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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 partn...
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 [wppmedia.com].
2830 - SVP, Data & Tech Lead - GCS
Role Summary and Impact
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our
people, planet, clients and communities. WPP Media is WPP's global media collective, bringing together the best platforms, people,
and partners to create limitless opportunities for growth in a world where media is Everywhere.
This role is within the Data, Tech, and Analytics (DTA) team, within the Global Client Solutions organisation. The Global Client
Solutions (GCS) team is responsible for all global clients within WPP. DTA is responsible for servicing clients with best-in-class
data solutions, data strategy, analytics, technology and AI solutions to drive client growth. 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.
SVP, Data & Tech Lead
As the Global Client Data & Tech Lead, you will take ownership of driving data-led transformation for one of WPP’s largest and
most ambitious global clients. You will be at the forefront of enabling data, technology, and AI to create more impactful brand
experiences and measurable business growth.
You will be a strategic partner to WPP Media’s Global Client Leads, defining what ‘data-driven’ marketing looks like for your
client across Discovery, Planning, Activation, and Measurement. You will act as a senior advisor to CMOs and other key
stakeholders and will guide them in building the data capabilities and infrastructure needed to achieve their marketing goals
while ensuring responsible and effective use of data.
This role demands a leader who can combine thought leadership, operational expertise, strong line management, and a deep
understanding of data and technology to deliver tangible results. You will assemble and lead a team of experts to implement
strategies, deploy solutions, and build long-term capability for your client.
Skills and Experience
Finance leaders. Develop a deep understanding of client objectives and advise on how data, technology, and AI can drive impact
and growth. Act as a trusted advisor, helping clients navigate complex challenges and opportunities in data-driven marketing.
Partner with the Global Account Director/Client President to co-create and execute the Global Client Growth Plan.
the client business. Define how first-party data should be collected, organized, and deployed across business units. Identify
and execute data partnerships to enrich and extend first-party data. Standardize data usage across markets and business units
to achieve marketing objectives.
long-term value creation. Define growth targets and metrics for marketing effectiveness. Define and deploy use of data science
techniques to better predict growth from audience-based, omnichannel approaches. Introduce AI-powered optimization tools to
enhance efficiency and performance within and across channels. Ensure timely and actionable reporting for visibility into
performance.
improvements to enhance performance and reduce costs. Oversee the implementation of cloud data management, martech, adtech, AI,
and analytics systems. Integrate WPP Data, Tech, and media solutions into the client’s broader technology stack to accelerate
results.
leadership, coaching, and mentorship to inspire teams and foster innovation in data, technology, and AI.
Life at WPP Media & Benefits
Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to
inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for
every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue
their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising.
We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This
inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins,
sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this
commitment, including 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 believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this
open and supportive environment. 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 note
that while our philosophy is the same across WPP, benefits may vary by office/country.
Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location
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Position Summary As the Vice President, Data, you will lead transformative initiatives across omnichannel customer technology, enterprise data, analytics, and data science. Reporting directly to the SVP of Product, Data & Commercial Technology, this role is responsible for driving customer engagement, revenue growth, operational efficiency, and digital transformation across a multi-brand enterprise serving both B2B and B2C customers. The VP owns the strategy, execution, and evolution of the enterprise data roadmap, overseeing data infrastructure, business intelligence, analytics, and data science capabilities that enable personalized customer experiences, data-driven decision-making, and scalable business growth. This leader will also build, develop, and inspire high-performing teams while fostering a culture of innovation and engineering excellence. You will lead two key functions: 1. Data Engineering & Business Intelligence: Responsible for modernizing enterprise data infrastructure, data platforms, governance, and business intelligence engineering. 