Chief Learning And Development Officer

WPP

New York, NY, United States
On-site
Enterprise scale learning organization leadership
Consultative selling and commercial capability building
Ai fluency strategy across creative and tech roles
The Chief Learning & Development Officer will build and lead WPP's global learning function end-to-end with 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 with a commercial mandate to reshape how the company wins clients.
  • This role is responsible for turning AI anxiety into AI fluency across all agency brands while codifying craft expertise and sector fluency.
  • The ideal candidate must have led enterprise sales and leadership capability at a global scale, treating learning as a strategic lever rather than a back-office function.

Matching Summary

The Chief Learning & Development Officer will build and lead WPP's global learning function end-to-end with a commercial mandate to reshape how the company wins clients.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Enterprise scale learning organization leadership
  • Consultative selling and commercial capability building
  • AI fluency strategy across creative and tech roles
  • Global L&D operating model and P&L management
  • C-suite peer level strategic partnership

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in multinational professional services or tech
  • Background in transforming training to continuous capability
  • Proven track record of improving pitch win rates
  • Strong background in executive coaching architecture

Key Requirements

  • Led learning organization supporting tens of thousands of employees
  • CVP-, SVP-, or CLO-level experience required
  • Demonstrated success scaling consultative selling programs
  • Experience operating as a genuine peer to the C-suite

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