Data & Analytics Partner

Who We AreVML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore.

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. For more information, please visit and follow along on  Linked In #WeAreVML.Who we’re looking for: VML is seeking a Data & Analytics Partner to lead the setup and onboarding of a new client.

You will be a trusted partner to our client, navigating their business, understanding their challenges and connecting across VML, as well as WPP at large, to ensure we are setup to deliver success with world-class services and solutions. This role leads an integrated Data & Analytics team across measurement & reporting, predictive modelling, data strategy solutions, covering media, CX, CRM and more.

As such, you will need to organise, motivate and inspire to connect all (data and non-data) disciplines in delivering success for our clients. Gravitas and strong collaboration are essential.

What you’ll be doing :
Team setup, leadership & management Setup and lead a client-oriented team of data, technology and business consultants, analysts and engineers, overseeing client onboarding plans and managing team workload. Direct and motivate the team to help them achieve their goals and deliver brilliant work for VML’s clients. Data & Analytics leadership Act as strategic partner and advisor, helping clients to leverage the power of data, martech, analytics and AI to achieve their goals and drive effectiveness and efficiency.

Develop proposals and methodologies forData & Analytics consulting; encompassing data, marketing technology, AI and operations (process, skills, culture, business change etc.). Includes data, AI, martech and adtech transformation roadmaps, measurement frameworks and associated operating model development.  Analytics & Data Science solutions; encompassing customer analytics (e.g. customer segmentation, predictive modelling), digital analytics (e.g. journey analysis, web/app, media analysis), business intelligence (e.g. dashboard reporting) and AI (e.g. conversational BI)   Inspire our clients and all of VML with thought-leadership and best practice.

Work closely with our clients to help diagnose and solve their challenges, support their data & AI vision, and make it happen. Drive client success and satisfaction in all you do. Business Development New business – be the go-to data and analytics lead for pitches to deliver winning proposals and presentations. New & Organic business – be relentless at bringing new ideas and opportunities to grow our existing clients and bring our data offer to clients who work with us in other disciplines.

What you’ll need:

Exceptional experience leading across data and analytics in a consulting/agency environment, setting up teams and operating models with clients.

A belief in the value of data-driven marketing & AI to deliver exceptional results.

Experience of building relationships with clients from junior to C-suite and dealing with the different and complex personalities involved. Someone who can unify groups from across a wide skill set and unify them behind a clear brief or goal and…