Vice President / Client Lead Media & Creative (Mensch) Automotive

The role

You will hold overall strategic responsibility for one of the largest lead clients in the automotive industry. You act as a C-level partner and drive the transformation of the client relationship, with a focus on innovation and new growth areas.

What you will do

• Act as the central strategic C-level contact for the client and develop a joint media and creative marketing vision
• Lead a joint business plan to embed innovation in the account and create measurable business impact
• Hold full P&L responsibility, including scope and contract negotiations, financial forecasting and steering of profitability, margin and growth
• Expand existing business through cross-selling, expansion into new topics and integration of new solutions
• Win new clients and lead pitches to success
• Drive the further development of the integrated operating model and embed AI-supported workflows and modern technologies
• Develop talent, establish new ways of working and shape cultural change within teams

Required qualifications

• Leadership experience at top level in integrated agency or consulting environments, leading large interdisciplinary teams
• Proven P&L responsibility and experience in scope and contract negotiations
• Experience in the automotive industry or comparable complex categories with long decision cycles
• Proven innovation track record: has brought innovations into practice, not only conceived them
• Works across media, creative, data and technology
• Proven success in new client acquisition and building growth strategies for existing accounts
• Fluent German and English

Benefits

• Flexible working hours and remote work options
• 30 vacation days plus one flexible day; 24 and 31 December off
• Health services, attractive pension scheme and mental health awareness days
• Diverse further training and internal career programmes within the WPP network
• Events, employee discounts, job ticket, Wellhub and job bike

Before you apply

• Applicants are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. It is an employer that promotes equal opportunity.