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Wunderman Thompson

Integrated creative, data-driven marketing agency

Head of Alliances

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Île-de-France, France
HybridHybrid schedule with an average of four days per week in the office.

About the job

Requirements
  • 5 to 10 years of experience, including significant experience in technology alliances or partnerships, channel, or business development, ideally gained in a consulting firm, IT services company, agency, software publisher, or hyperscaler.
  • Strong command of co-selling, co-marketing, and joint business planning mechanisms.
  • Demonstrated significant contributions or successes in partner initiatives or business development.
  • Ability to build high-quality relationships with partner teams, including alliance managers, channel, and presales teams, and with internal commercial, business unit, and marketing decision-makers.
  • Knowledge of technology platforms and the artificial intelligence, data, commerce, and customer-experience ecosystem.
  • Ability to develop a strong internal and partner-facing business narrative based on prior experience.
  • Ability to develop business with existing clients, pursue new opportunities, and act as a partner liaison.
  • Fluency in spoken and written English, with full autonomy when addressing international partners and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
  • Lead VML Consulting's go-to-market with strategic technology partners and convert ecosystem strength into pipeline, differentiation, and growth.
  • Own joint go-to-market with strategic technology partners by co-constructing offers, business plans, and co-selling approaches around VML Consulting's capabilities for clients and prospects.
  • Orchestrate the internal ecosystem by enabling teams, developing their skills, and supporting certifications on partner platforms so the appropriate expertise is activated across VML Consulting and the WPP network.
  • Define and deploy VML Consulting's go-to-market and partner-marketing strategy with strategic technology partners to maximize ecosystem value, differentiation, and pipeline.
  • Build and manage joint business plans with key partners, including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, while tracking shared objectives, milestones, and performance indicators.
  • Orchestrate co-selling and co-marketing by aligning partners, sales teams, and business units to convert ecosystem opportunities into deals from sourcing through conversion.
  • Design and orchestrate dedicated or jointly developed partner events, including webinars, workshops, trade shows, and commercial campaigns, to generate visibility, demand, and pipeline.
  • Continuously implement partner-process excellence through internal tools and processes and partner portals for visibility, management, and internal activation.
  • Protect and defend VML Consulting's economic and contractual interests in partnership agreements, including referral, reselling, market-development funds, and partnership levels.
  • Increase partner preference and mindshare by positioning VML Consulting as a reference partner, advancing partnership status, and tracking joint-objective performance.
  • Contribute to VML Consulting thought leadership on ecosystems and platforms, including artificial intelligence, data, commerce, and customer experience, through joint speaking engagements focused on business return on investment.
  • Build and maintain technology-ecosystem knowledge covering product roadmaps, partnership levels and programs, and funding mechanisms to accelerate and streamline commercial action.
  • Represent, disseminate, and maintain the partner-model standard internally, particularly among commercial and management communities, to develop an ecosystem-oriented approach.
  • Work with the chief technology officer, who owns enablement, certifications, and team upskilling on partner platforms, and ensure these initiatives progress with business priorities and partner commitments.
  • Ensure the availability and reuse of joint assets, including customer cases, references, and co-selling materials, and share lessons learned.

About the company

Wunderman Thompson blends creative advertising, data-driven consultancy, and technology to drive growth for brands. It delivers creative campaigns and brand strategies, uses data and insights to help businesses transform, and offers technology solutions such as WaterLight, a product that converts salt water into electrical power. The company earns revenue through project-based fees, retainers, and performance-based incentives. It differentiates itself with an integrated approach that combines creativity, data, and technology, backed by global clients and award-winning work. Its goal is to help ambitious brands grow by delivering measurable, impactful results.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

M&A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1958

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What believers are saying

  • VML won Kohl's digital transformation work, signaling sticky enterprise demand in 2025.
  • Healthcare and B2B remain strong; VML cites these as core growth categories.
  • VML kept winning awards in 2026, including Gold at the ANDY Awards.

What critics are saying

  • WPP cut hundreds of jobs in 2026, with VML employees notified directly.
  • The FTC and eight states sued WPP in April 2026 over ad-buying practices.
  • VML's brand is gone; integration into VML creates execution risk and identity drift.

What makes Wunderman Thompson unique

  • Wunderman Thompson lives on inside VML, uniting commerce, data, and creative scale.
  • VML combines 30,000 people across 64 markets, giving global delivery depth.
  • WPP Open gives VML proprietary AI tooling with OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini.

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401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

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