Investment Associate Director

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. With exceptional talent trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform WPP Open we help clients navigate change capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPPs AI-driven media operating unit bringing together media data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence clients see exactly where how and why their media investment is working.

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Role Summary and Impact:

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Investment Associate Director. This role is pivotal in driving media value optimizing budget allocation and fostering strong relationships with media partners across various markets worldwide. Leveraging WPPs global scale and advanced capabilities including WPP Open and AI agentic tools you will ensure superior media performance cost efficiency and innovation contributing directly to our clients success and market leadership. You will be at the core of delivering international client trading commitments and pioneering innovative trading models globally ensuring our clients receive the best pricing in every market.

Key Responsibilities:

Global Media Investment Management:

• Manage local and central budget tracking
• Manage the pricing delivery across all local markets ensuring everyone has a clear understanding of commitmentsmethodologyand process.
• Ensure local and global strategies are reflected within auditmethodology
• Support the management of global and regional client partnerships
• Manage the delivery and tracking of media quality standards and best practices.

Performance Optimization & Analytics:

• Liaise with auditors to independently verify performance and delivery against commitments to our global clients collaborating with local market teams for alignment on auditor verification.
• Support in creating the content for high-level global client meetings.
• Monitor optimise and forecast pricing delivery versus targets by working together with local investment teams across various marketsidentifyingpotentialissuesand escalating where resolutions are not possible.

Team Leadership & Development:

• Promote a collaborative environment within the investment team and across other WPP functions (e.g. planning client services analytics) to ensure integrated global solutions.

Market Expertise & Innovation:

• Maintain deep knowledge of global media market conditions competitive landscapes audiencetrendsand emerging media opportunities.
• Provide thought leadership on media trends partnership opportunities and innovative buying models to clients and internal stakeholders worldwide.
• Challenge results and data with local teams across various markets to understand the underlying reasons behind performance and market trends.

Client & Partner Relationship Management:

• Grow andmaintainreciprocal relationships with WPP Media market teams through consistent and reliable communication and well-managed timelines.
• Maintain an understanding of wider teams on your global clients and within Client Solutions to know the relevant person to speak to on specific tasks i.e. knowing who the commercial or client lead is.
• Ensureaccuratereporting on media pricing commitments and coordinateconsolidatedperformance back to global clients.

Skills and Experience:

At WPP Media we believe in the power of our culture and our elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Medias shared core values:

• BeExtraordinaryby Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create anOpenenvironment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• LeadOptimisticallyby Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive relevant and progressive experience in a senior media investment or buying role (e.g. Senior Manager or Associate Director level) within a leading media agency network auditors or global client-side media team.
• Demonstratedexpertisein managing andoptimizingsubstantial media budgets across diverse global markets and media channels.
• Proventrack recordof successful high-value negotiations with global media owners and platforms ensuring best-in-market pricing.
• Deep understanding of the global ad tech ecosystem programmatic buying platforms (DSPs) adserversand measurement solutions.
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on delivering demonstrable ROI and cost efficiencies for global clients including an understanding of commercials/contracts across all global clients.
• Exceptional leadership and team management skills with experience developing and motivating investment professionals in a multi-cultural global context.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal)presentationand interpersonal skills with the ability to influence senior global stakeholders and foster relationships across international teams.
• Highly analytical data-drivenand proficient inleveragingmedia intelligence tools and platforms including advanced PowerPoint Excel and numerical skills for global data interrogation and reporting.
• Ability to work strategically and tactically in a fast-paced complex global environmentdemonstratingstrong attention to detail and ability to lead global reporting projects.

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Director

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1