Global Network Growth Executive Director

The role

You will identify and progress high-value enterprise growth opportunities across the WPP network. You will translate ambiguous client problems into strategic opportunity narratives and lead pursuit strategies from end to end.

What you will do

• Identify and progress high-value opportunities across WPP relationships and market signals.
• Build trust with Global Client Leads, agency leaders, and senior client stakeholders.
• Evaluate client needs, revenue potential, and winnability for live opportunities.
• Translate client problems into Enterprise Solutions opportunity narratives.
• Lead pursuit strategy including problem framing, stakeholder mapping, and commercial logic.
• Assemble technical, commercial, and delivery expertise at appropriate points in the opportunity lifecycle.
• Provide leadership readouts on priority opportunities including blockers and decision points.
• Contribute to the commercial infrastructure and positioning of WPP Enterprise Solutions.
• Set high standards for MD and Group Director colleagues regarding opportunity quality and commercial discipline.

Required qualifications

• 15 or more years of experience across enterprise growth, transformation consulting, technology consulting, digital transformation, marketing transformation, integrated agency leadership, strategic sal
• Experience working directly with C-suite and senior enterprise stakeholders across marketing, technology, customer, operations, data, AI, commerce and transformation agendas.
• Direct experience shaping large pursuits, managing strategic accounts, navigating multi-market opportunities, driving partner-led growth or leading multi-capability transformation programmes.

Nice to have

• Background built inside a consulting firm, systems integrator, technology business, digital transformation firm, large agency network, media network, WPP operating company or enterprise sales organisa

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.