Vice President, Digital Strategy

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand‑alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 50+ offices around theworld.

Description

Teneo Digitaladvisesthe world's leading CEOs and organizations on how to show up, compete and win in a digital-first world, where reputation is shaped across social media, search, paid campaigns, AI-generatedanswersand emerging platforms.

We work at the intersection of strategy, communications and digital, helping clients navigate how influence is evolving and translating those changes into practical communications,campaignand reputation strategies.

We'relooking for a senior digital strategist to help build Teneo Canada's capability at the intersection of digital strategy, campaigns,AIand reputation. This is a client-facing advisory role, working with senior communications and corporate affairs leaders to develop digital strategies,lead campaignstrategyand oversee execution with specialist partnersandtranslateemerging trends into practical recommendations that drive business outcomes.

Day to day,you'llhelp clients understand where digital influence is moving, how technology is reshaping communications, and how to apply those insights to campaigns, reputationmanagementand executive positioning.

This person does not need to be a media buyer or AI engineer but should understand those disciplines well enough to lead strategy, manage specialist partners and confidently advise clients.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on integrated digital strategies spanning social, search, paid media, AI-driven search, executivevisibilityand online reputation management.
• Develop digital campaign strategies, helping define audiences, channels, messaging,objectivesand measurement frameworks while coordinating execution with specialist internal and external partners.
• Lead client workstreams, workshops and strategic discussions, translating complex digital and AI trends into practical recommendations for communications and corporate affairs leaders.
• Develop client-ready deliverables including presentations, strategic recommendations and campaign plansrequiringminimal oversight.
• Guide digital reputation initiatives across social listening, search, GEO, AIvisibilityand emerging platform trends,identifyingopportunities and risks for clients.
• Work with paid media, creative and analytics partners to ensure campaigns are strategically sound,measurableand aligned with clientobjectives, without necessarily being the hands-on platform operator.
• Help build Teneo's digital and AI advisory offerings, developing repeatable methodologies, playbooks and client solutions that respond to an evolving digital landscape.
• Mentor junior team members, providing direction on research, analysis,reportingand client deliverables while helping build capability across the team.
• Stay at the forefront of developments across digital platforms, AI, LLMs, social, search, paid media andemergingtechnologies, proactively bringingnew ideasand implications to clients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• 6+ years’experience in digital strategy, strategic communications, corporate affairs, digital marketing, reputationmanagementor management consulting.
• Demonstrated ability to advise senior clients on digital strategy, campaigns,reputationand stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to take complex campaigns from audience and channel strategy through partner coordination, activation,measurementand optimization.
• Strong understanding of integrated campaigns spanning owned, earned,sharedand paid channels, with experience developing strategies rather than simply executing tactics.
• Working knowledge of paid media and ad-buying ecosystems, with the ability to collaborate effectively with specialist agencies and vendors, challenge recommendations and oversee execution.
• Strong understanding of social platforms, search, GEO, AI-driven searchexperiencesand how digital discovery is evolving.
• Experience using digital analytics and social listening tools toidentifytrends, measureperformanceand translate findings into strategic recommendations.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop executive-ready presentations, and strategic recommendations.
• Experience managing client workstreams and mentoring junior team members in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.
• Curious,strategicallymindedand comfortable working in ambiguity, with a demonstrated ability to translate emerging technologies into practical client opportunities.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

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