About WPP Media

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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.

About the Role

We are looking for a strategic leader to head our key Automation & AI department. Your mission will have two levels: ensuring the reliable operation and development of the existing portfolio of internal tools, and simultaneously defining the technological direction of the entire agency in the field of AI. We are not looking for a programmer, but an experienced technical strategist who will lead a team of experts and be responsible for delivering key projects. If you have vision, technical judgment, and experience in leading people, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

Strategy and Direction: You will define the department's roadmap, make decisions on technological investments, and translate the development of the AI ecosystem into concrete, pragmatic, and usable solutions for our agency.
Team Leadership and Development: You will lead a team of approximately 10 developers and data analysts. You will be responsible for their goals, performance, career development, and skill expansion.
Portfolio and Delivery: You will own and prioritize a backlog of dozens of projects. You will bear full responsibility for their delivery within the agreed time and quality, and for monitoring success metrics (e.g., business impact, adoption).
Stakeholder Management: You will actively communicate and align the local roadmap with agency management and global WPP network priorities. You will become an internal ambassador for the topic of AI.

Requirements

Essential Prerequisites:

Minimum of 3 years of experience in direct leadership of a technical, data, or product team (of 8+ people).
Deep overview of the modern AI ecosystem (LLM, agents, RAG, evaluation, data architectures) and the ability to critically assess what is realistically deployable and what is mere marketing.
Ability to prioritize, make decisions in uncertainty, and stand by your decisions.
Excellent communication skills for interacting across all levels of seniority, from junior team members to the CEO.
Working knowledge of Czech and English (spoken and written).
Technical Judgment: Active programming is not part of the role, but we expect you to understand code at a conceptual level.
SQL: You can read and understand the logic of queries with JOINs, GROUP BY, and CTE.
Python: You are familiar with scripts, understand basic logic, API calls, and data manipulation (e.g., with the pandas library).

Advantageous will be:

Practical experience with LLM API and relevant frameworks (e.g., OpenAI API, LangChain, LlamaIndex).
Experience with BI tools at the dashboard creation level (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker).
Knowledge of the media environment and the functioning of agency processes (programmatic, TV planning, reporting).
Basic awareness of JS/VBA for understanding the existing technological stack.

Benefits

Financial Benefits and Vacation

5 weeks of vacation plus 1 birthday leave day and 3 sick days.
Meal allowance of approximately 1,100 CZK per month.
Benefit program for relaxation, education, sports (including Multisport card), culture, pension, or massages (available directly on Campus), up to 17,000 CZK annually.
Mobile phone with data for private use. Plus discounted mobile tariffs for family members.
Paternity leave top-up to full salary.

Flexibility and a Pleasant Work Environment

Thorough onboarding and support from experienced colleagues from day one.
Flexible working hours respecting your personal or family needs.
Possibility of 1 day of home office each week.
Informal work environment you'll look forward to – not just for work, but also for joint evening team gatherings, team buildings, and other events.
WPP Campus offices – directly on metro C Vltavská, 3 minutes from Bubny station, with its own canteen, relaxation zones (including terraces, communal garden), bike storage, and showers.
We consider as standard: Laptop, Microsoft software, and access to pro versions of the most used AI models within our WPP Open platform.

Education

Access to online WPP trainings: Extensive AI academy, personal brand training, soft skills, trainings focused on specific digital disciplines.
Internal educational programs (knowledge sharing within the entire WPP Media group).
Lectures, debates, and other activities with internal people or interesting guests on mental health, ecology, equal opportunities, and sustainability.
Mentoring program involving top management of WPP Media, Ogilvy, and VML.
Understanding for working while studying and studying while working.

Head of Automation & AI