Senior Manager, Planning

wppmedia· Client Teams
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📍 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About this role

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 

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.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Business Director

Best things about the job:

  1. There will be opportunities to explore creative media buys, forward thinking innovation and different aspects of media planning.
  2. Be in a position where you are encouraged to be outspoken to ensure media is prominent and meaningful during client conversations.

 Job Description

  • To be a strategic partner for a portfolio of clients – FMCG
  • Understand the client’s market position to develop and present optimal communication solutions against all briefs
  • Set viable objectives and KPIs, and recommend/develop measurement methodology against all briefs
  • Develop and build relationships with clients, be the trusted advisor on account requirements
  • Work with media partners across different platforms for ideation, negotiation and implementation
  • Work with internal specialist resources and group resources
  • Work with the team on competitive reporting and analysis
  • Facilitate cross-team learning and knowledge sharing
  • Mentoring the team and work with them on KPIs and performance appraisals

What you’ll bring:

  • Minimum 7 years’ experience as hybrid media planner.
  • Knowledge and passion for digital marketing: digital display, digital branding, digital direct response, SEM, video & mobile
  • Able to harvest vast amounts of information, news, data, and research and distill the most important/relevant information for your accounts and their clients
  • Ability to influence without authority
  • Expert and hands on experience with FMCG or CPG industry
  • Leadership skills demonstrated by self-confidence, good judgement, sound decision-making, empathic listening, flexibility, self-motivation and ability to challenge the status quo.
  • Team player demonstrated by the ability to receive and provide feedback professionally, thrive and collaborate in a cross-functional environment
  • Strive for excellence demonstrated by setting high standards for yourself and others, committed to continuous improvement and deliver results despite constraints
  • Relationship skills and aware and respectful of diversities

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This Senior Manager, Planning position at wppmedia was posted on Jun 29, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
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