Sydney Investment Leader | Media Buying Expert

6 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia GroupM Full time

About Wavemaker

Wavemaker, part of GroupM and WPP, is the largest media buying alliance in the world. We operate across six offices in Australia and New Zealand, serving over 250 clients.

We empower our people to bring their best selves to work every day, fostering a culture of Positive Provocation that unites us and drives success.

The Role

As Sydney Head of Investment, you will lead a high-performing team delivering exceptional investment strategies, implementation planning, and buying services for our clients.

You will provide thought leadership, engaging with senior clients and publishers to drive transformational growth for our agency and clients alike.

Your Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the agency MD to shape the Sydney agency's direction, driving solutions for today and influencing change for the future.
  • Develop and implement strategies to retain and attract top talent, ensuring the right structure for your team.
  • Motivate and inspire your team to achieve individual, team, and organisational goals.
  • Lead and coach your team members to reach their full potential, empowering them with skills to improve confidence, product knowledge, and communication skills.
  • Oversee workflow, ensuring adherence to SOX controls, SLAs, and KPIs.
  • Liaise with the People Team to resolve team disputes, maintaining a safe and productive environment.
  • Create a cohesive team environment through activities and cultural moments.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, leveraging relationships with publishers to bring insights and case studies to the agency.
  • Champion agency values, building strong connections, solution-oriented perspectives, and demonstrating care for collective team success.
  • Lead teams while adapting to fast-changing priorities.

Your Impact

  • Deliver innovative strategic insights, acting as an expert on client businesses, industries, and competitors.
  • Seek out reformist ways to inform clients on relevant developments and changes to the media landscape.
  • Meet with senior vendors and partners to drive client agendas, identifying opportunities for transformational growth.
  • Build strong, trusted relationships with clients at a senior level.
  • Collaborate with National Head of Investment and Chief Investment & Operations Officer to shape the Investment offering for Wavemaker.
  • Serve as a leadership voice internally and externally, developing and rolling out best-in-class implementation planning and buying products.
  • Oversee construction and presentation of effective, bespoke implementation plans and investment strategies for clients.
  • Accurately forecast client expenditure across all media, providing visibility into market trends and challenges.
  • Benchmark agency cost and quality metrics internally, utilising data to maximise value extraction for clients.
  • Exceptionally knowledgeable about the media landscape, able to confidently articulate and train others on core media principles.
  • Senior consultant on GroupM proprietary products, maintaining an exceptional understanding of their offerings and relevance to clients.
  • Lead initiatives to improve both agency and client capabilities, working across vendors and partners to achieve success.

Growth & Marketing

  • Identify, collate, and showcase examples of great work from within the team, both internally and externally.
  • Contribute to entries for awards and competitions, building the agency's reputation through industry thought leadership.
  • Be a positive face of the agency at industry events, either related to clients' categories or media partners.
  • Share relevant and insightful commentary internally, for the broader agency.

Skills & Experience

  • Passion for the industry, with extensive agency and client service experience.
  • Proven capability in leading large diverse teams and embedding values-based cultures.
  • Collaborative and astute, able to build trust and respect within networks and influence through persuasion and leadership.
  • Strong up-to-date media landscape knowledge, confident in articulating macroeconomic and audience trends.
  • Inspiring communicator, with exceptional presentation skills.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with patience to examine detail and create solutions.
  • First-class negotiation skills.

Estimated Salary Range: AU$180,000 - AU$220,000 per annum

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