Sr. Director, Planning Innovation & Enablement
About The Position
Dentsu is a global network, with 67,000 people around the world, coming together to deliver end-to-end experience transformation. We integrate our services across Media, CXM and Creative while pushing the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for our brands, people and society. Through innovation, we ensure the impact our clients need to drive growth, while also generating a positive effect in the industry. We are seeking a Senior Director, Media Planning and Product Enablement ideally based out of New York City or Chicago. You will elevate our planning product by driving adoption of innovative planning processes and tools, enabling teams through structured training and coaching, and translating planning excellence into clear, compelling storytelling for new business pitches. This role sits at the intersection of planning strategy, innovation enablement, and new business communication, partnering across strategy, planning, activation, and analytics to ensure our approaches are modern, consistent, and differentiated.
Requirements
- 11+ years of integrated media planning experience across traditional & digital channels.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to translate complex tools into clear, benefited narratives.
- Leadership experience managing or coaching teams.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience participating in or supporting new business pitches a plus.
- Experience developing or delivering team training or enablement programs a plus.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the internal expert on innovative planning processes, tools, data sources, and platforms, translating their capabilities into practical application for client work.
- Identify where new tools/approaches should be integrated into planning workflows to improve quality, insights, and effectiveness.
- Evaluate evolving techniques and industry trends to ensure planning outputs reflect modern best practices.
- Deliver structured training programs (team trainings & playbooks) to ensure rapid and consistent adoption of new tools and processes.
- Create learning materials including tool guides, workflows, demos, and FAQs.
- Partner with Client and Planning leads to set adoption goals and create repeatable enablement frameworks.
- Act as a coach and advisor to planning teams, helping them apply new processes in active client work.
- Translate planning tools and processes into clear, compelling pitch narratives that help differentiate the agency.
- Contribute to RFP/RFI responses and Creds content by articulating how our planning product, capabilities, and tools drive client outcomes.
- Help shape pitch storylines, ensuring planning insights and innovation tie seamlessly to audience strategy, channel approach, and business impact.
- Collaborate closely with additional stakeholders (i.e. activation leads) to ensure planning guidance is actionable and flawlessly executed.
- Maintain awareness of industry dynamics, cultural trends, and evolving media opportunities.
Benefits
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
