Vice President Strategy India

WPP; Gurugram District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive medical and retirement ben

Job summary

WPP is seeking a Vice President, AI Strategy for India to lead end-to-end AI adoption across the India Google business. You will translate regional AI capabilities into local actions, build market capability, and advise senior stakeholders while embedding agentic solutions into workflows.

The role requires senior leadership across marketing, data, and technology, with a focus on scalable AI adoption and measurable productivity improvements. A hybrid in-office model in India is expected.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in media, advertising, digital strategy, transformation, marketing technology or related field.
• Experience leading large-scale change and technology adoption in India.
• Deep understanding of India's media and marketing landscape and end-to-end campaign strategy, planning and activation.

Responsibilities

• Own India market AI roadmap and delivery plan aligned with APAC priorities.
• Partner with Google PMMs and Brand Social stakeholders to extend AI solutions across workstreams.
• Design localized training, workshops and onboarding for cross-functional teams.
• Track adoption, training coverage, and impact reporting to leadership.

Skills

Generative AI fluency

AI agents

Prompt engineering

Stakeholder leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

WPP Open

Gemini (AI)

Job description

Job Description

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s 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.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

YOUR ROLE IN A NUTSHELL

As Vice President, AI Strategy, India, you will lead the end-to-end adoption of AI across MFGs Google business in India. You will translate regional strategy and approved AI capabilities into practical local action—building market capability, advising Tier 1 campaigns, embedding agentic solutions into business-as-usual workflows and developing or localizing tools where Indias requirements. You will be the primary in-market AI strategy partner for MFG practice leads and Google Media Lab, while also working with Product Marketing Managers, Brand Social teams, senior marketing stakeholders and agency partners. Your success will be measured not by experimentation alone, but by scaled adoption, responsible use and demonstrable improvements in productivity, quality and campaignoutcomes.The ideal candidate combines senior media and stakeholder leadership with practical AI fluency.You can spot valuable use cases, mobilize cross-functional specialists, guide teams through change and turn successful market innovation into repeatable solutions for wider use.

REPORTING OF THE ROLE

• AVP, AI Strategy, APAC and India market leadership

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

• Market AI Strategy & Stakeholder Leadership
• Own the India market AI roadmap and delivery plan, aligned with APAC priorities,
• Googles marketing objectives and local business needs.
• Serve as the primary AI strategy partner to India MFG practice leads and the local Google Media Lab lead, identifying opportunities and resolving adoption barriers.
• Partner with Google PMMs and Brand Social stakeholders to extend appropriate WPP AI solutions across media, creative and non-media Product Area workstreams.
• Provide senior stakeholders, including local marketing leadership, with clear points ofview and strategic direction on market-level AI initiatives.
• Act as the AI bridge between MFG, other WPP agencies and relevant external agencypartners to align delivery against shared media AI OKRs.Enablement, Campaign Deployment & Adoption
• Design and deliver localized, hands-on training, workshops and onboarding forcross-functional teams, supported by market-relevant playbooks and prompt libraries.
• Advise Tier 1 campaign teams on selecting and deploying verified AI agents and
  workflows across the campaign lifecycle.
• Embed approved solutions into BAU processes, building team confidence and capability
  rather than relying on one-off demonstrations.
• Track active usage, training coverage, workflow migration and WPP Open monthlyactive users; use the findings to target further enablement.
• Local Innovation, Governance & Measurement
• Identify India-specific workflow gaps and architect, localize, pilot and maintainappropriate AI tools or custom agents using relevant local context and data inputs.
• Evaluate the quality and consistency of AI outputs and convene media, data, creative
  and technology SMEs to improve solutions.
• Capture successful Speedboat MVPs and market innovations, document learnings andwork with the regional team to graduate scalable solutions into the central repository.
• Apply regional measurement frameworks to quantify time savings, output quality,campaign value and business ROI; report progress and recommendations to market and regional leadership.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

In 3 months, you will have:

• Established strong relationships with India MFG practice leads, Google Media Lab, PMMand Brand Social stakeholders, local SMEs and the APAC AI Strategy team.
• Assessed current AI maturity, Tier 1 campaign opportunities and priority workflow gaps,producing a focused India adoption roadmap.
• Established baseline usage, training, compliance and impact reporting.

In 6 months, you will have:

• Delivered localized cross-functional enablement and embedded verified AI workflowsinto priority live campaigns.
• Launched at least one India-specific localization or pilot with clear evaluation criteria andgovernance controls.
• Created a dependable feedback loop between India practitioners and the regionalproduct and transformation teams.

In 12 months, you will have:

• Demonstrated measurable growth in active AI usage, local training coverage and priorityworkflows migrated to WPP Open.
• Produced evidence of campaign-level productivity, quality or business impact fromscaled AI adoption.
• Graduated successful India-led innovations for wider APAC consideration andestablished a sustainable local AI champion network.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Core Experience & Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in media, advertising, digital strategy, transformation, marketingtechnology or a related field, with substantial senior leadership experience in India.
• Proven success leading large-scale change, capability building or technology adoptionacross cross-functional teams.
• Deep understanding of Indias media and marketing landscape and of end-to-endcampaign strategy, planning and activation.
• Experience managing senior client stakeholders and influencing teams without directauthority; Google business experience is a strong advantage.
• A Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience.

Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Strong practical fluency in generative AI, AI agents and their application to media,creative and operational workflows.
• Hands-on familiarity with WPP Open, Gemini or comparable AI, media and dataplatforms.
• Working knowledge of prompt and context engineering, agent testing and evaluation,data governance and responsible AI practices.
• Ability to frame use cases, mobilize technical SMEs and translate adoption and impactdata into executive decisions.

Leadership & Personal Attributes

• Market Leadership: Builds credibility quickly and can set a clear transformation agendafor senior client and agency stakeholders.
• Enablement: Makes technical concepts accessible and builds lasting practitioner capability through practical learning.
• Collaboration: Brings together media, creative, data and technology specialists to solveoperational problems.
• Commercial & Strategic Judgment: Prioritizes scalable use cases with clear campaignor business value.
• Execution & Adaptability: Takes ownership from opportunity identification throughdeployment, measurement and iteration in a fast-changing environment

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when were together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. Thats why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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