About the Role
The Senior Director of Solutions Deployment & Partner Strategy orchestrates the go-to-market deployment of WPP Media Solutions' advanced capabilities, acting as the primary liaison between Media Solutions and Global Investment/WPP Investment partnerships. This role requires expertise in partner strategy, operational frameworks, and commercialization to drive solution scalability and proprietary advantage.
Responsibilities
- Act as the single point of contact for Global Investment and Central Partnerships teams, consolidating and prioritizing partner requests.
- Conduct comprehensive supply assessments for solution deployment and create operational frameworks.
- Partner directly with emerging innovation teams and solutions leads to support go-to-market strategies.
- Facilitate workshops with local Media Solutions leads to align on opportunities and revenue strategies.
- Develop and execute Media Solutions' partnership strategy, managing relationships with key strategic partners.
- Collaborate with the Head of Commercial Strategy on solution commercialization and opportunity sizing.
- Leverage and scale growth frameworks to increase momentum on client switcher opportunities.
- Partner with Development and Configuration and Product Governance Teams to support custom feature requests.
- Support product workstreams as part of strategic partner management initiatives.
- Build a community of practice where successful tactics and innovations are codified and deployed.
- Work with Global DTS enablement team to craft and roll out market-leading training programs.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in partner strategy.
- Requires individuals to have the right to work in the UK.
Skills
- AI-driven media
- Media
- Data
- Partnerships
- Creative personalization
- Agentic marketing platform
- WPP Open
- Open Intelligence
- Supply assessments
- Operational frameworks
- Commercial structures
- Curated supply marketplace
- Investment-led initiatives
- Go-to-market strategies
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic partnership orchestration
- Commercial enablement
- Market expansion
- Opportunity sizing
- Growth frameworks
- Client switcher opportunities
- Product development
- Development and Configuration
- Product Governance
- DSPs
- SSPs
- Strategic partner management
- QBRs
- Community of practice
- Training programs
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Director
- Senior
Benefits
- Competitive medical insurance
- Group retirement plans
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Significant paid time off
- Preferential partner discounts
- Employee mental health awareness days
About the Company
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
- WPP Media is WPP's 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.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to characteristics.
- We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment.
- If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
