APAC Media Investment Growth Leader

WPP Media Limited; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 700,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plans

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Partner discounts

Mental health days

Job summary

WPP Media Limited in Dubai seeks an EVP, APAC Investment to set regional investment agenda, drive market performance and align global direction with APAC realities.

You will lead across markets, build bench strength, ensure governance, and partner with senior leaders to turn market intelligence into growth opportunities.

This role champions a growth engine with a strong emphasis on compliance and trading excellence.

Qualifications

• Significant senior investment leadership experience across a multi-market landscape.
• Expertise in investment strategy, market leadership, implementation planning, offline and digital negotiations, trading performance, pricing benchmarks, value management, partner leverage, financial governance, audit delivery, compliance and commercial growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide Investment leadership and guidance to the senior WPP Media Leadership team, through ongoing education, clear goals, and expectation setting, including clarity around accountability for growth.
• Drive market performance, client value and stretch-growth outcomes, driving a culture of growth through our organization
• Lead trading excellence, value management, pricing and governance.
• Work collaboratively across the organization to ensure that all WPP Media is operating within our governance rules as per the Investment Policy, and that risk management strategies are in place where necessary and required.
• Act as the single senior Investment voice across regional, market, client and global discussions.
• Connect global investment priorities with APAC market realities to ensure regional strategy is practical, market-relevant and commercially effective - maintain a deep understanding of the evolving media landscape, client needs, and competitive dynamics to inform solution development and prioritization.
• Build investment capability, succession and bench strength across APAC.
• Align media owner and partner opportunities to future market needs.
• Partner with APAC market CEOs and CFOs to strengthen investment performance, commercial governance and market accountability.
• Partner across Client Solutions, Commercial, Finance, Data, Technology and market leadership to make Investment a proactive growth driver.
• Lead Transformative Change: Successfully lead large-scale organizational change initiatives related to media investment, ensuring the achievement of ambitious company goals while fostering an environment of high employee engagement and resilience.
• Champion Regional Consistency: Partner seamlessly with other APAC SLT members to ensure the successful, consistent, and high-quality implementation of all strategic initiatives across the region.

Skills

Investment leadership

Multi-market experience

Negotiation

Governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

WPP Media Limited in Dubai seeks an EVP, APAC Investment to set regional investment agenda, drive market performance and align global direction with APAC realities.

You will lead across markets, build bench strength, ensure governance, and partner with senior leaders to turn market intelligence into growth opportunities.

This role champions a growth engine with a strong emphasis on compliance and trading excellence.