Senior Manager – Agency Management
This is an open vacancy with one of our clients.
- Experience
- 8–12 years
- Where
- Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur
- Salary
- ₹16,00,000–₹32,00,000 per year
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Qualifications
- MBA/PGDM
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About the role
One of our prestigious clients is hiring a Senior Manager – Agency Management to oversee its relationships with marketing agencies at a strategic level. You will set how agencies are selected, contracted and evaluated, and make sure their delivery matches the commercials agreed. Getting this right protects both quality and value for money.
What you'll do
- Set the agency roster strategy, deciding which partners cover which needs.
- Head commercial negotiations on retainers, scopes and renewals.
- Establish delivery standards and a regular agency evaluation framework.
- Resolve escalations on quality, timelines or cost with agency leadership.
- Build the capability of the agency management team through coaching and clear processes.
- Advise senior marketing leaders on agency structure and value for money.
What you'll bring
- 8–12 years of experience in agency management, marketing procurement or agency-side leadership.
- An MBA/PGDM qualification, with strong commercial grounding in services contracts.
- Strong commercial negotiation skills and an understanding of agency fee models.
- Experience setting governance across multiple agency relationships at once.
- Credibility and presence with senior marketing and agency leaders.
Good to have
- Exposure to running agency pitches end to end, from brief to appointment.
- Familiarity with in-house creative or media teams working alongside agencies.
- Prior experience in the consumer or advertising sector with a broad agency roster.