Sales Project Operations - Alliance Relationship

Who We Are

VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement Optimization.

In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.

We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. com . We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and relationship-driven Alliance Sales Project Operations professional to be a critical lynchpin within our Global Adobe Alliance team.

This role is instrumental in orchestrating the successful coordination and execution of joint sales pursuits with Adobe for our most strategic "Anchor" clients. Drawing on a blend of project management, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills, you will ensure seamless collaboration, clear communication, and efficient progression of jointly identified opportunities, ultimately contributing to the growth and success of our global alliance.

Key Responsibilities

: As an Adobe Alliance Sales Project Operations specialist, you will be empowered to drive alignment and execution across complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives: Alliance Pursuit Coordination: Own the end-to-end coordination with Adobe for active sales pursuits focused on our mutually agreed-upon "Anchor" clients, ensuring all joint activities are aligned, tracked, and moving forward efficiently. Workshop Engagement Facilitation: Lead the planning, execution, and follow-up of kickoff workshops and strategic alignment sessions between our respective teams, ensuring clear outcomes, assigned actions, and accountability. Escalation Management Resolution: Proactively identify, address, and resolve operational or engagement-related escalation issues that arise during joint pursuits, acting as a critical bridge between our organizations to maintain momentum and positive working relationships.

Cadence Communication Excellence: Establish and maintain a robust communication cadence, ensuring transparent and timely information exchange between all relevant internal and Adobe teams, fostering a collaborative and well-informed environment. Seamless Handoff to Delivery: Orchestrate the graceful and effective transition of jointly won client engagements to the designated delivery teams, ensuring all pertinent information, context, and client expectations are thoroughly communicated for successful project commencement. Operational Process Enhancement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of our joint pursuit processes, identifying best practices and efficiencies to scale our alliance operations globally.

Stakeholder Engagement: Build and nurture strong, trusted relationships with key counterparts at Adobe and within our internal sales, solution, and delivery teams, promoting a unified approach to client engagement.

Qualifications

: To thrive in this critical operational and alliance-focus