Transformation Technology Leader, Managing Director

Agency: Credera Job Function: Consulting Job Subfunction: Business and Change Consulting Job Description: Credera is seeking outstanding Transformation Technology Leaders to join client engagements across its portfolio. This is a senior technical leadership role focused on shaping and scaling marketing technology ecosystems. As befits its seniority, this role will have a particular emphasis on global, transformational, customer-facing propositions powered by AI and data, leveraging leading vendor solutions (AWS, Salesforce, Adobe).  Role Overview  The Technology Transformation Leader acts as the senior technical authority on large marketing transformation programmes. This leader anchors the work in technical reality by assessing the current technology landscape, defining the target architecture, and determining where specialised expertise is required. This senior role demands a high level of technical expertise, leadership, and collaboration. You will partner with both platform leads and the heads of agency strategy and operations.  You will possess a comprehensive understanding of end-to-end marketing processes and consistently act as a reliable advisor and technical authority. Your recommendations regarding Marketing Technology and Advertising Technology (focused on Data, Technology, and AI) are recognised as industry-leading.  The role guides the evolution of a flexible, scalable marketing technology ecosystem; ensures data foundations are fit for activation, measurement, and AI‑enabled use cases; evaluates new technology and AI solutions against architectural and operating‑model requirements; and provides architectural guardrails for sprint‑based delivery. Working closely with the Transformation Leader, Change & Adoption Advisor, and program leadership, this role ensures that technical decisions enable rather than constrain new ways of working and adoption across the organisation.    Core Responsibilities  Technical Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor and technical authority, providing vision and direction on Marketing Technology and Advertising Technology initiatives that support the client’s goals.  Pre-Sales and Solutioning: Lead and support pre-sales and solutioning efforts, contributing technical vision and architecture perspective to the development of compelling, innovative, and robust technology solutions for clients.  Thought Leadership: Serve as a visible thought leader for Credera in the market, speaking at conferences, publishing, and representing the firm in the technology and business communities, with a focus on marketing technology transformation, data, and AI.  Platform Strategy Integration: Collaborate with Credera’s Omnicom channel team and agency leadership to develop and implement a connected platform strategy that aligns campaigns, teams, and Omnicom technologies, ensuring all initiatives work in concert to drive the client’s business objectives.  Collaboration and Consultation: Build…