Client Technology Leader

The role

You will act as a technical advisor to client CTO and VP-level stakeholders. You will own technical strategy and design authority while governing an integrated technology ecosystem across CX, Commerce, and CRM.

What you will do

• Act as primary technical advisor to the client's CTO and VP-level stakeholders
• Own technical strategy and design authority across the engagement
• Guide architecture across the content supply chain ecosystem
• Guide data strategy to unify first-party data for real-time personalisation
• Align paid and owned audiences to drive channel performance
• Develop integrated technology strategy spanning ownership experience, dealer network integration, and lifecycle CRM
• Ensure platform coherence, metadata integrity, and operational scalability for multi-market, multi-agency delivery
• Ensure future solutions effectively leverage AI and agents through agentic strategy
• Build the commercial case for new areas of technical scope within the account

Required qualifications

• Senior client-facing technical leadership experience: CTO, Technical Director, Principal Architect, or equivalent
• Deep expertise in technology solutioning across martech, experience platforms, cloud, and integration at enterprise scale
• Hands-on knowledge of integration patterns
• Strong command of first-party data strategy and data architecture
• Experience governing complex, multi-market delivery programmes where technical decisions carry brand and commercial consequence
• Experience designing agentic architecture and human-in-the-loop operating models
• Automotive sector experience, or equivalent high-stakes brand environment
• Executive presence at C-suite level, with technical credibility among engineering teams

About the company

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates growth systems for competitive businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.