Implementation & Activation Manager - Performance

Implementation & Activation Manager - Performance

Sydney, Australia

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. WPP Media is WPP's global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com. At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It's what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role, it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media's shared core values: Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire Transformational Creativity. Create an Open Environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust. Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand

A Leading WPP Media Brand, EssenceMediacom is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology, we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the world's best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy — built on data & technology, built for people & algorithms, built around diverse schools of thought, built to test & learn at scale, and, crucially, built to evolve.

Role Summary and Impact

The Implementation & Activation Manager delivers success across all facets of the business. Highly skilled in every aspect of biddable, you are accountable for managing a developing a portfolio of clients. Able to confidently lead a small team of people, you set the highest standard for operational excellence and maintain a market-leading view of best practice biddable media. Passionate about technology and digital media, you are the team expert on how to deliver best-in-class biddable activation and outcomes while nurturing a junior team of practitioners.

Responsibilities

• Manage team workflow, delegating tasks effectively, making sure goals are set & met, and highlighting concerns with your Director
• Hold constructive and meaningful performance evaluation meetings with reports each month, setting clear KPIs and monitoring achievement
• Assist in the training and development of junior members of the team
• Ensure all output is of the highest standard, and conforms to WPP Media's best practices across planning, implementation, optimisation, and reporting
• Oversee the end-to-end biddable process across your team, ensuring QA compliance and use of best practice
• Identify and lead product innovation opportunities for your clients and with your teams.
• Lead biddable projects across your client remit, working collaboratively with stakeholders to define and deliver success
• Support your director in the delivery of strong implementation plans that meet client objectives
• Offer expert perspectives and POVs on recent market trends or developments, ensuring they're shared with stakeholders
• Meet with vendors and partners to drive your client's agenda, creating opportunities for junior team members to get involved
• Ensure your team are delivering on time and accurate commercial tasks, including training & education
• Seek and implement improvements to ways of working that increase efficiency and effectiveness of commercial operations
• Support Director on investment decisions, audits, and forecasting

Skills and Experience

• Attention to detail: monitoring the quality and accuracy of your own work, and that of others
• Organisation: you track progress and completion of activities to accomplish objectives, working effectively under short deadlines
• Team & collaboration: lead your team to achieve common goals, initiating collaboration with others
• Communication: take the initiative to keep other people informed, and tailor messages to suit others' needs
• Analytical: distinguish between critical and irrelevant information, can deal with complex challenges
• Flexibility: confident in handling changing circumstances and ambiguity, also guiding others
• Proactivity/taking the initiative: achieves ambitious but realistic goals, coaches others on how to focus their energy on achieving results
• Problem solving: autonomously solves complex problems with minimal supervision, and proactively follows up after implementing a solution

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.