Company Description MMA India is part of MMA Global, the Marketing + Media Alliance, a leading global industry body for Chief Marketing Officers and their teams focused on advancing marketing’s ability to create value. With over 800 corporate members across brands, media companies, platforms, MarTech, AdTech, consultancies, and agencies, MMA fosters collaboration across the full marketing ecosystem. The organization turns research and science into practical results through proprietary Think Tanks and Labs, delivering evidence-based models that redefine how marketing drives growth and enterprise value. MMA’s members include many of the world’s best-known brands and benefit from world-class events and experiences such as Impact India, Smarties India, and global summits. Founded in 2003, MMA has expanded beyond mobile marketing and now operates in multiple regions worldwide, including APAC, Europe, MEA, LATAM, and North America. Role Description The Lead, Industry Councils (Retail Media + Creative) at MMA India will drive the agenda, growth, and impact of councils focused on retail media and creative excellence. This full-time, in office role based in Mumbai involves convening senior industry stakeholders, shaping discussion topics, and developing actionable frameworks and best practices that support India’s marketing ecosystem. The role includes planning and managing council meetings, coordinating working groups, overseeing research or insight projects, and creating thought leadership content in collaboration with members and MMA’s global teams. The Lead will build and maintain relationships with brands, platforms, agencies, and partners,



identify opportunities for collaboration, and support related MMA events and initiatives. Day-to-day responsibilities also include project planning, stakeholder communication, tracking council outcomes, and ensuring that council work is aligned with MMA’s broader strategic priorities. What the role entails ? What you'll own Agenda and outputs
• Set each council's annual agenda with its chair: 3 to 4 priority questions, the outputsthey lead to, the calendar. Run sessions and roundtables end to end, with actions and owners out within 48 hours. Ship quotable assets: playbooks, guidelines, POVs, benchmarks. Education
• Run masterclasses, peer-to-peer sessions and closed-door learning formats for councilmembers and the wider community. Turn council work into practical tools marketers use at work: checklists, briefs, casestudies. Members and retention
• Curate the mix of brands, retailers, platforms and agencies: marketing leaders with realdomain expertise, not just big titles. Track each member's participation and act early when it drops. Co-lead renewals with Membership: own the engagement story, join renewalconversations, share the target. Commercial pull
• Turn council work into sponsorship, co-research, Lab and event opportunities, loggedin HubSpot with next steps. Package outputs into sponsorable formats, such as a summit track or an annual report. Visibility

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• Put chairs and members out front: launches, spotlights, LinkedIn and press aroundeach output. Connect the councils to the AI Council, SMARTIES India and global MMA work.

📌 Lead, Industry Councils (Mumbai)
🏢 MMA India
📍 Mumbai