Group Business Director

About the Company

MBM is a well-known New Zealand media agency working across multiple disciplines and known for challenging conventions to create meaningful change for clients.

The business is expanding following a major new win in financial services, creating a strong opportunity for a senior leader to make an immediate impact in Auckland.

Role Overview

This is a senior leadership appointment focused on guiding strategy across a portfolio of clients, with an emphasis on delivering fully integrated media solutions from planning through to execution.

You will hold the senior client relationship, steer the strategic direction, and coordinate specialist teams to deliver high-quality work.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the media strategy for a major financial services client and ensure it is delivered effectively.
• Manage a portfolio of accounts along with senior client and stakeholder relationships.
• Design full-ecosystem planning across paid, owned, and data-informed channels.
• Lead cross-functional internal specialists as the central point for integrated campaign delivery.
• Broaden client conversations beyond media execution and into wider commercial outcomes.
• Oversee campaign delivery, performance analysis, and ongoing optimisation.
• Coach, guide, and develop a strong-performing team.

What You Bring

• Established senior-level experience with the ability to balance strategic thinking and execution.
• Strong knowledge of the New Zealand media market and multi-channel planning.
• Proven success managing senior client relationships and influencing executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience leading teams and supporting their growth.
• Commercial understanding of campaign performance and client financial management.
• A collaborative approach with the ability to unite people around shared goals.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

This is not a maintenance role. You will join a high-profile client account, a well-supported team, and a chance to shape delivery in one of the most competitive categories in the market.

About MBM

MBM takes a forward-thinking approach, using creativity, innovation, and data to solve real business challenges for clients.

The company supports its people, invests in capability-building, and aims to create work that teams can be proud of.

If you do not meet every requirement, you are still encouraged to consider applying. The organisation places greater value on mindset, leadership, and potential than on a perfect CV.

Additional Information

You will be joining the Publicis Groupe network, which offers a range of benefits and workplace programs, including:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program that supports physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
• A creative and rewarding office environment with flexible working under the Publicis Liberté approach.
• Access to Marcel, a global AI platform that supports career mobility and collaboration across the network.
• More than 15,000 learning programs through the Marcel Classes learning platform.
• Career Conversations, an open-feedback culture designed to help employees progress toward their goals.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs including Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE, and Embrace.
• Work Your World, which allows employees to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks each year.
• A workplace culture that supports people living with life-threatening illnesses through the Working With Cancer Pledge.
• Inclusive leave policies covering fertility treatment, menopause, flexible public holidays, gender affirmation, parental leave, up to 18 weeks of paid primary carer leave, and generous secondary carer benefits.
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and other professionals through Sonder, a digital wellbeing platform supporting psychological, medical, and safety needs.

Inclusion and Accessibility

The organisation encourages applicants from underrepresented groups and notes that people do not need to satisfy every criterion before applying. Hiring decisions are based on shared values such as inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity.

Publicis Groupe states a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity across race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, and religious affiliation.

Reasonable adjustments are available for applicants with disabilities or anyone needing extra support during the recruitment process. Requests for assistance can be made by email, and personal information will be treated confidentially.