Senior Director Partnerships Lead

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the worlds leading brands. With exceptional talent trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships all united by ourpioneeringagentic marketing platform WPP Open we help clients navigate change capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPPs AI-driven media operating unit bringing together media data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence clients see exactly where how and why their media investment is working.

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About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people planet clients and communities. For more information visit .

WPP Media is WPPs global media a world where media is everywhere and in everything we bring the best platform people and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information visit

At WPP Media we believe in the power of our culture and our people. Its what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Medias shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

Role: Senior Director - Ecommerce Partnership

Role Summary

Drive platform capability innovation and adoption across commerce and retail media. This role sits at the intersection of platforms strategy product and training- ensuring commerce teams are equipped workflows are efficient and new platform opportunities are scaled quickly across clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Process & Automation: Standardize and automate platform planning workflows with product/tech teams; drive adoption of platform tools.
• Planning & Investment Guidance: Develop platform mix and investment guidelines; identify emerging platforms and growth opportunities.
• Platform Innovation: Track platform updates launch pilots and scale successful tests across clients.
• Knowledge Sharing: Drive cross platforms best-practice sharing and case study dissemination.
• Insights & Thought Leadership: Convert platform data into actionable insights and co-create POVs and playbooks.
• Content-to-Commerce: Partner with creative teams on platform-first content strategies and listing best practices.
• Capability & L&D: Build and deliver platform training programs maintain a central knowledge hub and act as an internal platform expert.

Ideal Profile

• 8 years in commerce media retail media or platform strategy
• Strong understanding of key platforms (Amazon Flipkart Q-commerce retail media)
• Experience in capability building innovation pilots or product/platform strategy
• Structured thinker with strong stakeholder management skills

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work and were just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions grow their networks and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins sharing thought leadership and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical group retirement plans vision and dental insurance significant paid time off preferential partner discounts and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when were together fostering creativity collaboration and connection. Thats why weve adopted a hybrid approach with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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