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WPP Media

AI-native global media services network

Director Data Strategy Consulting

Strategy & Management ConsultingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 2–3 years of proven disciplinary and professional leadership experience, including team development.
  • At least 7 years of relevant experience in data-driven marketing, media, consulting, or the AdTech/MarTech industry, including practical experience designing and implementing data strategies.
  • In-depth understanding of data infrastructures, Data Clean Rooms such as InfoSum, customer data platforms, demand-side platforms, tagging, analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts in marketing, with the ability to define requirements and work with specialists to implement them.
  • Practical proficiency using first-, second-, and third-party data, as well as customer, business, and marketing data for data collaboration and activation.
  • Sound knowledge of measurement, incrementality frameworks, and agile project and change management, including experience steering parallel programs with clear routines and documentation.
  • A completed bachelor's degree is required.
  • Ability to explain complex topics simply and build trust with client and agency counterparts.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, inspire, and develop a highly qualified team of Data Strategists and create an environment that enables the team to grow.
  • Own the end-to-end data strategy for focus clients. Prioritize first-party data collaborations, private data networks, and AI-supported planning; develop audience-first strategies across first-, second-, and third-party data; and translate data opportunities into measurable business outcomes, including growth, efficiency, and effectiveness.
  • Shape the use of advertising technologies such as Data Clean Rooms, customer data platforms, and demand-side platforms, and connect client roadmaps with innovations in AI, audience products, and measurement. Make strategic decisions about data partnerships and activation paths, integrate global solutions such as WPP Open, Open Media Studio, Open Intelligence, and InfoSum, and contribute market requirements to global product roadmaps.
  • Advise marketing, media, data, and commerce executives. Translate business objectives into data-driven strategies and implementation plans, connecting data strategy with media results and measurable business impact.
  • Develop market-ready playbooks and establish standards for audience strategies, governance, and decision-making. Build data-strategy capabilities and collaboration between client and agency teams through strategy workshops.
  • Own the client-outcome portfolio and steer successful implementation of data-strategy solutions with Client Analytics & Data Science, Data & Technology Consulting, and Product Enablement teams. Turn insights into concrete decisions and actions.
  • Steer new business in Data Strategy, maintain the financial viability of the area of responsibility, and develop robust business cases. Identify cross-selling and upselling opportunities based on demonstrated results and drive sustainable growth.
  • Position WPP Media as a thought leader in modern data strategy and communicate the business impact of data-driven solutions through executive briefings, case studies, and points of view.
  • Promote diversity, accountability, appreciation, collaboration, and shared success as a role model for inclusive leadership.

Desired Qualifications

  • A further academic degree is advantageous.

About the Company

WPP Media

AI-native global media services network

WPP Media is a global media services arm that manages more than $60 billion in annual advertising investments for leading brands. It operates across a network of established agencies (Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom) and combines media planning, data, production, and commerce through its proprietary WPP Open platform. Its Open Intelligence data model uses real-time behavioral signals to drive predictive, faster, and smarter marketing campaigns. The company positions itself as an AI-native media collective, consolidating capabilities under a single technology stack to improve efficiency and scale for advertisers. Its goal is to help clients buy and optimize media more effectively by leveraging integrated data, advanced analytics, and automated execution at scale.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2003

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