Talent Acquisition Lead

About WPP Media

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 pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

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Role Summary and Impact

As a Talent Acquisition Lead, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality hiring across Brazil while helping shape a more connected and scalable Talent Acquisition model across the Americas. You will work closely with market CEOs, CPOs, People leaders, Resource Management, hiring managers, and the wider TA organization to:

• Develop and deliver practical hiring strategies and plans aligned to business priorities across Brazil.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, providing insight on talent markets, candidate expectations, compensation, and hiring feasibility.
• Lead and oversee end-to-end recruitment delivery, ensuring quality, pace, consistency, and a strong candidate experience.
• Lead, coach, and develop recruiters and TA colleagues, balancing team capacity, hiring demand, and changing business priorities.
• Act as a point of escalation for complex, senior, confidential, or business-critical searches, while remaining hands-on where needed.
• Drive consistent TA practices, data discipline, sourcing strategies, and ways of working across assigned markets while respecting local market and cultural nuances.
• Partner with Americas TA leadership and peer market leads to share insights, improve processes, and contribute to broader TA transformation, technology, and AI-enabled initiatives.

Skills and Experience

If this opportunity looks right for you, we are looking for candidates who have:

• Extensive Talent Acquisition experience, ideally within a complex, matrixed, regional, agency, media, marketing services, or professional services environment.
• Experience leading recruitment across Brazil, with strong understanding of the local talent market and Portuguese-speaking candidate landscape.
• Strong experience partnering with senior stakeholders, including business leaders, People/HR teams, and hiring managers.
• Experience leading, coaching, or coordinating recruiters or TA colleagues while maintaining hands-on recruitment credibility.
• Strong sourcing and talent intelligence capabilities, including direct sourcing, market mapping, candidate engagement, and talent pipeline development.
• Strong analytical and operational skills, with experience using recruitment data, ATS/CRM tools, and metrics to improve hiring outcomes.
• Fluency in English and Portuguese.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising.  

We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.  

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.  Please note that while our philosophy is the same across WPP, benefits may vary by office/country.  

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