Senior Director - CRM

Who We Are VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. About WPP WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com . Job Description Role: CRM Director – Salesforce Marketing & Market Operations Reporting to: Digital Operations and Client Lead – CRM, Content & Analytics Location: Gurgaon Leads: SFMC campaign ops, Digital Content Hub, Client Engagement for Analytics About Us: VML, a WPP company is a global powerhouse born from the unification of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R — two of the world's most powerful and accomplished creative agencies with complementary capabilities and geographic strengths. We have an industry-unique opportunity to provide our client partners with a fully integrated offering across brand experience, customer experience and commerce practices — powered by deep data and technology experience. For more information, visit www.vml.com Roles & Responsibilities: As CRM Director, one will serve as the senior regional bridge between market stakeholders and cross-functional delivery teams for Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC), Data Cloud, and CRM performance. The remit spans platform transition, campaign operations, and content readiness across markets. This role combines client leadership, project governance, and market enablement—ensuring high-quality, on-time campaign delivery across Salesforce, while also supporting digital content needs and analytics team operations. Act as the connective tissue across CRM, analytics, and dealer content delivery. This is a multi-market, hands-on leadership role ideal for someone with strong Salesforce Marketing Cloud experience, agency client service instincts, and the ability to translate complex transformation initiatives into daily operational campaign excellence Market Engagement & Stakeholder Alignment Act as the primary interface for 5–8 markets across CRM strategy, campaign delivery, and content readiness. Build trusted relationships with regional and market stakeholders, proactively identifying support needs. Lead market onboarding and training around Salesforce Marketing Cloud and transition roadmaps. Resolve escalations and act as the delivery accountability point for campaign delays, QA issues and missed SLAs. Salesforce Marketing Cloud Transition & Execution Oversight Oversee the shift from SAP CRM to Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud, ensuring minimal disruption. Manage your direct reports to ensure success across the briefing lifecycle—ensuring campaign inputs are structured, complete, and aligned with creative/delivery standards. Collaborate with SFMC campaign ops pod to manage segmentation, journey builds, QA, testing and deployment. Track and troubles…