Product Manager

About VML

VML 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.

VML is a WPP agency (NYSE: WPP). For more information, please visit  www.vml.com, and follow along on Instagram, LinkedIn, and X.

Job Title Manager, Innovation & Partnerships 

Location New York, NY (Tri-State Metro) or Eastern Time zone (Remote/Hybrid) 

About Gain Theory 

Gain Theory is a top-tier Global Marketing Analytics company bringing together data, analytics, technology, and insight capabilities to weave engaging business narratives which inspire our Fortune 500 clients to impactful business decision making every day. 

We are an independent practice within WPP operating across 50+ markets with hubs in New York, London, and Singapore. Our New York office sits in 3 World Trade, overlooking the World Trade Memorial.  We retain full independence to work with non-WPP clients (over 50% of our clients are non-WPP clients), and we do not provide unpaid services within WPP. 

When it comes to working at Gain Theory, our people are passionate about making a difference, both at work and in their lives. We are creating a culture that drives excellent delivery while giving our teams and individuals the space they need to enjoy their own passions.  Pursuing these two objectives in tandem maximizes the quality of delivery for Gain Theory, but more importantly, the quality of life for the individual. 

About Innovation and Partnerships 

Gain Theory is approaching how we develop products and solutions differently.  We are moving beyond products that simply deliver facts and figures to solutions that influence decisions and drive enthusiasm to act.  We’re doing it fast, and we’re infusing AI at every step in the process. Our Innovation and Partnerships team develops our new, client-ready, measurement solutions, supports and enhances our existing product suite, and identifies, negotiates, and manages our data and tech partnerships that help power all our solutions. We maintain a robust and vibrant partner ecosystem to meet the current and future needs of our diverse client roster.  We also have an active voice in WPP’s broader partnership ecosystem ensuring Gain Theory’s vision and business needs are reflected at the highest levels in our broader organization. 

Position Summary 

The Manager, Innovation & Partnerships will drive day-to-day execution across three core areas: rapid prototyping and commercialization of new solutions; support and evolution of existing products; and management of strategic data and technology partnerships. This role is highly visible and occasionally client-facing, requiring strong project/product management, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to operate in a fast-moving environment with shifting priorities. The successful candidate will partner with Research & Development (R&D), Development, Client Teams, and external partners to translate concepts into client-ready offerings and support their adoption in market. 

We are looking for an individual that understands the data, analyses, and tools of Marketing, understands where the marketplace is going and approaches delivery of results through the eyes of the client. Consulting, partnership, excellent communication and project management will be the hallmarks of the ideal candidate beyond the prerequisite problem-solving skills and general understanding of how Marketing organizations function and use analytics to solve everyday challenges. 

So, if you are talented, client-centric, so