Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is the Technology Operations teams mission, as part of Enterprise Technology, to enable our stakeholders to collaborate, create and thrive. Enterprise Technology is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise 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 an IT Support Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting our employees, agencies, and clients with reliable, modern technology solutions. You’ll be part of a collaborative, global Technology Operations team, providing essential on-site support and helping drive our transition to cloud-based services and digital experiences. 

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver exceptional on-site IT support to WPP employees, agencies, and visiting clients, in line with WPP standards
• Provide remote support to regional offices as needed
• Ensure deskside operations and standard technology services, including meeting room AV, are maintained and supported
• Build strong relationships with business users, understanding their needs and delivering tailored support
• Champion a customer-focused approach, empowering end users to make the most of technology tools
• Educate users on IT services, policies, and best practices
• Accurately log all IT engagements in the ticketing system for reporting and performance tracking
• Manage onboarding and offboarding processes, including account administration and asset management
• Resolve Level 1 and 2 incidents, collaborating with internal and external teams for timely resolution
• Maintain security protocols and monitor third-party engagements
• Escalate complex issues to Infrastructure or Management teams when required
• Support user and office relocations, hardware/software deployments, and warranty replacements
• Manage IT asset procurement, inventory, and lifecycle
• Contribute to the Service Desk knowledge base and documentation
• Collaborate with global IT functions to implement standards and support local business needs
• Facilitate infrastructure refreshes and basic device troubleshooting
• Support software licensing reviews and compliance activities
• Be available for occasional out-of-hours support
• Perform other duties as required

What you'll need:

• 3–5 years’ experience in IT help desk or deskside support roles
• This is a 100% on-site role; you must be able to work from one of our designated office locations
• Strong cross-platform expertise in Windows and Mac OS; working knowledge of AV technology
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive, can-do attitude
• Empathy and effective communication skills with diverse end users
• Ability to build trust-based relationships and collaborate across teams
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills (advanced level required)
• Effective time management and prioritization abilities
• Professional, approachable demeanor under pressure

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI

Why we're hiring:

To help us scale and deliver solutions across our Data Mesh platform, we are looking for a DevOps engineer who can be responsible for the deployment of our data solutions using Azure DevOps. Automation is at the core of our solutions, which spans our development, testing and production infrastructures. A focus on balancing agility, low maintenance and security is critical.

The ideal candidate will have a solid background in DevOps engineering for a large company and be highly experienced with Azure DevOps Pipelines to deploy both IaC and solutions. You’ll be working closely with our Software & Data Engineering teams - from the first lines of code being committed to it being deployed into production.

The DevOps engineer will also help design & plan projects and be involved in project execution decisions.

What you'll be doing:

• Build CI/CD process to increase release efficiency and reduce occurrence of errors.
• Develop software to integrate with internal backend systems
• Perform root cause analysis of deployment errors and provide future mitigation of those errors
• Communicate to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Cloud deployment and management
• CI/CD management and deployment
• Performance assessment, monitoring and recommending performance enhancements
• Infrastructure management using IaC
• Continuous testing at different stages of the development lifecycle
• Helping to implement a DevOps culture

What you'll need:

• At least 3 years’ experience as an Azure DevOps engineer
• Azure infrastructure configuration and management with at least AZ-900 certification
• Experience of designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for web services and data products
• Scripting in Python, Bash and Powershell
• Experience with tools including Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience Azure Data Services - Data Factory, Synapse, Azure Databricks
• Experience using ARM and Terraform (Experience using Bicep an advantage)
• Experience Azure DevOps to deploy Azure Cloud Scale Analytics (Not essential)
• Problem-solving attitude
• Collaborative team spirit  

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

As a Data Engineer in the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of scalable data solutions providing enterprise-scale data transformation across a broad range of projects.

Your role will focus on delivering solutions that utilize large-scale data ingestion, processing, storage/querying, streaming, and batch analytics using Databricks. As part of a team, you will implement world-class solutions designed by our data architects. Your responsibilities will include estimating, designing, coding, testing, deploying, and ensuring scalability and performance on Azure using key technologies like Databricks.

