WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.
Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.
We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.
WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world’s biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.
Why we’re hiring:
At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to build the transformation platform that will power the next evolution of WPP. WPP is on a journey to clarify and simplify the operating model between our brands and WPP, modernise and create tech-enabled colleague experiences, and create an open, integrated technology innovation platform across WPP.
Along that journey, we will ensure WPP IT is a destination for tech talent, modernise our ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.
As we continue on this journey, we have identified the need for an important new role – IT Project Manager. You will manage both delivering our portfolio and creating a community of diverse specialists across the region. Reporting to the Chapter Lead, Project Management in the Global Portfolio and Programme Management Team, your mission will be to ensure that the Transformation function is executing WPP IT’s vision, while professionalising how we mobilise and deliver projects as a service.
What you’ll be doing:
In this role, you will play a crucial part in establishing a PPM community built on continuous learning, a support network, and a compelling career progression framework. You will be responsible for embedding a culture that has WPP’s values at the heart of how it operates.
- Oversee the mobilisation and delivery of projects across WPP IT portfolio.
- Collaborate with a diverse multi-disciplinary global team.
- Contribute to improving processes across the team.
- Support senior PPM professionals and collaborate with third parties.
- Participate in people leadership activities for the Projects they lead.
- Champion the shift to agile methodologies.
What you’ll need:
- Proven track record of successful project delivery.
- Experience as a people leader and influencer.
- Quick to learn and adaptable to changing priorities.
- Ability to build relationships by engaging and working inclusively.
- A self-starter with impeccable organisational and time management skills.
- Strategic and critical thinker.
- Brilliant communicator.
- Functional analysis skills.
- Experience in project management tools & dashboards.
- Experience in delivery methodologies (e.g. SAFe, Scrum, waterfall).
- Experience working in an Agile team is beneficial.
- Recognised Agile or Project management certifications are beneficial.
Who you are:
You’re open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are accepting: of new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
You’re optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
You’re extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
What we’ll give you:
Passionate, inspired people – We promote a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.
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