About the Position

Data and Insights – Tooling and Reporting

About the Company

VML is a global creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce to create connected brands that drive growth. Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Singapore.

VML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions, and expert strategic counsel.

For more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.

The Opportunity

The Data & Insights – Tooling & Reporting team plays a critical role in providing leadership with timely, accurate, and actionable business intelligence. This role transforms complex operational data into executive-ready dashboards, reports, and strategic insights that improve portfolio visibility, strengthen governance, and support better business decisions.

Responsibilities

Build Executive Reporting and Dashboards
- Design and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and reporting solutions that provide real-time visibility into portfolio performance, strategic initiatives, financial metrics, resource utilization, risks, and business outcomes.
- Develop intuitive visualization and standardized reporting frameworks that improve executive understanding and decision-making.
Deliver Strategic Insights
- Analyze business and portfolio data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and root causes, translating findings into concise, decision-ready insights and recommendations.
- Support executive reviews, governance forums, business reviews, and strategic planning with timely, high-quality reporting and presentations.
Automate and Optimize Reporting
- Partner with Data and Automation teams to build automated reporting pipelines, self-service analytics, and scalable reporting solutions that improve speed, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
- Continuously enhance reporting processes, visualization standards, and user experience.
Ensure Data Quality and Governance
- Validate data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across dashboards and reports, resolving anomalies in collaboration with data owners.
- Maintain reporting standards that ensure reliable, trusted, and governance-aligned executive reporting.
Partner Across Business
- Collaborate with Strategy, Finance, Operations, Product, Technology, Resource Management, and Program teams to translate business needs into analytical solutions and actionable insights.
- Support cross-functional initiatives through timely reporting, analysis, and business intelligence.
Advance Data-Driven Decision Making
- Develop analytical models, reporting capabilities, and recommendations that strengthen portfolio governance and enable faster, evidence-based executive decisions.

Stay current with modern BI tools, reporting technologies, AI-enabled analytics, and visualization best practices to continuously improve enterprise reporting.

Requirements

4–7 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Reporting, Business Operations, Strategy, Portfolio Reporting, or Management Consulting within a global technology or SaaS organization.
Bachelor’s degree in business Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
Proven experience developing executive dashboards, scorecards, reports, and business intelligence solutions that support strategic decision-making.
Strong expertise in Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, and modern data visualization, reporting, and analytics tools.
Solid understanding of KPI frameworks, business performance measurement, portfolio reporting, and executive governance.
Experience working with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Workday, SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar systems.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, data visualization, and storytelling skills, with exceptional attention to data quality, reporting accuracy, and executive communication.
Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders in fast-paced, matrixed environments to deliver actionable business insights.
Familiarity with AI-assisted reporting, predictive analytics, Power Platform, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Analytics, Snowflake, Databricks, or similar modern analytics platforms.
Experience supporting executive leadership, enterprise transformation, strategic planning, or portfolio management initiatives; consulting experience, Agile delivery, data governance, and relevant BI certifications (e.g., Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate) are advantageous.

Nice to Have

Executive Storyteller: Translates complex data into clear, decision-ready insights that drive executive action.
Insight-Driven Analyst: Looks beyond dashboards to identify trends, root causes, risks, and opportunities.
Quality-Focused: Delivers accurate, reliable, and trusted reporting with exceptional attention to detail.
Curious Problem Solver: Challenges assumptions and uncovers deeper business insights through data.
Continuous Improver: Continuously enhances reporting, visualization, automation, and analytical capabilities.
Business Partner: Collaborates with stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable analytical solutions.
Strategic Thinker: Balances analytical precision with a strong understanding of business context and outcomes.
Collaborative Learner: Embraces new technologies, analytics, and visualization techniques while fostering continuous improvement.

We Offer

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritize your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our culture thrives on our core values, designed for impact-driven individuals: Heart, Brains, and Courage.

Heart: Fostering empathy and trust where genuine connections and human-centric work flourish.
Brains: Valuing relentless curiosity and collaborative intelligence to solve complex challenges.
Courage: Inspiring you to speak up, embrace experimentation, and advocate for bold solutions that push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

About VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects, and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organizations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B, and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centers across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell, and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools, and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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Data and Insights – Tooling and Reporting

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