As a hands-on technologist with an extensive data engineering background using Databricks, you will be joining a group of Data Engineers who are passionate about building the best possible solutions for our business and endorse a culture of life-long learning and collaboration.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build, test and maintain data pipelines (ELT), according to business and technical requirements.
• Implement secure platforms with data governance in mind.
• Play a key role in automation and building industry leading solutions against architectural best practices.
• Propose technical designs and develop integrations.
• Deliver data migrations between legacy & modern platforms
• Design & deliver data warehousing solutions and key data engineering workstreams for any required solution.
• Support cross-functional teams across the data space.

What you'll need:

Minimum requirements for this role include:

• 3+ years of experience designing and building scalable distributed data pipelines and dimensional data models
• 3+ years of experience in Python and SQL
• Experience using Databricks platform and PySpark is a must.
• Extensive experience of Microsoft Azure data services – Data Factory, ADLS gen2, Event Hubs, Azure SQL, Azure Key Vault
• Ideally experience in the following – Kafka, Delta Lake, Pandas
• A demonstrable understanding of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Agile practices, unit & integration tests and development practices using Azure DevOps.
• Fluency in English.
• Exposure to AI & ML technologies is a plus.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

WPP is a creative transformation company, helping clients create growth by combining technology and creativity. As one of the world's largest marketing and advertising services organizations, we are committed to driving innovation and operational excellence across our vast global network.

You will be joining the Automation Operations Centre within WPP's Enterprise Technology, Automation & AI department. This is a pivotal time for us as we're building a dedicated, in-house team to deliver, manage, monitor, and optimize our growing portfolio of automation solutions. This team is at the forefront of our digital transformation, ensuring the seamless operation and continuous improvement of critical automation capabilities across WPP globally

You will play a crucial role in solution delivery and day-to-day technology management of the Global Automation Operations Centre (AOC) program. Reporting to the AAI Operations Director and AAI Product Lead, you will lead the architecture, standards, and advanced development requirements for our global automation portfolio. Alongside AAI Leadership, you will guide a crew of 6-10 developers to ensure the release of high-quality automation products on time and within budget.

The AOC is chartered to develop and delivery automation products, support global automation products or projects delivered by Automation delivery teams from around WPP. Our support apparatus gives those teams confidence and freedom to hand over their existing successes and continue innovating.

Are you a visionary technical leader with a deep mastery of the Microsoft Power Platform and a passion for engineering excellence? We are looking for an Automation Engineering Lead to drive our technical strategy and architectural standards. In this senior role, you will be responsible for conducting research spikes, providing technical guidance to development teams, and ensuring that our global automation suite is built on a foundation of robust, scalable, and maintainable components. You will combine your extensive experience from the D365/Dataverse era with modern ALM practices to keep our global operations at the cutting edge of AI and automation.

What you'll be doing:

Automation Engineering Lead (Engineering Excellence + AI-Driven Automation) 

We are looking for an experienced Automation Engineering Lead who combines a complete view across multiple engineering technology streams with a strong background in automation and AI-driven engineering practices across modern technology stacks. 

This is not a single-stack or platform-specific role. 

You will act as an enterprise engineering leader, responsible for designing scalable, high-performance solutions by evaluating the right engineering approach across diverse technology streams spanning APIs, backend services, modern frontends, cloud platforms, deployment architecture, and AI/ML capabilities. 

You will play a critical role in shaping engineering strategy, establishing end-to-end engineering processes, guiding engineering teams, and ensuring solutions are fit-for-purpose, scalable, and future-ready. 

 What You’ll Be Doing 

Solution Architecture & Technology Decisioning 

• Own end-to-end architecture for automation use cases across the enterprise  

• Evaluate and recommend the right approach across:  

• Cloud-native engineering (microservices, serverless, container platforms)  

• Custom engineering (APIs, backend services, UI frameworks)  

• AI-augmented automation combining ML services, LLMs, and intelligent workflows  

• Make informed trade-offs between build vs buy, custom vs platform, and AI-driven vs deterministic approaches based on scalability, cost, and maintainability  

• Act as a key decision-maker on the right technology stream and tooling for each engineering problem  

• Knowledge in Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Dataverse) 

 Architectural Governance 

• Define and enforce global architecture standards, design patterns, and best practices  

• Establish reusable engineering frameworks and AI-driven automation accelerators across teams  

