Senior Manager, Investment

Build, maintain, and elevate strategic relationships with key digital vendors to secure top-tier service, early access to new inventory/betas, and favorable support. Support in negotiating commercial agreements; manage day-to-day governance, documentation, tracking, and performance of all commercial deals. Lead vendor onboarding and educate partners on WPP Media SOPs and ways of working; continuously optimize workflows to remove friction and improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and elevate strategic relationships with key digital vendors; Support in negotiating commercial agreements; Manage day-to-day governance, documentation, tracking, and performance of commercial deals; Lead vendor onboarding and educate partners on WPP Media SOPs; Serve as a point of contact for agency/client teams on vendor capabilities, deal entitlements, onboarding status, and escalation management; Facilitate processes and streamline communication across vendors, client teams, finance, legal, and operations; Track deliveries across key partners and work closely with planning team for deliveries; Reconcile vendor billing and performance data with internal records; Calculate, track, forecast, and deliver accurate rebate/QRF reports to Finance; Enforce strict adherence to WPP Media compliance processes; Build analysis using industry/vendor research data and proprietary tools to inform negotiation strategy and investment decisions; Contribute ideas and concepts in meetings on investment strategy, value creation, and process improvement

Requirements

6-10 years’ experience in digital media, media investment, partnerships/vendor management, or commercial operations within an agency, publisher, platform, or ad-tech environment; Digital media knowledge across planning/activation, optimization, and vendor-facing negotiations; Strong understanding of the local digital media landscape; Demonstrated negotiation and partnership experience with major digital vendors (platforms, publishers, DSPs, retail media); Strong financial acumen: billing reconciliation, accruals, forecasting, rebates/benefits, and contract/IO fundamentals; Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets (pivots, lookups) and comfort with BI/reporting tools (e.g., GA, Power BI); Ability to build trusted relationships with agencies and vendors; support agency teams in meeting stretch targets with proper controls; Excellent written and verbal communication; well-organized, flexible, and comfortable with changing environments and new ways of working; Able to work independently with minimal supervision; strong project management and documentation discipline; Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Economics, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Benefits

Access to global WPP Media & WPP networks; Employee resource groups; In-office events showcasing team wins, thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events; Equal opportunity employer; Accommodations or flexibility discussed with hiring team during interview process