Group Business Director | Melbourne-VIC

Job Description

PHD Melbourne 
Group Business Director

• Melbourne, South Yarra
• Full Time, Permanent

Your day to day

• Manage and develop key senior relationships with your client.
• Control and constantly drive the quality or your team's output in the creation of plans and buys that reflect the insights and the ideas shaped from them
• Identify, recruit, manage and develop your team with a strong focus on inspiring the PHD values, beliefs and vision.
• Network within the marketing and media community in a manner than drives and distinguishes our position.
• Manage the productivity and profitability of your group and business to the required levels, including setting and reviewing fee levels.
• Identify and drive new business opportunities through existing or new business relationships.
• Develop and manage leadership task that benefits and serves the interests of the whole Agency.
• Understand our recommendations are grounded in consumer insights and that these insights should lead to communications recommendations not just traditional media plans
• Ensure work is executed as promised within the communication recommendations 

Adherence to the PHD Client Servicing Principals

About you:

• Extensive Media Experience: Tertiary qualified with over 10 years of media planning and buying expertise, including strategic planning capabilities.
• Client Leadership & Communication: Strong client-facing, communication, and presentation skills, with proven client lead experience.
• Business & Revenue Growth: Demonstrated ability to drive business revenue and develop new income streams (e.g., SBU offerings).
• Performance & Results Focused: Consistently delivers against client business plans and contracts, achieving KPIs and maximising agency performance.
• Quality Control & Attention to Detail: Maintains total quality control across all client output; prioritises accuracy to avoid account issues.
• Team Leadership & Development: Experienced in training, mentoring, and managing team members of varying skill levels.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Skilled in balancing priorities and aligning diverse teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality work.
• Media Owner Engagement: Adept at briefing and articulating client objectives to media owners to secure best-in-market responses.

About everything else:

In joining PHD, you will get –

• Access to top tier clients and complex business challenges
• Continuous development through our mixed learning approach
• The tools, equipment, and mentors you need to be successful in your role
• An organisation encourages diversity, supports charities and environmental initiatives
• A bright, open plan and dog friendly office (we love our furry friends)
• A fully supported flexible working environment
• Fun social events – (Annual ski trips, need we say more?!)
• Access to EAP's to support your mental health

Sound exactly like the sort of role for you? Apply now!

We are a committed Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and are dedicated to ensuring that all employees, and prospective employees, can work in an environment that is free from any form of employment discrimination based on race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, physical or mental impairment/disability or any other status. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.