At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead global change initiatives and manage a team of project managers to drive transformation.
- Company: Join WPP Media, a leader in AI-driven media solutions for top brands.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, wellness support, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative culture focused on innovation and personal development.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of transforming marketing in a dynamic, data-driven environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management and change management with strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
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.
About Media Futures Group: Media Futures Group (MFG) is a bespoke team within WPP that delivers on our commitment to Google for a more strategic, creative and integrated media approach established to drive better business results. The MFG team is made up of best in class digital, offline, and integrated media experts who work together to enhance media’s contribution to Google’s business. MFG is powered by WPP Media and other constituent parts of the WPP network around the world.
The MFG team operates in a seamlessly integrated way across strategy, planning, investment, creative, production, business sciences and analytics, data and technology. The profile of people who work in MFG are world class, committed to establishing a new high water mark in the media industry. MFG is committed to the growth of our people as a means to unleash the potential of Google’s business. We are invested in whole-person wellbeing, values and behaviours that reflect our mission and purpose, and providing the tools and systems needed to do the best work of your career.
About the role: This role is a team leader within the newly formed Global Applied Transformation function on MFG. The Applied Transformation function is responsible for implementing large-scale, global changes as we partner with Google to radically transform marketing in an AI-fueled, data-driven, rapidly changing environment. The Program and Change management team is also responsible for leading projects/programs essential to day-to-day excellence and execution.
This role will be responsible for a team of Project/Program managers as well as creating a change management/communications capability.
As the program and change management lead, you will wear many hats:
- Provide direct line management, mentorship and coaching to project managers
- Define project management competency models and performance expectations across career stages
- Provide a strategic direction for the project/program management discipline
- Establish agile/adaptable standards and best practices for project and program management
As a leader for a cadre of change managers you will:
- Establish agile/adaptable standards and best practices for change management and communications
- Establish strong working relationships with Global Functional leads, Global POD leads and Regional leads to understand nuances and unique requirements across operational units that impact adoption and engagement.
- Own a holistic change management/communications roadmap across transformation workstreams and BAU initiatives to ensure methods and approaches are designed to drive successful engagement and adoption.
- Maintain a “think global, act local” perspective.
- Partner with the Talent team to leverage tools and expertise to support change journeys.
- Work with key stakeholders and practitioners to proactively identify the impacts and effects of transformation initiatives.
- Challenge the status quo to ensure transformation initiatives are aligned to strategic priorities/objectives and driving step change.
As a facilitator and collaborator you will:
- Build strong working relationships across the WPP network and MFG team to ensure visibility, clarity, progress and strategic alignment.
- Work across workstreams, projects and programs to solve unexpected issues, facilitating collaboration to stay on track and removal of barriers.
- Connect the dots as needed across concurrent transformation initiatives to ensure dependencies and interlocks are addressed.
- Work closely with partners in Talent, Operations, and Finance to share context and operate in lock step with our business and people priorities.
