Wavemaker Sydney Head of Investment

**Sydney Head of Investment**

At Wavemaker, we believe there always is a better way to grow. By Positively Provoking Growth for our clients, our people and our partners, we shape decisions and experiences through media, content and technology. We are part of GroupM and WPP; the largest media buying alliance and marketing communications group ranked #1 in the world. In Australia and New Zealand, we have over 250 people working across six offices: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Auckland.

Winner of Agency of the Year 2023, Wavemaker empowers our people to bring 100% of themselves 100% of the time. Our culture of Positive Provocation unites us and makes us stronger as individuals and collectively. We push boundaries through positive provocation and delivering impactful results for our clients.

**About the role**

The role of Sydney Head of Investment is to lead a high functioning agency team who deliver the highest excellence in Investment Strategy, Implementation Planning, Negotiations and Buying, ensuring client campaigns are planned and executed in an effective, efficient, and future facing way.

You provide thought leadership and lead key senior client and publisher engagement, helping to unlock transformational growth for our people, our clients and our agency.

**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**People**
- Collaborate closely with the agency MD, to shape the direction of the Sydney agency, building solves for today and influencing change for the future.
- Ensuring we have the right structure for the team and that we are retaining and attracting the best talent for a future fit agency.
- Motivate team to achieve individual, team and organisational goals.
- Lead and coach team to ensure they reach their potential.
- Empower team members with skills to improve their confidence, product knowledge, and communication skills.
- Set the rhythm and lead regular team meetings.
- Oversee the workflow of the team to ensure that SOX controls, SLAs and KPIs are adhered to.
- Oversee leave and team absences to ensure coverage for team responsibilities and mínimal impact to remaining team members.
- Conduct fortnightly 1:1 check-ins, annual Career Conversations and Annual Performance Reviews with direct reports through Culture Amp.
- Liaise with the People Team to resolve any team disputes to ensure a safe and productive team environment.
- Create and foster a cohesive team environment through team activities and cultural moments.
- Continuously champion agency values that build strong and trusted connections, solution-oriented perspectives and demonstrate that you genuinely care for collective team success.
- Foster knowledge sharing, and continuous learning around point of views, trends, and relevant skills to continue nurturing a high-performing team.
- Lead teams while adapting to fast changing priorities.

**Clients**
- A senior Investment consultant for your client.
- Deliver innovative strategic insights by acting as an expert on the client's business, industry, and competitors. Exceptional understanding of client challenges, objectives & initiatives, and be able to clearly articulate these to your team and your media partners.
- Seek out reformist ways to keep clients informed on relevant developments and changes to media landscape. Lead communication of market trends, developments or any changes that will impact any buying performance. Provide expertise and knowledge of economic, market, vendor, and audience dynamics.
- Regularly meet with senior vendors and partners to drive your client's agenda, identifying opportunities to fuel transformational growth for clients.
- A leading role in building the agency's reputation for outstanding client service.
- Build strong, trusted, and enduring client relationships at a senior level.
- Robust understanding of the in-scope services of your clients and the process for completing work above and beyond. Product
- Collaborate closely with the National Head of Investment and the Chief Investment & Operations Officer, to shape the future Investment offering for Wavemaker, and to define the success metrics for the team.
- Serve as a leadership voice internally and externally, with a strong focus on developing and rolling out best in class implementation planning and buying product for our clients.
- Oversee the construction and presentation of effective, bespoke, and future fit implementation planning and investment strategies for clients.
- Fosters a culture of innovative thinking and creativity, leveraging your senior relationships with publishers to bring insights and case studies from across the market and more broadly, to the agency to inspire client strategies.
- Lean into new Investment models, tools, services, and measurement, forming a point of view and case studies to share with the team, and the broader agency. Play a leading role in the development, trial and roll-out of new models, tools, services, and measurement.
- Accurate forecasting and visibi