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About the Role

We are hiring a Vice President of Sales to own our relationship with WPP. You will be the senior face of Genius Sports across GroupM and the broader WPP family, owning the number for everything Genius does inside that ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Own and exceed the WPP holding-company revenue number, including new business across WPP brand clients and expansion of existing investments.
• Build a multi-year joint business plan with GroupM and key WPP units; align Genius commitments to WPP's brand portfolio, tentpole moments, and product priorities.
• Personally lead the largest, most strategic deals; running discovery, ideation, pitch, negotiation, and contracting at the holdco and agency-of-record level.
• Drive activation across the full Genius product suite and across every channel WPP buys: CTV, programmatic, social, audio, and DOOH.
• Build and own senior relationships across WPP; Chief Investment Officers, Group Investment Directors, Heads of Strategy, Heads of Programmatic, Connections Planning leads, and innovation/specialty practice leaders.
• Map and multi-thread the WPP organization: investment teams, planning teams, programmatic, data/specialty units, and brand teams at the agency-of-record level.
• Serve as the executive escalation point for WPP across all Genius products, with executive sponsorship from our SVP, Advertising and CRO.
• Coordinate with Genius leadership on joint partnership announcements, upfront commitments, and strategic co-marketing moments.
• Lead and coach a small, high-leverage support team covering day-to-day workstreams across WPP agencies.
• Quarterback cross-functional pods inside Genius incl Marketing, Product, Ad Ops, Insights and Legal to deliver against WPP's needs end-to-end.
• Run a tight weekly operating cadence: pipeline reviews, deal inspection, forecast calls, and account reviews grounded in deal data.
• Operate the CRM and forecast as a discipline, not a chore; deliver a forecast leadership can trust within ±10%.
• Represent Genius Sports at industry moments; Cannes Lions, Possible, Advertising Week, IAB ALM and at WPP's internal client and partner summits.

Requirements

• 10+ years selling advertising, ad-tech, or media to agencies, with deep experience inside the WPP ecosystem.
• Track record of owning a holding-company-level number, landing and growing eight-figure annual partnerships at a global holdco.
• Existing relationships at WPP brand clients (CPG, QSR, auto, financial services, telco).
• Strong, current senior relationships at WPP.
• Demonstrable success negotiating upfront commitments, joint business plans, or master service agreements at the holdco level.
• Deep fluency in the modern media stack: CTV, programmatic, social, addressable, attention/measurement, and how WPP's specialty units operate.
• Comfort selling complex, data-driven products.
• Operating discipline: forecast accuracy, CRM (HubSpot or Salesforce), pipeline management, and a real point of view on holdco account management.

Skills

• CTV
• Programmatic
• Social
• Audio
• DOOH
• HubSpot
• Salesforce
• Advertising
• Ad-tech
• Media Sales
• Sports Media
• Sports Data
• Fan Engagement

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Vice President
• 10+ years

Salary/Compensations

• $220,000 to $240,000 USD

Benefits

• Eligibility for additional variable compensation
• Genius Sports Group's benefits plan
• Support for employee wellbeing
• Opportunities to grow skills, experience and career

About the Company

• By bringing together next-gen technology and the finest live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalised than ever before.
• One team, being brave, driving change.

Equal Opportunity

• We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference.
• Let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.