AI Engagement Manager

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. The Opportunity Join our “DevOps for Content” revolution as we partner with global brands and agencies to transform their end-to-end creative workflows – from ideation to activation – to deliver AI-powered content services with speed, scale, and governance. Through an AI-first experimentation approach and deep expertise in both first-party and third-party AI models, we develop new applications, platforms, and scalable patterns that unlock the GenAI-powered Content Supply Chain. We function as a continuous product innovation engine—feeding repeatable customer solutions straight into the product roadmap to accelerate product-led growth. As an AI Engagement Manager, you're highly skilled at leading customer engagements – identifying and documenting business use cases, mapping them to solutions, and driving fast time to measurable value . You are a hands-on product owner and customer leader at heart with expertise and experience in business consulting, digital strategy, agile pod-based software development , enterprise software, AI/ML, cloud deployments, and data integration . If you thrive in start-up environments—scaling products from prototype to production, pushing innovative research into real-world use cases, and owning product & business outcomes—you’ll fit right in here! What You'll Do: Customer Leadership Drive enterprise-scale creative and marketing operations transformations using Generative AI solutions as catalyst for organizational change Establish trusted advisor relationships with key customer collaborators by demonstrating deep expertise in generative Al applications and digital strategy aligned to the customer’s business and objectives Proactively handle customer issues and challenges, developing mitigation strategies before they impact project success or customer happiness. Build trust, confidence, and advocacy for the project/program team Build executive communication cadences that showcase progress and value, and maintain enthusiasm for GenAI transformation efforts within a governance framework Product Leadership Develop comprehensive GenAI and digital transformation strategies using generative Al technologies/first-party models and third-party models to solve complex business challenges for enterprise customers Collaborate with customer executives to define use cases, build requirements and specifications for Forward Deployed Engineers and Architects, lead solution configuration and deployment, drive adoption, and ensure business value realization. Facilitate workshops and strategic planning sessions to help customers identify high-impact opportunities for generative AI implementation Design scalable frameworks that integrate generative AI capabilities into customers’ existing technology ecosystems and workflows Create proof-of-concept implementations that demonstrate the transformative potential of first-party and third-party AI offerings Value Realization and Adoption Partner with C-suite executives to articulate vision, establish success metrics, and secure ongoing commitment for transformation initiatives Monitor implementation progress against business goals, adjusting strategi…