Vice President, Solutions Consulting & Transformation Strategy

Company description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication and is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Through a unified and fluid organization, Publicis Groupe partners with its clients across communication, media, data and technology to ensure access to the full breadth of capabilities in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals.

The Vice President, Solutions Consulting & Transformation Strategy is a technical strategist role within the Publicis NXT team; responsible for supporting designing, governing, and accelerating large‑scale marketing transformation through cross‑functional use cases and pilots. Operating at the intersection of strategy, execution, and change; this role translates complex business priorities into structured, measurable, transformation initiatives. These transformation initiatives are designed to evolve how our biggest clients think of marketing, often moving from sporadic innovation to coordinated roadmaps to accelerate how marketing drives scalable impact.

This role reports to the Global Transformation Team Data & Tech lead as part of the Transformation Management Office (TMO). The successful candidate will be required to collaborate with TMO team members, client executives, internal capability leaders, and cross‑agency teams to define transformation roadmaps, architect pilots, establish measurement and governance frameworks, and ensure sustained adoption across markets and regions.

Transformation Strategy & Orchestration:

• Support the design of end‑to‑end marketing transformation strategies, including phased roadmaps spanning discovery, pilot design, validation, and scale
• Responsible for anchoring transformation initiatives in client business priorities; ensuring alignment across highly matrixed client and internal teams spanning a global network
• Translate emerging innovation (e.g., data, identity, measurement, AI‑enabled solutions) into structured, actionable transformation programs that deliver tangible outcomes

Solutions Consulting & Pilot Leadership:

• Architect and coordinate complex transformation pilots across global markets from ideation to post‑flight measurement by defining objectives, success criteria, governance models, and operating cadences
• Partner with solution, media, data, technology, creative, and other teams to ensure pilots are technically sound, operationally feasible, and dedicated to delivering meaningful results
• Codify pilot findings into repeatable frameworks, playbooks, and scale recommendations to support enterprise rollout from change management.
  • Note:
    
    This role is not responsible for scaling to establish a “new normal” way of working but should support the migration to the change management team.

Measurement, Governance & Value Realization:

• Establish transformation measurement frameworks, benchmarks, and performance tracking models to ensure transparency, predictability, and accountability
• Drive governance structures (Steer Co cadences, status reporting, decision frameworks) that maintain momentum and executive alignment throughout multi‑year transformations
• Ensure rigorous documentation is maintained to support transparency & clear strategic alignment throughout all teams during the pilot process

Executive & Client Leadership:

• Support Pilot Lead, acting as a trusted advisor to senior client partners, framing transformation narratives, arguments, and executive readouts
• Facilitate complex, multi‑stakeholder forums to drive alignment, resolve trade‑offs, and maintain forward progress
• Represent NXT and Publicis Groupe as a senior leader across transformation initiatives, reinforcing credibility, thought leadership, and partnership value

Practice & Team Leadership:

• Contribute to the evolution of NXT’s Transformation Strategy and Solutions Consulting practice, including methodologies, templates, and operating models
• Mentor and guide strategy, solutions, and transformation team members, fostering high standards of rigor, clarity, and executional excellence
• Support…