• Ensure consistency, scalability, and maintainability across implementations  

 Technical Leadership 

• Lead and mentor a team of 6–10 engineers  

• Provide hands-on guidance, solution reviews, and architectural oversight  

• Drive engineering excellence and a culture of continuous improvement  

 Advanced & Hybrid Development 

• Lead complex implementations involving:  

• Custom connectors and API integrations  

• AI/ML model integration and intelligent automation patterns  

• Backend services (.NET / Java / Node.js / Python) where required  

• Handle research spikes and evaluate new tools, frameworks, and capabilities  

 Integration & Data Architecture 

• Design robust integration solutions using:  

• REST APIs, webhooks, and service-based architectures  

• Event-driven and asynchronous processing patterns  

• Work with structured and unstructured data across:  

• Cloud data platforms (Azure Data Lake, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc.)  

• SQL / external data systems  

• Dataverse 

• Optimize performance, scalability, and reliability of automation workflows  

 ALM & DevOps Strategy 

• Own and mature end-to-end engineering processes including ALM, code quality, and release governance across the organization  

• Implement CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar  

• Drive adoption of code-first, version-controlled, and AI-assisted development practices  

 Stakeholder Collaboration 

• Partner with business and leadership teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions  

• Align architecture decisions with business goals, timelines, and budgets  

• Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders  

 Security, Compliance & Supportability 

• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise security, governance, and data protection policies  

• Design solutions for operational readiness, observability, and smooth handover to support teams  

 What You’ll Need 

Experience 

• 12+ years in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise application development  

• Proven track record leading engineering teams across multiple technology streams with a strong background in automation and AI-driven engineering  

• Knowledge in Power platform or Dynamics 365 ecosystem 

 Engineering Process & AI-Automation Expertise 

• Deep expertise in:  

• End-to-end engineering processes (SDLC, code reviews, quality gates, release management) implemented at organizational scale  

• Deployment and technical architecture across cloud and hybrid environments  

• Automation engineering (CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, test automation, workflow automation)  

• Experience with:  

• Engineering AI workstreams (LLMs, agentic systems, intelligent automation)  

• Applying AI in automation (code generation, automated testing, intelligent code review, copilots)  

• Ability to drive engineering excellence and modernize platforms using AI-augmented approaches  

 Architecture & Engineering Breadth (Critical) 

• Strong experience with API design and REST-based integrations  

• Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling, and performance optimization  

• Hands-on experience with at least one backend technology (.NET / Java / Node.js / Python)  

• Exposure to modern frontend frameworks (React or similar)  

• Understanding of:  

• Microservices and distributed systems  

• Event-driven architecture (queues, messaging, pub/sub)  

• Proven ability to design and deliver solutions across diverse engineering streams with the right deployment and architecture choices  

 DevOps & ALM 

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments  

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools  

• Strong understanding of environment strategy, solution segmentation, and release management  

 Leadership & Problem Solving 

• Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams  

• Strong architectural thinking and decision-making skills  

• Ability to solve complex, ambiguous technical challenges  

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills  

 Nice to Have 

• Experience with Azure services (Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management)  

• Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and iPaaS platforms  

• Hands-on experience embedding LLMs, agents, or copilots into automation and engineering workflows  

 Certifications 

• Certifications in AI/ML, DevOps, or enterprise architecture (TOGAF, SAFe, or equivalent), PL-600: Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect (preferred)  

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#onsite

Why we're hiring:

As a Data Manager in the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will own and govern the Master Data Management (MDM) layer of the Work Management data programme. This is a new capability being established to ensure the integrity, consistency, and quality of master data that underpins WPP’s Work Management across the global agency network. 

 You will define and enforce data ownership, stewardship policies, and quality standards across master data entities. Our governance framework will ensure that cross-reference mappings between source systems and canonical identifiers are accurate, complete, and compliant with regulatory requirements across multiple countries. 

This role requires close collaboration with multiple data teams, the ET Work Management team, data architects, and operating company stakeholders. You will establish the processes, policies, and escalation paths that enable effective master data governance at scale. 

You will be joining a programme that is building the foundational data layer for WPP Work Management, directly enabling project management, resource planning, and financial reporting across the enterprise. 

