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# Manager Connection Planning at WPP Media

- **Company:** WPP Media
- **Location:** Jakarta, Indonesia
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wppmedia/jobs/5415044008

## Job description

## About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

## Role Overview

Manager Connection Planning leads the development of integrated, data-led media strategies that translate business objectives into scalable, high-impact channel plans.

This role is responsible for driving full-funnel effectiveness, balancing brand and performance outcomes, and ensuring media investments deliver measurable business growth. The Manager plays a key leadership role in shaping strategic direction, managing senior stakeholders, and guiding cross-functional teams to ensure excellence in planning and execution.

## Key Responsibilities

- Strategic Media & Communication Leadership
- Lead the development of full-funnel, integrated media strategies across Search, Social, Display, Video, OOH, Retail Media, and emerging channels
- Define clear channel roles, investment frameworks, budget allocations, and phasing strategies aligned to business goals
- Drive both always-on frameworks and high-impact launch/seasonal strategies
- Ensure media plans balance short-term performance and long-term brand equity
- Data-Led Strategy & Commercial Impact
- Translate performance data, audience insights, and market signals into strategic recommendations
- Identify growth opportunities, investment reallocations, and optimization strategies
- Lead performance reviews and proactively recommend re-planning where necessary
- Ensure planning decisions are grounded in measurable KPIs (awareness, consideration, ROAS, CPA, LTV)
- Drive accountability on business impact, not just media delivery
- Complex Account & Portfolio Management
- Oversee planning across multiple product categories, business units, and price tiers
- Integrate e-commerce, app, CRM, and retail touchpoints into cohesive media ecosystems
- Navigate high-frequency launches, promotional cycles, and seasonal bursts with structured planning frameworks
- Manage budget forecasting and scenario planning across multiple stakeholders
- Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Lead and mentor Planning Executives/Senior Executives
- Provide direction, quality control, and development feedback
- Collaborate closely with platform, performance, analytics, and investment teams to ensure feasibility and operational excellence
- Align strategic ambition with budget realities, timelines, and platform constraints
- Support Group Heads/Business Directors in driving account growth
- Senior Client & Stakeholder Management
- Act as key planning lead in client meetings and strategic discussions
- Confidently articulate media rationale, investment decisions, and growth frameworks
- Respond to complex briefs with structured, insight-driven thinking
- Drive quarterly planning reviews and annual strategy development
- Build trusted advisor relationships with senior client stakeholders

## Key Capabilities & Skills

- Strong mastery of media planning fundamentals and integrated channel strategy
- Deep understanding of performance metrics, attribution, incrementality, and optimization frameworks
- Ability to connect business strategy, marketing objectives, and media investment decisions
- Structured, analytical thinking with strong attention to detail
- Commercially aware and growth-oriented mindset
- Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills
- Experience managing or mentoring junior team members

## Basic Requirements

- 4–6+ years of experience in media planning, performance strategy, or integrated planning
- Proven experience leading complex or large advertiser accounts
- Strong expertise across digital channels (Search, Social, Display, Video)
- Experience with e-commerce and performance-driven business models preferred
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel / Google Sheets skills
- Bachelor’s degree required

Please read our [Privacy Notice](https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy#:~:text=WPP%20Media%20Privacy%20Notice%20for%20Recruitment) for more information on how we process the information you provide.

## About WPP Media

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: WPP Media is WPP's global media collective that combines AI, data, and creative to deliver intelligent growth for the world's leading brands.
- **Entity Type**: Division of Public Company (WPP plc – LSE: WPP, NYSE: WPP)
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (parent WPP plc founded 1971; WPP Media formed as a unified media collective in recent years)
- **CEO**: Brian Lesser (CEO, WPP Media)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Advertising Services, Media Planning & Buying, Marketing Technology
- **Target Customers**: B2B and B2C enterprise brands across all sectors; global clients include major Fortune 500 companies
- **Mission or Purpose Statement**: "Intelligent growth for the AI era" – helping brands harness data, AI, and media to drive measurable outcomes.

## Products & Services
- **Open Media Studio (OMS)**: An end-to-end media delivery platform integrated with WPP Open, enabling scaled creative, production, data, commerce, and personalized media execution. (SaaS/Platform)
- **Open Intelligence**: An AI-enabled data solution that unifies fragmented data across ecosystems into predictive marketing intelligence, supporting privacy-first activation. (Data & Analytics Platform)
- **Data and Technology Consulting**: Consulting services for data strategy, technology architecture, advanced analytics, audience insight, cloud integration, and platform adoption. (Service)
- **Media Management & Delivery**: Expert activation, smart investment, strategic partnerships, and proprietary media solutions powered by AI and advanced analytics for personalized advertising at global scale. (Service)
- **Service and Strategy**: Dedicated teams offering deep sector expertise, creative strategy, and business outcomes aligned with client goals. (Service)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed separately (parent WPP plc market cap approx. £8 billion as of July 2025)
- **Key Metric**: $65 billion in managed media annually (from wppmedia.com)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: WPP is publicly traded; works with hundreds of global brands including many Fortune 500 companies. Key technology partners include major cloud and AI providers.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 40,000+ media experts worldwide
  - 160 offices across 80+ markets
  - 1,600+ active job postings (LinkedIn, July 2025) with +8.7% monthly job growth
  - Strong investment in AI-first capabilities and privacy-forward data unification

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale**: One of the largest media buying organizations globally, managing $65B in media.
- **AI Integration**: End-to-end platform (OMS + Open Intelligence) deeply embedded with AI for predictive analytics, automation, and personalization.
- **Integrated Ecosystem**: Unique ability to unify media, data, creative, production, and commerce under one roof.
- **Global Reach**: 40k+ experts in 80+ markets providing local insights with global execution.
- **WPP Network**: Access to 100,000+ experts across WPP's integrated agency network.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Driven Growth**: Embedding AI across all capabilities to deliver smarter, faster, more measurable outcomes.
- **Privacy-First Data Unification**: Building Open Intelligence as a secure, cross-ecosystem data platform that respects consumer privacy.
- **Talent Development**: Investing in AI-enabled learning frameworks and internal mobility to future-proof skills.
- **Sustainability & Inclusion**: Part of WPP's broader commitment to building better futures for people, planet, clients, and communities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as open, optimistic, and extraordinary – with emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and challenging the status quo.
- **Growth**: AI-enabled learning framework, cross-team mobility across WPP’s global network of 100k+ experts.
- **Work Environment**: Hybrid/office-based roles across 160 offices; global opportunities in 80+ markets.
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation, performance-based rewards, access to cutting-edge AI tools, and work with leading global brands.
- **Team**: Join a collective of 40k+ media experts, data scientists, technologists, and creatives.

## Sources
1. [wppmedia.com](https://www.wppmedia.com/)
2. [WPP Media Company Info](https://www.wppmedia.com/company-info)
3. [WPP Media Careers](https://www.wppmedia.com/careers)
4. [WPP Media – What We Do](https://www.wppmedia.com/what-we-do)
5. [WPP Media LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/wpp-media)
6. [WPP Media Greenhouse Careers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wppmedia)

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