Associate Director, Intelligence (Strategic Operations)
WPP Media · London, United Kingdom
Posted 14 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 14 days WPP Media's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of WPP Media's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at WPP Media
- high 557 stale, 47 reposted of 1,046 open
- Hiring momentum
- 1868 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from WPP Media's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for WPP Media.
About this role
The Associate Director, Intelligence (Strategic Operations) at WPP Media will oversee client and UK-wide workstreams related to data governance, campaign management, and reporting. This role involves leading discovery sessions, managing stakeholder relationships, and ensuring the practical implementation of the Intelligence strategy. The position requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on delivery, with a focus on improving operational efficiency and data quality.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of WPP Media as an employer.
What you need
- Experience owning and delivering cross-functional projects or workstreams within media, marketing, operations, transformation, data governance, business intelligence or technology environments.
- Demonstrable experience leading discovery workshops, gathering requirements and mapping end-to-end processes.
- Experience translating business needs into delivery plans, process improvements, governance approaches or technical requirements.
- Strong experience managing senior stakeholders and coordinating activity across teams that do not directly report into the role.
- Experience creating clear playbooks, process documentation, recommendations, status updates or training materials.
- A practical understanding of change adoption, including stakeholder engagement, feedback, training and ongoing improvement.
Nice to have
- Experience of media campaign workflows, including briefing, planning, buying, activation, finance or reporting.
- Exposure to taxonomy, naming conventions, unique identifiers, campaign governance, data quality or compliance monitoring.
- Experience working with Analytics, Data & Technology, engineering or product teams to shape and test solutions.
- Familiarity with WPP Open, Campaign Governance, Campaign Performance, Power BI or comparable workflow and reporting platforms.
- An understanding of how consistent campaign data supports reliable reporting, measurement and operational efficiency.
What you get
- Competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance
- Significant paid time off
- Preferential partner discounts
- Employee mental health awareness days
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- The role requires independence and judgment, which may be challenging for less experienced candidates
- The position is described as sitting between Manager and Director roles, which may imply a high level of responsibility without full authority
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Listed by WPP Media on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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