Product Strategy Director

About the role

Dentsu Solutions is looking for an experienced, commercially driven Product Strategy Director to lead the strategy, development and delivery of products and capabilities funded through the Strategic Partner Innovation (SPI) programme. This is the first dedicated product leadership role within the expanded SPI remit, reporting to the Global Solutions Partnerships Senior Director and working with global and local Data & Tech, Global Product, Commercial, Legal, markets and partner teams. The role leads an allocated portfolio of products and workstreams from discovery through to adoption and ongoing evolution.

Key responsibilities

• Set the product discipline and development model for SPI, covering definition, development, integration and scaling.
• Own the full product lifecycle and client experience for prioritised products, aligned with approved Statements of Work.
• Work with practitioners and markets to define the user, problem and demand, then turn client, market and partner needs into product propositions, use cases and requirements.
• Lead internal product, engineering, data and development teams and SPI delivery partners, managing dependencies, risks and changes.
• Integrate SPI products into dentsu's ecosystem so they are interoperable, reusable and scalable.
• Define value proposition, target users, success measures and route to adoption and commercialisation, and lead build, launch and enablement.

Required profile

• Significant experience in product strategy, product management, media solutions, advertising technology, data, platform strategy or a related discipline.
• Proven track record of leading products or workstreams through strategy, design, development, integration, launch and scaling.
• Experience leading cross-functional product, engineering, data and technology teams in complex global organisations.
• Strong commercial acumen, including value propositions, go-to-market, enablement and market activation.
• Senior stakeholder, client and partner-facing capability with strong communication skills.

Required skills

• Understanding of digital media, advertising technology and major global platforms such as Google, Meta and Amazon.
• Ability to integrate new products into established ecosystems, with knowledge of architecture, data, APIs and interoperability.
• Technical understanding sufficient to challenge decisions and drive outcomes.

What we offer

• A permanent, full-time role with a competitive salary and a tailored benefits package.
• Hybrid working, with two days per week in the London office.