2. Data Science & Analytics: Responsible for advanced analytics, machine learning, and applied data science to improve customer acquisition, onboarding, retention, engagement, and overall business performance. You have a proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives from strategy through execution. You excel at delivering enterprise-wide programs aligned with C-suite priorities, driving measurable business outcomes while managing long-term initiatives across internal and external stakeholders. This is a highly collaborative leadership role, partnering closely with the Chief Commercial Officer, Business Unit COOs, SVP of Product & Design, SVP of Product Engineering, executive leadership, board members, and cross-functional teams to translate strategic business objectives into scalable technology solutions and deliver an integrated commercial, product, and customer experience strategy. You are a strategic, business-minded leader who builds high-performing organizations, leads through change, and consistently delivers results. You foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and empowered teams while maintaining a strong focus on business outcomes, innovation, and engineering excellence. Position Responsibilities: Strategic Leadership & Vision * Define and execute a comprehensive technology strategy for commercial systems, data infrastructure, and customer engagement platforms. * Build the next-generation customer engagement "Engine,” delivering measurable improvements in customer acquisition, retention, ARPU, and EBITDA. * Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders from the board to practitioner- level to align technology initiatives with business objectives driving digital transformation. * Integrate data functions, unifying data infrastructure, creating self-service BI capacity, and optimizing teams to align data and analytics efforts with commercial, product, and CX goals. * Champion the shift to an integrated commercial and product strategy by enabling self- service for functional teams and delivering more high-value algorithmic work using AI/ML. Team Leadership and Development * Build and scale a high-performing team of ~25 FTEs and consultants, including resources for Engineering, Analytics, and Data Science. * Lead the transformation of the Data organization into a value-driven (vs. technology-driven) model supporting commercial, digital product, and customer experience domains. * Guide the evolution of the team from baseline support to a mature omnichannel enablement organization leveraging data and insights to drive revenue, EBITDA and NPS. * Develop a leadership layer across Data and Engine functions through internal advancement, role re-definition, and strategic hiring to create scale and accountability for stakeholders. * Cultivate a culture of value delivery, transparency, and accountability, while driving iterative improvement, greater operational rigor and prioritization of high-value ML innovation work. Technology Leadership * Direct the modernization of enterprise-wide data infrastructure, BI, analytics and data science tools, migrating, consolidating and standardizing tools and vendors. * Ensure alignment between BI, analytics, and Data Science initiatives and business goals, leveraging continuous testing and optimization to enhance customer and enterprise value. * Ensure alignment between commercial technology initiatives and customer-facing product roadmap, software development and integration initiatives. * Partner with external vendors including Salesforce, AWS, and implementation partners, to deliver cost-effective solutions while maintaining strategic direction and execution quality. Cross-Functional Collaboration * Partner closely with the Chief Commercial Officer, COO for Online, COO for Campus, and SVP Product to ensure seamless execution of commercial technology strategies. * Collaborate with sales, marketing and partner leadership to align technology with operational goals, while navigating resistance and driving adoption. * Present strategies and outcomes to executive leadership and the Board, leveraging data and analysis to build consensus and drive decisions. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * 15+ years progressive tech leadership experience with 7+ years in senior management roles. * Experience leading large-scale, full-lifecycle digital transformation initiatives and platform consolidations in B2B and B2C settings, managing internal teams and external partners. * Experience merging disparate systems and teams, with a focus on enabling personalized customer experiences for omnichannel, multi-product customer acquisition and retention. * Proven track-record leading and executing technology and data-specific transformation initiatives delivering compelling measurable impact. * Senior-level leadership background across high-growth entrepreneurial environments and companies undergoing transformational changes in corporate development. * Hands-on experience leading teams in creating business leverage (Revenue, EBITDA, NPS) using commercial technology and customer engagement platforms to grow and scale these capabilities on a strategic basis. * Track record building and scaling high-performing technical and business-facing teams * Deep understanding of the modern data stack and its deployment for BI, Analytics and Data Science applications in commercial and product use cases, with a track record of successful implementations at scale. * Demonstrated success partnering with boards, C-level executives and cross-functional implementation teams, navigating resistance and generating buy-in from stakeholders * Superior communication skills, with an emphasis on brevity, clarity, and data-driven persuasion. * Industry experience in education, B2C, or consumer-facing products/services required. #LI-TR1
By bringing together next-gen technology and the highest fidelity live data available, Genius Sports is enabling a new era of sports for fans worldwide, delivering experiences that are more immersive, interactive and personalized than ever before. Learn more at geniussports.com The Role: Genius Sports sits at the convergence of live sports data, programmatic advertising, and the next generation of fan engagement. Our Moment Engine and Fan Graph are a differentiated product suite with no direct equivalent in the market. We need the executive who builds the partner ecosystem that scales it. This is a P&L-accountable leadership role. You will own the full channel architecture: strategy, segmentation, team structure, and the commercial number. You will define how Genius grows through partners and independent agencies not just manage a pipeline. What You'll Do: * Set the channel strategy: which partner segments to prioritize, how we price and package for the channel, and where we invest to win. * Own two distinct revenue lines: Channel