Client Technology Leader

Who We Are WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience. About the Role Enterprises are in the middle of transformation. The technology decisions being made right now — across AI-forward vision and roadmap, marketing operations, data, connected CX, and platforms — will shape how they compete for years to come. We need a Client Technology Leader who can sit at the centre of that. Embedded within the client team, you will be the steward of technology and AI strategy decisions, and the person the client’s technology leadership trusts when it matters most. You will govern an integrated technology ecosystem — spanning Martech, Data, Cloud, Agentic, and proprietary platforms — across CX, Commerce, and CRM, and engineering transformation across both the CMO’s and CTO’s offices. What You'll Do Act as primary technical advisor to the client’s CTO and VP-level stakeholders Own technical strategy and design authority across the engagement Work with SMEs from across the client and agency organisations to guide: Architecture across the content supply chain ecosystem Data strategy, unifying first-party data to power real-time personalisation Alignment of paid and owned audiences to drive channel performance Integrated technology strategy spanning the connected ownership experience, dealer network integration, and lifecycle CRM from acquisition through retention Multi-market, multi-agency delivery — ensuring platform coherence, metadata integrity, and operational scalability Agentic strategy, ensuring future solutions effectively leverage AI and agents Build the commercial case for new areas of technical scope within the account What You'll Need Senior client-facing technical leadership experience: CTO, Technical Director, Principal Architect, or equivalent Deep expertise in technology solutioning across martech, experience platforms, cloud, and integration at enterprise scale Hands-on knowledge of integration patterns Strong command of first-party data strategy and data architecture Experience governing complex, multi-market delivery programmes where technical decisions carry brand and commercial consequence Experience designing agentic…