expand existing accounts.
- Craft compelling strategic narratives that align with both short-term brand and communication objectives and long-term business growth opportunities.
- Develop comprehensive strategic proposals that solve client challenges and unlock new possibilities.
- Act as a key contributor in presentations to prospective clients, playing a central role in articulating the agency’s strategic value and vision.

**2. Strategic Planning & Campaign Development**:

- Translate client briefs into actionable and inspiring strategic briefs for internal teams.
- Identify insights from research, market trends, and consumer behavior to drive effective brand and communication strategies.
- Collaborate with creative teams to ensure strategic integrity throughout the creative development process.
- Supervise the development of integrated communication plans with clear KPIs and measurable goals.
- Coordinate with creative, media, and account teams to align executional plans with strategic direction and budget requirements.

**3. Client Relationship Management**:

- Build and nurture trusted advisor relationships with key clients, providing ongoing strategic consultation and proactive business solutions.
- Ensure alignment between client expectations and agency deliverables through consistent communication and value-added guidance.
- Lead strategic performance reviews, demonstrating campaign effectiveness and identifying future growth opportunities.

**4. Product Development**:

- Lead the design and continuous refinement of strategic products and service offerings.
- Drive the creation and implementation of strategic planning tools, frameworks, and methodologies that enhance the agency’s strategic capabilities.
- Pilot, test, and package innovative strategy solutions to stay ahead of market demands and deliver greater client value.

**5. Team Leadership & Development**:

- Manage and mentor a team of strategists, ensuring high performance, continuous learning, and professional growth.
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the strategy team, allocating resources and setting priorities to meet project deadlines and quality standards.
- Conduct strategic reviews and post-campaign evaluations to refine team output and strategic effectiveness. Foster a collaborative and inspiring team environment that values insight, creativity, and strategic excellence.

**Job Requirements**:
**Skills & Qualifications**

Must have
- Excellent problem solving capability
- More than 5 8+ years of experience, having a strategic planning background with strong marketing/brand/IMC/creative expertise, including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
- Hands-on experience in planning at every stage of brand and communication strategy
- Keen interest and experience in analyzing marketing problems, brand tracking research and spotting opportunities to develop the brand
- A solid background in developing brand and communications strategies across a variety of client sectors and marketing channels both on and offline
- A strong understanding of core best practice strategic planning skills and tools
- Comprehensive understanding of the changing marketing landscape and new digital engagement techniques
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Good to have
- Experience as a Planning Director role within an integrated marketing communications (IMC) agency is a big plus
- Understanding of business and marketing strategy
- A good knowledge of research and media
- Track record of growing people

**PMAX-er Identification**
- **Client Impact**: Everything we do is ultimately to deliver real client impact and value.
- **Innovation**: Innovation is to drive change and innovative new ideas to create more values for clients, teams and society.
- **People development**: People development is to attract, develop, and retain the most talented people. Development is a responsibility, not a choice, of both the individual as well as the organization.
- **Integrity**: Integrity is to be honest and show a consistent and uncompromising adherence to what is right, even if it is at our own cost.
- **Teamwork and fun**: Teamwork and fun is the cooperative and collaborative effort of a team to achieve a common goal or to complete a task, and trying to build a joyful & enjoyable atmosphere for everyone.
- **Extreme ownership**:Ex