Executive Director, Global Network Growth & Activation

VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 155 000 - 390 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

WPP Enterprise Solutions seeks an Executive Director to act as senior deputy to the Head of WPP Network Growth. The role leads high-priority ES opportunity activation across WPP Creative, WPP Media, WPP Open and priority client teams with global reach.

The candidate will translate signals into qualified ES pursuits, coordinate with Growth Architecture, and maintain visibility of pursuits and blockers for the Head of Network Growth. Strong cross-functional influence is essential.

Qualifications

• Senior agency, consulting or enterprise growth leader across complex matrix organizations.
• Credible with agency leadership, GCLs, client-team leads and senior client stakeholders.
• Strong commercial judgment; distinguishes ES opportunities from general interest or internal noise.
• Multi-disciplinary literacy across creative, media, CRM, data, AI, commerce, martech, content and platform transformation.
• Excellent writer and briefer; able to turn ambiguity into a focused opportunity narrative quickly.
• AI-enabled working style, using modern tools to accelerate research, synthesis, briefs, POVs and follow-up.
• Low-ego orchestration style; able to influence through the network without creating ownership tension.

Responsabilités

• Own a portfolio of priority WPP-sourced ES opportunities and ensure every opportunity has a clear owner, route, value case and next action.
• Engage senior agency leaders, GCLs and client-team leads to identify where ES can expand or accelerate existing WPP relationships.
• Convert early signals into qualified ES pursuits, including opportunity briefs, client problem framing, potential solution path and support requirements.
• Define the ES activation support required for each opportunity and route requests into the appropriate ES leaders.
• Coordinate closely with Growth Architecture when a WPP-sourced opportunity is complex, multi-pillar, technical or commercially ambiguous.
• Maintain visibility of active pursuits, blockers, conversion status and escalation needs for the Head of WPP Network Growth.
• Model the expected working standard for the Network Growth team: commercial, low-ego, fast, precise and collaborative.

Description du poste

WPP Enterprise Solutions seeks an Executive Director to act as senior deputy to the Head of WPP Network Growth. The role leads high-priority ES opportunity activation across WPP Creative, WPP Media, WPP Open and priority client teams with global reach.

The candidate will translate signals into qualified ES pursuits, coordinate with Growth Architecture, and maintain visibility of pursuits and blockers for the Head of Network Growth. Strong cross-functional influence is essential.