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New Business Growth Manager

Dentsu · Chicago, IL · $68,000–$96,000 a year · Full time

Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about an RFI or pitch you supported. What was your role and what happened?

What they are checking: Whether they have real hands-on experience managing new business materials under deadline.

What do you know about the advertising and ad-tech landscape that would help you in this role?

What they are checking: Whether they have industry context to make pitches and campaigns relevant.

Tell me about a time you kept many stakeholders organized toward a hard deadline.

What they are checking: Whether they can coordinate across teams without formal authority.

What would you do

Two subject matter experts give you conflicting content for a pitch due tomorrow. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can resolve conflicts quickly and keep a pitch coherent under time pressure.

How would you plan an event so it actually connects with the companies we want to reach?

What they are checking: Whether they align events with targeting strategy rather than treating them as general branding.

About the work

How would you build a pitch process or playbook that several Practice Areas could actually use?

What they are checking: Whether they can create repeatable, cross-practice ways of working instead of reinventing every pitch.

An inbound opportunity comes in. How do you research and qualify whether it is worth pursuing?

What they are checking: Whether they can vet opportunities thoughtfully so the team spends effort on winnable work.

How do you work with SMEs to turn their expertise into thought leadership that prospects want to read?

What they are checking: Whether they can draw out insights from busy experts and shape them for a market audience.

How would you partner with a lead-gen team on an outreach campaign to a target list of brands?

What they are checking: Whether they understand demand generation and aligning messaging with prospect motivations.

How do you measure whether new business and marketing efforts are working?

What they are checking: Whether they track pipeline and outcomes, not just materials produced.

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The full job description

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Job Description: The New Business Growth Manager plays a central role in driving growth and supporting new business initiatives across the organization. This role contributes to demand generation efforts and provides strategic support for RFIs, pitch development, and marketing execution. The position collaborates with subject matter experts (SMEs) and teams across Practice Areas to deliver high-impact campaigns and materials. Key Responsibilities Business Development & Enablement • Support cross-functional teams with RFIs, pitch materials, and strategic growth initiatives. • Collaborate across Practice Areas to identify new opportunities and centralize growth efforts. • Coordinate with lead-gen team to create outreach campaigns to accelerate growth opportunities. • Support in the vetting and qualification for inbound opportunities with background research. • Develop integrated pitch processes, playbooks and templates to operationalize our cross-practice ways of working. Content & Engagement • Partner with SMEs and Practice Area leads to source and refine thought leadership content. • Ensure alignment between marketing programs and prospect motivations. • Support in event strategies aligned with our targeting approach. Qualifications • Minimum 2-4 years of experience in new business growth and development, ideally in advertising, digital media, ad-tech, or client-side marketing with a focus on project or process execution. • Experience contributing to successful pitch efforts within the last 18 months. • Solid understanding of new business processes and marketing best practices. • Proficiency with collaboration and marketing tools such as MS Teams, Salesforce.com, Google Suite and project management platforms. • Strong writing and editorial skills with attention to detail. • Ability to work cross-functionally and foster collaboration across Practice Areas Additional Information The annual salary range for this position is $68,000-$96,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits available with this position include: • Medical, vision, and dental insurance, • Life insurance, • Short-term and long-term disability insurance, • 401k, • Flexible paid time off, • At least 15 paid holidays per year, • Paid sick and safe leave, and • Paid parental leave. Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com. To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps. #LI-SS1 #LI-Hybrid Location: Chicago - N. State Brand: Dentsu Solutions Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color , national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to  ApplicantAccommodations@dentsu.com  by clicking on the link to let us  know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.

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