Senior Director, Media Solutions

Overview

Experteer Overview: As Senior Director, you will lead the vision, roadmap, and market rollout of WPP Media Solutions, shaping how our proprietary offerings solve client challenges at scale. You’ll align cross-functional teams across the WPP network to drive adoption and commercial success. Your leadership will blend media, data, and ad-tech expertise to deliver innovative, measurable outcomes for clients. This role offers impact across markets, with a focus on growth, transformation, and strategic partnerships.

Benefits

• Define and steer the product/service roadmap for WPP Media Solutions, adapting to the Italian market and tracking trends like Retail Media, AI in media, Data Clean Rooms, Addressable TV, DOOH, and integrated planning
• Define and execute go-to-market and rollout strategies to achieve large-scale adoption across network brands
• Operate effectively in a matrix organization, building and aligning stakeholders across WPP Media while sharing best practices with the international network
• Engage with clients, media owners, and local market stakeholders as a credible reference point for WPP Media's innovation offering
• Attract, lead, and inspire a multidisciplinary team (product, data, tech, commercial) fostering excellence, collaboration, and agility
• Monitor performance of WPP Media Solutions and drive commercial strategies to achieve growth and margin targets

Responsibilities

• 10-15+ years in Media, Advertising Technology, or with major publishers/media owners
• Deep knowledge of omnichannel media, programmatic platforms, data usage dynamics, and measurement/attribution technologies
• Solid experience in new business development and building complex sales pipelines
• Ability to translate technology solutions into clear client value propositions
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills with influence at senior levels
• Fluent English for interaction with global and regional teams

Requirements

• Competitive medical package
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Language platform access with 50+ languages
• E-learning platform with 2000+ courses