Partnerships (DSPs, platforms, programmatic integrations) and Independent Agencies (AOR and specialist agencies outside the holding company groups) with separate playbooks, coverage models, and targets for each. * Own the combined revenue number and the metrics beneath it activation, expansion, velocity, win rate and move each one. * Build and lead a high-performance sales organization across both segments: hiring philosophy, leveling, ramp design, coaching cadence, and performance standards. * Design the GTM architecture alongside field sales, with clean segmentation from holding company agency coverage and zero channel conflict. * Partner at senior level with Marketing, RevOps, Product, and Ad Ops to make the channel a growth multiplier, not just a distribution layer. * Operate with forecast discipline: ±10% accuracy, clean CRM, and pipeline management. What We’re Looking For: * 12+ years in advertising, ad-tech, or media, with a meaningful portion owning a revenue number across inside, channel, or agency sales organizations. * Proven track record building commercial engines from scratch ICP, playbook, tooling stack, rep ramp and scaling them. * Senior presence: you've influenced cross-functional roadmaps, presented to C-suite, and shaped company-level go-to-market decisions. * Deep fluency in the modern media stack programmatic, CTV, social, identity, measurement and the partner ecosystem that runs on it. * Experience in sports media, sports data, or fan engagement is a strong differentiator This role offers an annualized salary of up to $300,000 USD, plus variable compensation, and includes eligibility for Genius Sports Group’s benefits plan. We enjoy an ‘office-first’ culture and maximize opportunities to collaborate, connect and learn together. Our hybrid working models differ depending on your role and location. Occasional travel may be required. As well as a competitive salary and range of benefits, we’re committed to supporting employee wellbeing and helping you grow your skills, experience and career. Learn more about how rewarding life at Genius can be at Reward | Genius Sports. One team, being brave, driving change We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where everyone feels a sense of belonging and the ability to make a difference. Learn more about our values and culture at Culture | Genius Sports. Let us know when you apply if you need any assistance during the recruiting process due to a disability.
About Yondr Yondr is a disruptor. We challenge convention and simplify complexity. A global developer, owner operator and service provider of data centers, we deliver complex data center capacity needs for the world’s largest tech companies. Our exponential growth sees us looking for extraordinary people to help accelerate us towards our vision: a tomorrow without constraints. But we can’t do this without you. About the Role As the VP/SVP for Global Construction you will be tasked with spearheading the Construction strategy and execution of hyperscale Data Center project Construction across our global portfolio. This role is pivotal in ensuring that Yondr’s Construction standards meet the highest benchmarks for safety, quality, schedule, predictability and cost competitiveness. The successful candidate will lead the global Construction teams, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and drive excellence in construction execution. The role will cover multiple projects with multiple clients simultaneously across the portfolio. Main Responsibilities * Part of the Data Center Execution Global leadership team * Accountable for pre-ops safety globally for Yondr group. * Accountable for Construction delivery globally and to lead the complete Construction delivery from inception through operations for multiple, concurrent Data Center projects, ensuring alignment with project scope, schedule, and budgets. * Accountable for global pre-construction through site due diligence, site acquisition and permitting periods. * Accountable for global utility execution from connection agreement to energisation at site * Accountable for the global Commissioning program within Yondr ensuring fully compliant delivery to stakeholder and customer requirements. * Support in building the global pipeline in line with Yondrs 5 year business plan. * Collaborate effectively with the other pillars within the wider Data Center execution team namely Design, Procurement, Cost/Commercial teams * Contribute to technical innovation developing new business strategies and Yondr DC blueprint Qualifications and experience * Extensive experience in Data Center Construction at scale is essential. * Extensive experience in building and managing global execution teams across the construction industry. * Extensive knowledge of the global construction industry supply chain with particular focus on Data Center construction, Design and build projects and global industry contract norms. * Strong leadership skills, with the ability to manage cross-cultural teams and external working relationships. * Proven track record in managing large-scale, cross-functional, and multi-team projects, with significant capital project experience. * Strong cost/commercial understanding, with the ability to appreciate the impact of technically led decisions on budget and schedule. * A track record of effective risk mitigation and strong organizational and communication skills. * Ability to think creatively, challenge traditional approaches, and develop innovative solutions. * Proficiency in Construction management software and programs. At Yondr, we want to enhance the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging of our workforce to reflect the world we live in. Our roles are potential opportunities for everyone; all interested parties, regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender, are welcome to apply. We ensure all candidates have equitable access and consideration throughout the hiring process. Yondr is committed to fostering a welcoming, safe and inclusive work environment. We provide support through our benefits, which are inclusive of all backgrounds.