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  • Posted: Jul 28, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Ogilvy Africa is the largest network agency on the continent catering to 39 countries with a team of ~900 people across Central, East and West Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi - Kenya, Ogilvy Africa manages a portfolio of over 100 brands for clients such as AB Inbev, Airtel, Africa CDC, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Distell, Equity Bank, Exxon Mobil, Kenya Airways, Mon...
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    WPP Group Chief Executive Officer & CEO 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

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Ogilvy Africa on job-boards.greenhouse.io to apply

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