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Global Network Growth Managing Director

VML EMEAFull-time2026-09-29 → 2026-11-11

Core

Own a defined enterprise growth domain and drive qualified, moving opportunities for WPP Enterprise Solutions by hunting, triaging, and shaping live client work.

Role type

Senior commercial operator / Growth Managing Director

Builds

Qualified enterprise growth opportunities and commercial momentum for WPP Enterprise Solutions

Domain

Marketing technology, digital transformation, and enterprise sales

Required skills

Enterprise growth strategy, commercial negotiation, opportunity qualification, stakeholder mapping, proposal development, cross-functional leadership, domain fluency in media/creative/tech, complex matrix navigation, high-agency execution

Preferred skills

Experience with WPP operating companies, major agency networks, consulting firms, systems integrators, digital transformation firms, technology companies, media networks, or platform businesses

Technologies

CRM, commerce, CX, content, data, AI, platforms, media, measurement, marketing technology, managed services

Responsibilities

Identify and pursue ES growth opportunities through WPP relationships, direct client signals, agency teams, GCLs, platform opportunities, partner motions, and enterprise transformation needs; Assess opportunity fit, revenue potential, urgency, readiness, route to client, stakeholder access, competitive context, and activation requirements; Create clear problem statements, opportunity briefs, points of view, value hypotheses, stakeholder maps, and pursuit recommendations; Lead discovery, workshops, executive conversations, proposal direction, credentials, pilots, and pitch development; Bring together ES capabilities across CRM, commerce, CX, content, data, AI, platforms, media, measurement, marketing technology, and managed services; Maintain ownership of next actions and commercial momentum until the opportunity is ready for formal pursuit, activation, handoff, or expansion

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC