Project Execution Lead - Native Dutch Speaker

VML Canada (French); Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 42 000 - 60 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

VML in Lisbon, Portugal, offers a hybrid role for a Marketing Program Lead within the MC Program. You will coordinate campaigns across Microsoft stakeholders and third-party agencies, ensuring timely delivery and measurable outcomes.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in marketing execution, strong project management skills, and fluency in English with a collaborative mindset. The position supports hybrid work with in-office days in Lisbon.

Qualificações

• Requires marketing execution experience and understanding of channels.
• Strong coordination and governance skills are expected.
• Fluency in English and ability to collaborate across teams.

Responsabilidades

• Plan and execute marketing campaigns, coordinating with internal and external teams.
• Track KPIs and performance, producing regular stakeholder reports.
• Act as SME for marketing tools, educating local and global teams.

Conhecimentos

Marketing execution

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field

Ferramentas

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy’s. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unitecutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counselin a single company –powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

MC Program:

VMLMarketing Coordinator Program is a large global community of approx. 400 employees sitting at the intersection of Microsoft Marketing and agencies teams.

We coordinate campaigns across Microsoft internal stakeholders,VMLglobal Service Delivery Hub teams, and third-party agencies. Campaigns generate salesleadsMicrosoft then scores and processes according to their sales strategy.

There are six major disciplines that tacklespecifictarget audiencesand/or channels:

• Integrated Marketing: Commercial

• Integrated Marketing: Consumer

• Budget and Planning

• Data and Insights

• Events

• Social Media

Each discipline is split intosub-disciplines, either focusing on specificareaof expertise and/or specific geography (e. g. EMEA and Americas, orclusters of countries). Thesesub-disciplinesare called pods.

The Service Pod Lead role can sit in any ofthese(sub-)disciplines.

Purpose of the job:

Project Execution Leads(PEL)areexecution project managers aligned toclient field teams.PELhas threemajor clusters of responsibilities:

1. Planification & set-up of marketing campaigns

2. Execution and Project Management

3. Client facing and single point of contact

Responsibilities:

1. Project Management

• Supports marketers in

• developing an integrated andfeasibleplan to connect local marketing execution (demand gen) to automated nurture streams.

• organizing cadence meetings., shares meeting documentation & action points

• Managesmarketing execution briefing

• Ensureslocal stakeholders are informed onprogress, andresolvesissues.

2. KPI & Performance Tracking

• Is responsible forexecuting and deploying marketing campaigns within the agreed SLAs

• Uses reporting to provide specific views/information to stakeholders

• Reviewscampaignperformance dashboards to understand engine performance and leadstage conversions withincreased focused on Marketing outcomes and business results.

3. Subject Matter Expertise

• Acts as localchampon global commercial marketingengines,tools & services

• Educates local stakeholders on modern marketing services and tool capabilities

• Ensures communication flow between the team and otherVMLand Microsoft stakeholders

• Applies learnings from modern marketing trainings (MM,BGand GDC) to improve SA executionand outcomes.

• Know and apply global and local governance asidentifiedand agreed by the GDC Global Marketing Services Organization.

Required skills & competencies

• Ideally completed studies in marketing-related field.

• Broad understanding of various marketing concepts, strategies and tactics, incl. marketing channels.

• 5+ years’ experience in execution of marketing-related initiatives.

• High level of ethics & compliance with company rules & processes, e.g. personal data protection or brand guidelines.

• Proven process and project management skills & experience.

• Some experience in account management.

• Readiness to assume responsibility for track activities progress and meet critical deadlines.

• Solid skills in Microsoft tools and software: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams.

• Solid command skills and ability to share often complex information in structured way.

• Comfort in dealing with client’s and third-party stakeholders.

• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple events and activities, and ability to prioritize urgent and important tasks.

• A strong team player with ability to establish working relations with culturally diverse internal and external partners.

• Strong in problem solving skills and orientation to detail.

• Fluent English is essential.

• Fluent Dutch is essential.

Please note this job is based in Lisbon, Portugal.

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

WPP (VML) 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.