Consultative selling and c-suite engagement training
Ai fluency strategy implementation across roles
The Chief Learning & Development Officer will build and lead WPP's global learning function end-to-end as a commercial mandate to reshape how the company wins clients
Job Summary
The Chief Learning & Development Officer will build and lead WPP's global learning function end-to-end as a commercial mandate to reshape how the company wins clients.
This role requires transforming AI anxiety into AI fluency across creative, media, production, technology, and client leadership teams.
The ideal candidate must operate as a genuine peer to the C-suite with a track record of scaling consultative selling programs that move commercial KPIs.
Matching Summary
The Chief Learning & Development Officer will build and lead WPP's global learning function end-to-end as a commercial mandate to reshape how the company wins clients.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Enterprise scale learning organization leadership
Consultative selling and C-suite engagement training
AI fluency strategy implementation across roles
Commercial KPI impact on win rates and growth
Global L&D operating model management
Nice-to-have
Experience in multinational tech or consulting firms
Strategic partnership with C-suite executives
Ability to transform training into continuous capability
Deep sector fluency in CPG, retail, or pharma
High-performance team building skills
Key Requirements
Led learning organization for tens of thousands of employees
CVP, SVP, or CLO-level experience required
Proven success in enterprise sales capability building
Experience in multinational tech, professional services, or consulting