WPP Group Chief Executive Officer & CEO Ogilvy Africa at Ogilvy Africa

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & AI Integration: 

• Develop and implement the company’s vision, mission, and overall direction, aligning them with market opportunities and trends.
• Lead the cross-agency strategy to deliver growth through impactful integration on client opportunities, ensuring clarity and accountability for deliverables.
• Lead the development of the company's other long- and short-term strategies, ensuring clarity and accountability for deliverables.
• Communicate Ogilvy Africa’s agency vision and strategy regularly, engaging with staff across the markets to ensure understanding of strategic direction and current performance.
• Champion and drive the strategic implementation of AI and emerging technologies across all facets of the business to secure and enhance competitive advantage.

Operational & Agency Management: 

• Oversee the overall company’s operations to ensure efficiency, quality, service, and cost-effective management of resources.
• Manage the executive leaders of the agencies and the WPP Scangroup leadership team to include the COO/CFO, General Counsel, and Group Director of People & Culture.
• Provide direction for the company's operational and financial performance.
• Ensure the company’s obligations as a listed company are met, including AGMs, communicating with the board and representing shareholders.
• Participate in all commercial discussions and negotiations with strategic clients in agency jurisdiction, making the appropriate commercial decisions.
• Drive internal transformation initiatives to optimise agency operations, enhance

Vital Qualities

• Education: MBA or equivalent advanced degree in business, finance, or a related field is preferred.
• The successful candidate will need to quickly become a trusted partner of the senior management team of the Company and will need to demonstrate:
• Credible Leadership: Maturity and gravitas with a strong and credible leadership profile.
• Transformational Driver: Experience in leading digital transformation for clients, identifying innovative solutions to enhance their strategies, and the ability to shape and drive transformational change within the organization.
• Influential Collaborator: Effective stakeholder management with the ability to influence various groups. A collaborative leader with the ability to inspire senior executives and the organization at large towards a unified vision and purpose.
• Visionary & Emotionally Intelligent: Strategic, innovative, creative, and visionary leader with
• advanced interpersonal skills and a strong personality.

Other Key Responsibilities and Qualities:

• Client Growth & Business Development
• Financial Performance
• Stakeholder Engagement & Corporate Governance
• Creativity & Brand Reputation
• Organization Culture & Talent Management
• Proven Agency Leadership
• Modern Marketing Expertise
• Strategic & Commercial Acumen
• AI & Technology Proficiency
• Complex Problem Solving
• Negotiation & Communication
• Client-Centric & Entrepreneurial