EVP, APAC Media Investment & Growth Leader

WPP; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 350,000 - 620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive benefits package

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

WPP Media, a leading AI-driven media operating unit, seeks an EVP to own APAC investment strategy and regional performance. You will drive governance, trading excellence, and growth initiatives across multiple markets, collaborating with senior leaders, clients, and partners to deliver measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, cross-market influence, and a focus on scalable investment solutions within a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Senior investment leadership experience across a multi-market landscape, ideally within a media agency.
• Deep 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 growth.
• Strong leadership with the ability to influence markets, clients, media partners and global stakeholders, and to develop succession across APAC.

Responsibilities

• Provide Investment leadership to the senior WPP Media Leadership team, through ongoing education, clear goals, and expectation setting, including accountability for growth.
• Drive market performance, client value and stretch-growth outcomes, fostering a culture of growth.
• Lead trading excellence, value management, pricing and governance.
• Ensure governance rules per the Investment Policy and implement risk management strategies where 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 and commercially effective.
• 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 and governance.
• Lead Transformative Change in media investment and drive ambitious company goals while maintaining high employee engagement.
• Champion Regional Consistency across APAC SLT for consistent implementation of strategic initiatives.

Skills

Investment leadership

Market leadership

Negotiations

Governance

People leadership

Job description

WPP Media, a leading AI-driven media operating unit, seeks an EVP to own APAC investment strategy and regional performance. You will drive governance, trading excellence, and growth initiatives across multiple markets, collaborating with senior leaders, clients, and partners to deliver measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, cross-market influence, and a focus on scalable investment solutions within a hybrid work environment.