EVP, Media Management APAC

The role

This senior leader will own WPP Media's investment capability across APAC. The role sets the regional investment agenda, drives market performance and growth, and leads trading excellence, governance and team capability.

What you will do

• Provide Investment leadership and guidance to the senior WPP Media Leadership team.
• Drive market performance, client value and stretch-growth outcomes.
• Lead trading excellence, value management, pricing and governance.
• Ensure operations follow the Investment Policy and that risk management is in place where required.
• Act as the single senior Investment voice across regional, market, client and global discussions.
• Connect global investment priorities with APAC market realities.
• Build investment capability, succession and bench strength across APAC.
• Align media owner and partner opportunities to future market needs.
• Partner with APAC market CEOs and CFOs on investment performance and commercial governance.
• Lead large-scale organizational change initiatives related to media investment.

Required qualifications

• Significant senior investment leadership experience across a multi-market landscape, ideally within a media agency.
• Deep expertise in investment strategy, market leadership, implementation planning and offline and digital negotiations.
• Experience with trading performance, pricing benchmarks, value management, partner leverage and financial governance.
• Experience with audit delivery, compliance and commercial growth.
• Strong people leadership, including developing succession and strengthening the second layer.
• Excellent communication, influencing and problem-solving skills.
• Strong command of investment tools, value frameworks and governance processes.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, vision and dental insurance.
• Group retirement plans.
• Significant paid time off.
• Preferential partner discounts.
• Employee mental health awareness days.
• Access to the global WPP Media and WPP networks.
• Employee resource groups and career development.

Before you apply

• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• Benefits may vary by office or country.

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships. It delivers creative personalisation at scale through the WPP Open platform.