Vice President, Strategy

Company Description

For 25 years, Level has developed marketing solutions for some of the world’s most innovative brands. We believe the best solutions come from collaborative working partnerships with our clients. Whether an established brand, or a start-up, we believe in the power of creative strategy, design, and technology to solve business challenges.

Overview

We're seeking a VP Digital Experience Strategist to steer our strategy team in designing and implementing innovative digital experiences. This role is for a visionary strategist committed to pioneering digital excellence in complex settings.

The Ideal Candidate Should

• Excel in formulating comprehensive digital strategies, encompassing experience visions, principles, consumer journeys, and detailed requirements, collaborating effectively with creative teams and technology partners.
• A proven track record in leading strategy teams and superior communication skills for executive-level presentations are essential.
• The ability to find clarity in chaotic environments and turn challenges into structured, actionable strategies is crucial.
• Experience in the technology or telecommunications is preferred but not mandatory

Responsibilities

The VP of Strategy at Level is a growth architect, working to grow our people, our product, our reputation, and our revenue at scale. You will be expected to manage teams across multiple sub-brands or workstreams on large pieces of integrated business, while also pitching large new business opportunities with positive outcomes.

The VP of Strategy serves as trusted strategic counsel amongst senior clients. The ideal candidate embodies intellectual curiosity and a passion for the strategy discipline and is equally adept at leading conceptual discussions while also translating complex concepts and solutions across diverse audiences internally and to clients.

As a VP of Strategy, your passion for the strategy discipline translates to ensuring teams are motivated and retained by identifying opportunities for them to expand and grow, while also serving as a mentor and example to senior talent.

• New business
  • Pitch large new business with positive outcomes
  • Proactively identify and execute organic growth opportunities that leverage Level and/or Groupe capabilities across accounts in partnership with the SVP of Business Development.
• Strategic guidance
  • Drive, own and deliver unique thought leadership
  • Lead conceptual discussions, and establish yourself as trusted strategic counsel among senior clients
  • Help translate complex concepts and solutions to diverse audiences – both internally and to clients
  • Scope and drive the development of new business engagements (scoping, timing, deliverables, effort)
• Agency leadership
  • Develop strong relationships with internal leadership
  • Source and or build technology that progresses our agency product and way of working
  • Collaborate with cross-discipline strategists to elevate offering and make our processes more effective
    

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in an agency or consulting environment
• Have a growth mindset, with the ability to push forward with an open mind when it comes to work and approach to colleagues and clients
• Demonstrate a transparent and uncomplicated sense of personal accountability for work and larger outcomes for project, team, agency and client
• Demonstrate a proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to flex in real-time to ensure a winning outcome, regardless of the situation or dynamic
• Demonstrated success in:
  • Inventing an entirely new artifact/deliverable that expands our ability to engage an audience
  • Presenting to C/Executive decisionmakers and create discourse that achieves high-stakes outcomes
  • Taking a mandate for seismic change and execute against it confidently
  • Leading and manage a group of any shape or size, contributing meaningfully to the growth and well-being of every person connected, while realizing an ambitious shared goal
  • Providing counsel to a C-level/Executive decisionmakers resulting in a positive impact on their business and our future opportunities.
• Fully capable of owning all strategy needs on pitches of any size and complexity, including global and Publicis multi-agency Power of One engagements, with a track record of success
  

Additional Information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance.

You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits. You will also be eligible to participate in the Publicis 401(k) Plan after you complete 1,000 work hours in a consecutive 12-month period.

Level Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law, genetic information, marital status, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: $159,695 - $255,645.00/annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 3/15/2026.