Product Owner, WPP Open Product Framework (One Architecture) in London

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. We have been building the world's most valuable brands for 50 years and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

About WPP Open: WPP Open is at the forefront of transforming how WPP delivers value to its clients. We are building a unified product ecosystem that empowers our agencies and clients with cutting-edge tools and data-driven insights. Our product organisation is driven by a clear vision, strategic execution, and a commitment to continuous innovation.

About Product Framework: Product Framework is the central developer platform for teams and partners working across our core ecosystem, building a developer-focused framework for building Open-native products. As the ecosystem grows, Product Framework will develop patterns to connect such as shared services, data, and asset exchange across applications — underpinned by common schemes and workflow-aligned processes. Product Framework resolves technical challenges quickly while driving product evolution across the ecosystem. By aligning technical requirements with product goals, it provides stability, guidance, and shared capabilities teams need to deliver their best work. It also standardises development practices, reduces implementation time, and enables seamless integration across applications and services, helping accelerate innovation while maintaining reliability, quality, and user experience.

Why we're hiring: We seek a Product Owner to support agile delivery for WPP Open, our AI-powered marketing platform. You'll translate product vision into actionable deliverables, collaborating with engineers, designers, and data scientists to bring AI-driven marketing solutions to life.

What you'll be doing: Reporting to the Director Product Ownership, WPP Open, you will:

• Facilitate end-to-end agile delivery of specific features/epics within the WPP Open roadmap, collaborating with delivery and engineering.
• Partner with engineering throughout the product lifecycle, helping to remove roadblocks and ensuring technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with Product Leadership to translate overall product vision/strategy into detailed, executable plans.
• Define, write, and refine detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for features, aligning with product vision.
• Manage and maintain a prioritised product backlog, reflecting strategy, stakeholder feedback, and development capacity.
• Conduct market and customer analysis for features to inform requirements and ensure user value.
• Stay abreast of emerging AI/ML and marketing technology trends to inform feature development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, relevant stakeholders) to define epics and user stories.
• Validate, prioritise, and integrate new product requests into the backlog, ensuring alignment.
• Participate in the validation and design of new product ideas at the feature level.
• Support the alignment of feature roadmaps and dependency management with other product teams.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the development team, providing clarity on requirements.

What you'll need:

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements.
• Relevant experience as a Product Owner, focused on agile delivery for enterprise B2B platforms.
• Ability to translate product strategy into actionable backlogs and support agile development teams.
• Understanding of AI/ML and marketing technology trends, particularly for feature development.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills and competitive analysis at the feature level.
• Skills in backlog management, writing user stories, and prioritisation.
• Certified Agile Product Owner or equivalent practical experience in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
• Passion for innovation and contributing to cutting-edge marketing solutions.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. 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. WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.