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About the Role
As a Managing Director at Burson Buchanan, you will be a principal growth engine, client counsellor, and key leader within our premier strategic advisory boutique. Burson Buchanan delivers high-level advisory and communications support to clients on major capital markets events, ongoing financial communications, high-profile litigation and government investigations, crises and other reputation-defining events. Backed by Burson’s global network and market-leading data, analytics and AI tools, Burson Buchanan is defining strategic communications advisory for the intelligence era.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted, high-level strategic advisor at the C-suite and Board level, delivering peer-to-peer counsel on complex capital markets activity and high-stakes reputational issues.
- Position Burson Buchanan as the UK’s premier strategic comms advisory by blending capital markets acumen with Burson’s AI technology suite and global network.
- Maintain a comprehensive, forward-looking understanding of global capital markets, macroeconomic drivers, regulatory shifts, and competitive dynamics.
- Lead complex client accounts and major transaction mandates, ensuring flawless execution and high standards of quality control.
- Operate with a player-coach mindset, transitioning seamlessly from board-level counsel to core deliverables and solving client and firm-wide challenges.
- Act as a primary business generator for Burson Buchanan, proactively identifying, targeting, and converting new business opportunities.
- Serve as a prominent external ambassador for Burson Buchanan through market commentary, event participation, and senior industry networking.
- Proactively identify cross-selling opportunities across the broader Burson and WPP networks.
- Contribute directly to agency-wide strategy, operational excellence, talent strategy, and long-term positioning as an active member of the SLT.
- Model leadership behaviours, setting a benchmark for ambition, strategic depth, and commercial urgency.
- Build a culture that fosters connection and respect.
- Line manage, mentor, and inspire talent, fostering career growth and retention within the financial comms practice.
- Lead by example in the adoption of innovative solutions, including AI-driven communications tools, ensuring team adherence to WPP tools, ethical frameworks, and best practices.
Requirements
- Deep network of relationships within the advisory community, including leading investment banks, law firms, and other advisory firms.
- Established relationships in the executive ranks and boardrooms of leading companies.
- Agility to transition seamlessly from board-level counsel to rolling up your sleeves on core deliverables.
Skills
- Strategic advisory
- Client counselling
- Business development
- Financial communications
- Capital markets
- M&A
- IPOs
- Shareholder activism
- Reputational issues management
- Crisis management
- Litigation communications
- Government investigations
- AI technology
- Data analytics
- Leadership
- Team management
- Mentorship
- Networking
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Managing Director
- Senior
About the Company
- WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
- We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in 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.
- We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.
- Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
- Burson Buchanan delivers high-level advisory and communications support to clients on major capital markets events, ongoing financial communications, high-profile litigation and government investigations, crises and other reputation-defining events.
- Backed by Burson’s global network and market-leading data, analytics and AI tools, Burson Buchanan is defining strategic communications advisory for the intelligence era.
Equal Opportunity
- WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.
- 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.