Managing Director - AIE & Amazon Commerce Connections Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead the business and solution vision for AIE , ensuring technology and AI are grounded in meaningful Amazon business problems, decisions and measurable outcomes.
• Serve as the senior Amazon Commerce subject matter leader , connecting retail operations, profitability, inventory, digital shelf, search, media, measurement and customer experience.
• Translate client business priorities into high-value use cases, requirements and product capabilities , working closely with strategy, analytics, experience design and technology teams.
• Partner with AWS and WPP technical leadership to shape solutions that combine Amazon data, cloud infrastructure, analytics and AI into scalable commercial applications.
• Provide senior client leadership, helping executives and operating teams understand what the intelligence means, what decisions it enables and how to act on it.
• Work alongside Program Delivery leadership to ensure the business vision, product roadmap and technical execution remain connected throughout delivery.
• Build the broader AIE & Amazon Commerce Connections capability , identifying reusable IP, methodologies, technology and operating models that can be deployed across additional clients.
• Help shape the WPP + AWS Commerce partnership , identifying new opportunities and turning successful client solutions into repeatable offerings.
• Develop and mentor a multidisciplinary team spanning Amazon Commerce, retail operations, analytics, strategy, product, experience and technology.
• Support growth and commercialization, including client development, solution design, scoping and executive-level pitches.

Requirements

• We're looking for someone who has operated at the intersection of Amazon, technology and commercial decision-making , rather than someone whose experience is limited to managing an Amazon account or individual discipline.
• The strongest candidate will bring:
• - Deep Amazon ecosystem expertise, ideally including experience inside Amazon and/or leading sophisticated Amazon solutions for major brands.
• - Significant experience with data, analytics, technology and AI-enabled solutions and the ability to translate technical capabilities into commercial value.
• - Strong understanding of the signals that drive an Amazon business, including sales, profitability, inventory, operations, search, digital shelf, media and measurement.
• - Experience building products, solutions or capabilities from ambiguity rather than simply operating established programs.
• - Ability to move comfortably between executive conversations, Amazon business strategy, product definition and technical teams .
• - Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional teams across strategy, analytics, engineering, product and delivery.
• - Strong client leadership and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex problems and create alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• - An entrepreneurial mindset and interest in building a capability, not simply filling a role on one account .

Benefits

• We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.