Executive Director, Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales

VML Enterprise Solutions Open · verified Sep 9, 2026

Chicago Director Growth Marketing

Leadership Growth Marketing role at VML Enterprise Solutions. Chicago · $155,000–$390,000 base.

SalaryStated by VML Enterprise Solutions

$155,000 – $390,000

Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.

This role, from VML Enterprise SolutionsOur estimate for the market: $160,163–$251,875

Above the market median of $177,500 for lead growth marketing roles in Chicago.

Worked out from 6 postings that stated pay, median $177,500. Last updated Sep 9, 2026.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

You'll shape complex enterprise opportunities across direct, partner-backed, and WPP-originated work
You'll help senior and C-suite clients clarify problems, compare solution routes, and assess potential value
You'll map early solution directions to the capabilities needed for activation
You'll bring commercial, technical, consulting, and pursuit teams together around proposals, workshops, and client stories
You'll establish repeatable direct-pursuit methods and track blockers for the growth architecture lead

What you bring

You bring senior leadership experience in enterprise transformation, consulting, technology, digital, or commercial growth
You can earn trust with C-suite and senior clients while making difficult transformation issues clear
You understand how platforms, customer change, data, AI, martech, operating models, and delivery choices connect
You can shape commercial opportunities before a formal RFP and write, facilitate, and build solution narratives well

Who this fits

This suits a commercially confident senior leader who can work through ambiguity, synthesize quickly, and bring in specialists without taking over delivery. You'll collaborate with Growth, Network Growth, ES pillars, technical experts, consulting, alliances, pursuit, and governance teams. New York, Chicago, or London are the preferred hubs.

From the employer

Who We Are

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernization, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.

Executive Director, Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales

Location / hub

New York, Chicago or London preferred

Function

Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales

Reports to

Head of Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales

ROLE MANDATE

Act as senior deputy to the Head of Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales, leading enterprise opportunity architecture and direct pursuit shaping.

WHY THIS ROLE EXISTS

Growth Architecture needs a senior leader who can translate ambiguous enterprise problems into credible ES pursuits, define the solution path and coordinate the right technical, commercial and advisory support.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead complex enterprise opportunity shaping across direct, partner-supported and WPP-sourced opportunities that require architecture depth.
Support senior enterprise and C-suite conversations with clear problem framing, solution options and value hypotheses.
Define early solution pathways and identify the ES capabilities required to activate each opportunity.
Coordinate with Network Growth when a WPP-sourced opportunity becomes complex, multi-pillar or commercially ambiguous.
Partner with commercial, technical, consulting and pursuit teams to shape proposals, workshops and client narratives.
Build repeatable ES Direct pursuit approaches and codify lessons from live opportunities.
Maintain visibility of architecture-led pursuits, blockers and support requirements for the Head of Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Senior enterprise transformation, consulting, technology, digital or commercial growth leader.
Credible in C-suite and senior client conversations; able to simplify complex transformation challenges.
Strong understanding of enterprise platforms, customer transformation, data, AI, martech, operating models and delivery implications.
Commercially confident and able to shape opportunities before they become formal RFPs.
Excellent writer, facilitator and solution-story builder.
Collaborative, low-ego and able to pull in the right ES expertise without over-owning delivery.
AI-enabled working style with pace, precision and high-quality synthesis.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Head of Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales and wider Growth leadership.
WPP Network Growth for WPP-sourced opportunities that require architecture depth.
ES Pillar Leads, technical SMEs, Consulting / Advisory, Alliances and Pursuit Excellence.
Growth Operations, Finance, Legal and commercial leadership for pursuit governance.
Enterprise client stakeholders and senior WPP leaders where direct or complex pursuits are active.

SUCCESS MEASURES

Qualified ES Direct and complex architecture-led pipeline.
Conversion from ambiguous opportunity to pursuit-ready brief or proposal path.
Win rate and progression of architected opportunities.
Quality and repeatability of ES Direct pursuit models.
Stakeholder confidence from Simon, Network Growth, ES Pillars and senior client teams.

FIRST 90-DAY FOCUS

Define the operating model for Growth Architecture opportunity shaping.
Take ownership of priority complex opportunities with the Head of Growth Architecture & Enterprise Sales.
Create standard discovery, solution-shaping and activation request formats.
Build working rhythm with Network Growth for WPP-sourced opportunities requiring architecture support.

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click WPP Benefits for more details.

_$155,000—$390,000 USD

About WPP

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 agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

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