VP, Commercial Supply

About WPP Media WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 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. For more information, visit wppmedia.com. 2131 – VP, Commercial Supply ONE WPP – Vision '30 Join us in shaping the future of our industry with Vision '30 – our ambitious strategy to lead in the AI era. We are revolutionizing our business to unlock limitless growth opportunities for our clients and ourselves, built on four core priorities: - Collaboration: Foster unprecedented levels of data collaboration across WPP and partners through WPP Open, turning every channel into a smarter opportunity. - Data & Technology: Leverage our AI-powered Open Intelligence solution, connecting vast data to uncover unique insights, deliver predictive performance and superior brand experiences through our globally consistent DPAM process. - Innovation: Drive true innovation by generating intelligence from trillions of privacy-by-default data points, focusing on the 'why' behind customer behaviour to create unparalleled competitive advantages. - People: Developing future-ready talent involves evolving our focus from traditional media planning to strategic business outcomes, advanced technology and real-time measurable results, as AI increasingly automates media investment by 2030 We empower ambitious experts to deliver extraordinary work by challenging ordinary thinking. If you are passionate about an AI-driven future, thrive in a collaborative and data-centric environment, and are driven to deliver unparalleled growth, we invite you to be part of our transformative journey. WPP Media is a single client centric company with a portfolio of go to market brands. Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom, Mindshare and T&P are our agency teams, these house multiple local and global clients.  In addition, we have a number of client specific brands built to service specific clients. These include OpenDoor (Amazon), MFG (Google), OpenMind (Nestle), OpenConnect (BT/EE) and Media Futures Group (Google).  All of these teams are supported by consistent capabilities, enterprise level tools and systems and our market leading OPEN platform. Role Summary and Impact The Vice President (VP) role at WPP Media is a strategic imperative executive leadership position within WPP. They are entrusted with driving continuous optimization and transformative innovation, effectively translating overarching corporate strategy into executable, high-impact operational frameworks that guarantee superior performance and operational rigor. They will orchestrate teams and champion enterprise-level initiatives, adeptly navigating complex strategic challenges. Ultimately, the VP's strategic foresight and decisive actions working with SVP’s and EVP’s are paramount to achieving critical functional objectives and accelerating business growth. Capability Description Lead and optimise programmatic inventory supply, curation and management and establishing WPP Media solutions as the first for omnichannel executions. This includes making WPP Media's Curated Supply universally accessible across the entire client portfolio, ensuring the delivery of best-in-class client outcomes through innovative solutions, including custom integrations and marketplaces for our solutions, practices and clients.  Media Management will also be aligned to work with trading function to ensure alignment with deal structures and delivery. The candidate will primarily be deeply passionate about advertising technology and ideally also have a deep understanding of supply side advertising technologies. They will be the key decision maker for media and technology partners to deliver against our strategic objectives across media channels, and work closely with cross functional and global teams to deliver the optimal commercial and technical set-up to deliver against UK objectives. The Vice President role is a key decision maker in determining and implementing optimal processes and practices across our media Investment and trading initiatives. The role will be critical in establishing and innovating new commercial models and their implementation, and coordination with multiple media, publisher and technical partners to implement these within the wider WPP Media business. The candidate will be a key lead in the process, workflow, and solution development process with Solutions and Practices and WPP Media agency teams, ensuring Supply Technical requirements are considered throughout. The role will need to demonstrate supply-side technical excellence from design through to testing and implementation. Ownership of relationship, and management of partnerships with key technology partners (e.g., SSPs, media measurement, and analytics partners) Co-lead the rollout of critical global and local Supply initiatives (e.g. Supply Hub and Marketplace) focusing on owning the operational elements of these initiatives Input / review of commercial contracts providing technical guidance and ensuring adequate SLAs with partner technologies Skills and Experience - Leadership - able to manage, motivate and focus a team to the highest impact - Takes ownership of projects, solutions and troubleshooting - Passionate about technology and operational excellence - Experience in leading technical, account management and operational teams - Enabling cross-functional solutions to challenging Supply-focused problems - Organised and skilled in prioritisation - Experience in simplifying complex concepts to cross functional stakeholders - Honest, ethical, reliable, and emotionally intelligent - Strongly Preferred: Supply side experience Measures of Success Within 6 Months: Gain a comprehensive understanding of WPP Media and our broader business strategy, plus you will have started to think about incorporating Vision '30 into your strategic roadmap and key initiatives. Understand our business challenges and be able to articulate those beyond your scope (macro level, country level, departmental level). Your team will acknowledge clear direction and support plus initial client feedback should reflect proactive engagement. A key measurable is that you should have also initiated discussions and strategies to begin implementing significant improvements within your business area leveraging data/AI thinking, to align with AI-era demands. Within 12 Months: Champion WPP Media vision to be an undisputed industry leader, showcasing the impact of your strategy on business performance. You'll receive strong client testimonials demonstrating the impact of AI-driven strategies and receive positive 360-degree feedback on your leadership and strategic contributions to WPP Media and Vision '30. You will have clearly improved team morale and culture, reinforcing our identity as the global media collective and supported or achieved targeted revenue growth from existing clients and/or contributed to significant new business wins aligned with Vision '30 capabilities. Maintain high client scores and successful talent development in AI-focused roles plus key contribution to external thought leadership. Life at WPP Media & Benefits Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days. WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. 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. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide. 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