Technical Strategist

Company Description

At Saatchi we believe in creating ideas that can live anywhere. And we believe that when we work as a team, nothing is impossible. We strive to bring out the best in each other and in ourselves and expect applicants to understand the value of close collaboration. We also believe that creating transformational work requires initiative, an entrepreneurial spirit and a bold commitment to achieving measurable results and business success for the Clients we service.

Overview

As a Technical Strategist, you operate as the vital bridge between consumer needs, business goals, and technical feasibility across Toyota’s digital ecosystem. Operating in a high-leverage strategy discipline, you balance upstream portfolio visioning with tactical project-level strategy, identifying and framing problems long before work reaches execution pods.

You possess strong technical fluency and developer empathy—understanding back-end architectures, APIs, and modern data platforms. Crucially, you are a proactive thinker who actively listens during client discussions to spot unarticulated opportunities, emerging needs, and AI-driven innovations. You will self-initiate research without waiting for a formal brief, delivering forward-looking thought leadership and validating market trends to help inspire and drive the client's product roadmap.

Responsibilities

Proactive Thought Leadership & AI Horizon Scanning

• Continuously monitor and research emerging tech paradigms, AI models, and machine learning capabilities to uncover viable product opportunities.
• Actively listen during client conversations, reviews, and other meetings to identify unstated pain points, implicit ideas, or nascent business needs.
• Self-initiate research and analysis without waiting for an assignment, proactively bringing thoughtful POVs, trend validations, and strategic recommendations to clients to shape their future backlog.
• Author crisp, executive-ready Strategic Points of View (POVs) that articulate overarching digital product strategy, while also translating complex AI concepts and emerging technologies into clear, value-driven recommendations.

Portfolio & Project-Level Strategy

• Shape both macro platform visions (e.g., the long-term evolution of platforms like Toyota Owners) and tactical project-level executions.
• Conduct targeted competitive and comparative analyses - especially around personalization, customer account experiences, and digital utility - to identify industry benchmarks and white-space opportunities.
• Define strategic page hierarchies, content framing, and journey structures that align business priorities with user intent.
• Act as a strategic quality gate: proactively identify friction, knowledge gaps, or assumptions that need validation, flagging when initiatives require UX Research (UXR) before moving into development or launch.

Journey Mapping & High-Level Use Cases

• Define directional, high-level use cases across the end-to-end customer journey, establishing clear strategic intent and guardrails for what a product should accomplish.
• Maintain strict boundaries with execution pods by defining the what and why while empowering dedicated POs, designers, and developers to own detailed user flows, edge cases, and technical implementation.

Technical Fluency & Developer Partnership

• Act as a credible, trusted partner to Technical Product Owners (TPOs) and external development teams.
• Assess existing platform architecture, data sources, and web services/APIs to pressure-test feasibility early and ensure creative and strategic concepts are technically sound.
• Collaborate cross-functionally across Digital Strategy, Analytics, Creative, Experience Design (XD), and Account Management to ensure all work integrates cleanly with shared enterprise capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree.
• 3–5 years of experience in technical strategy, digital product strategy, or technical consulting within an agency, enterprise, or consulting setting.
• Collaborative & Cross-Functional: A true team player who works seamlessly and respectfully alongside creative, UX/UI, data, and development partners to bring ideas to life.
• Client-Facing Confidence: Poised, articulate, and diplomatic in client meetings; capable of reading a room, actively listening, and gracefully navigating complex stakeholder dynamics.
• Self-Management & Accountability: Highly organized with the ability to self-manage, prioritize tasks across multiple workstreams, and consistently hit deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proactive Curiosity: A self-starter mindset with a proven ability to synthesize client conversations, spot unbriefed opportunities, and initiate strategic exploration independently.
• Adaptability in Ambiguity: Comfortable navigating the gray areas of early-stage product visioning, able to pivot quickly when new constraints, client needs, or technical insights emerge.
• AI & Emerging Tech Acumen: Demonstrated curiosity and confidence in researching AI trends, generative tools, and emerging platforms, with the ability to separate practical product value from marketing hype.
• Technical Fluency: Strong working knowledge of back-end systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and data flows, allowing for seamless collaboration with Enterprise Architects and developers.
• Multi-Altitude Strategic Capability: Proven track record spanning big-picture platform visioning down to tactical execution strategy (e.g., personalization benchmarks, comparative audits, page hierarchy, journey-level use cases).
• Executive Storytelling: Exceptional presentation and communication skills, able to translate complex technical constraints and abstract opportunities into compelling executive narratives.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMTTACompliance@publicis.com.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range

USD $66,120.00 - USD $97,440.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 12/7/2026.