Director, Strategic Partnerships

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world‑class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. WPP Media is WPP's AI‑driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation nected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

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Join us in shaping the future of our industry with Vision ’30 – our ambitious strategy to lead in the AI era. We are revolutionizing our business to unlock limitless growth opportunities for our clients and ourselves, built on four core priorities:

• Collaboration:
  
  Foster unprecedented levels of data collaboration across WPP and partners through WPP Open, turning every channel into a smarter opportunity.
• Data & Technology:
  Leverage our AI‑powered Open Intelligence solution, connecting vast data to uncover unique insights, deliver predictive performance and superior brand experiences through our globally consistent DPAM process.
• Innovation:
  Drive true innovation by generating intelligence from trillions of privacy‑by‑default data points, focusing on the ‘why’ behind customer behaviour to create unparalleled competitive advantages.
• People:
  Developing future‑ready talent involves evolving our focus from traditional media planning to strategic business outcomes, advanced technology and real‑time measurable results, as AI increasingly automates media investment by 2030.

We empower ambitious experts to deliver extraordinary work by challenging ordinary thinking. If you are passionate about an AI‑driven future, thrive in a collaborative and data‑centric environment, and are driven to deliver unparalleled growth, we invite you to be part of our transformative journey.

The Director is a key management role within WPP Media, responsible for leading a defined area of the business and ensuring operational excellence through effective planning, execution and team leadership. They translate broader functional priorities into practical action, delivering results through others and driving improvements across processes, client service and commercial performance. This role requires strong leadership, sound judgment and the ability to manage complexity within a clearly defined area of responsibility.

As the Director of Strategic Partnerships, you will support the development and delivery of key strategic partner relationships, helping to align partner investment, capabilities and joint plans with WPP’s growth priorities. You will work closely with senior internal stakeholders to strengthen governance, improve coordination and ensure that strategic partnerships are delivering practical value for clients and the business. This role will focus on the day‑to‑day management and operational delivery of partnership activity, including supporting Joint Business Plans, coordinating partner‑facing initiatives, tracking delivery against commitments and identifying opportunities to improve value extraction.

You will work across a range of partners and internal teams to ensure that agreed actions are progressing and that commercial, client and operational priorities are aligned. You will also help support the development of WPP Media’s data and technology partner ecosystem, ensuring effective coordination of partner plans, commercial activity and internal adoption of partner solutions. The role requires…