What you'll be doing:

• Define and implement master data governance policies, standards, and procedures. 
• Establish data ownership and stewardship assignments for each master data domain.
• Develop and maintain the data governance framework including data quality thresholds, escalation procedures, and remediation workflows.
• Define data quality rules and acceptance criteria for all master data entities.
• Monitor data quality metrics and dashboards, driving continuous improvement across all datasets.
• Own the resolution of cross-system data conflicts, duplicates, and integrity issues.
• Oversee the integrity of cross-reference mappings between source systems and canonical identifiers.
• Manage the onboarding of new agencies and source systems into the master data framework.
• Ensure identity resolution processes maintain accuracy as the solution scales.
• Engage with operating company data owners and business stakeholders to align on data standards and requirements.
• Ensure master data practices comply with data privacy and regulatory requirements across all operating regions.
• Report on data governance maturity, quality trends, and risk to programme leadership. 

What you'll need:

• Proven experience in master data management, data governance, or data quality management roles.
• Strong understanding of MDM concepts including data ownership, stewardship, and cross-reference management.
• Experience with data quality frameworks, metrics definition, and continuous improvement practices.
• Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR) and their implications for master data management.
• Experience working with ERP or HCM data domains (Workday, SAP, Dynamics, or similar) is highly desirable.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence data owners and business teams.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data relationships and identify quality issues.
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog, or cloud-based data platforms is an advantage.
• Organised, self-motivated, and able to establish new processes in a greenfield enviroment.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Data Analyst to support in the continued development of WPP’s client operations analytics team, using business intelligence tools and visualisations to share with WPP HQ and the wider WPP network.

What you'll be doing:

Reporting into the Director of Data Operations, this role will work in several capacities including analysing data, creating technical solutions, assessing business issues, rolling out a software solution and building internal client relationships. In this role you will help to bring insights directly to the business, enabling senior stakeholders to make informed data driven decisions on a daily basis.

The role will be as follows:

• Support our ETL (Extract, Transform & Load) process for all current & future data feeds
• Work with all existing agencies data feeds to identify & resolve any validation concerns
• Create and/or manage WPP’s master data tables
• Assist with new agency/country implementation programmes
• Filter and “clean” data by reviewing validation reports and performance indicators to locate and correct code & data process problems
• Provide ad hoc analysis to key client stakeholders

Who you'll be working with:

You’ll be working closely with all of the Data & Insights team which currently consists of 13 people (8 based in UK, 2 based in Madrid & 3 based in India) who are nice group of individuals and are a close working team that all get on well, and who are looking forward to what this team could achieve in the future.

You will also be working closely with the Data Manager, EVP of Marketing & Growth Operations, other stakeholders from WPP Operating Companies.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. Normally we work together in our amazing office twice a week.

This role reports to the Director of Data Operations within the Enterprise Data Group team.

What you'll need:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in SQL and Python (pandas, PySpark) for data analysis
• Hands-on experience with Databricks or a comparable cloud platform (Snowflake, BigQuery)
• Familiarity with modern data formats (CSV, JSON, Parquet, Delta)
• Attention to detail and a willingness to learn new tools
• Fundamental understanding of REST APIs is desirable, but not mandatory
• Exposure to AI-assisted analytics workflows (e.g. Claude, Copilot, Genie) is a plus

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

We are looking for a Workday Senior Test Analyst to join the Workday Services Team providing full test and release/tenant management to all parts of the Workday programme in WPP. Within this role you will provide Senior Test Analyst capabilities for several projects including country rollouts as well as BAU enhancements.

In this role you will be a member of the Global QA Hub, working within the Workday Services Team, and reporting to the Workday Test & Release Manager.

What you'll be doing:

• Hands-on Test Management: Hands on test management where you will be involved in all areas of testing, providing hands on skills and support to the team.
• Test Planning: Prepare and/or review the Test documentation e.g. test plans, test cases or scripts, test results and other related items, to ensure they are correct and fit for purpose.
• Test Data: Create and maintain comprehensive test data for Workday Financials, PSA functional areas including integration to external systems, Workday Prism Analytics.
• Test Execution: Perform the execution of test cases, including functional, integration, user acceptance, performance and regression testing, to ensure the ERP system meets all requirements.
• Test Automation: Experience with automation tools, and where they can be best utilised during the SDLC.
• Test Management Tooling: Setting up Jira/Zephyr for Project & BAU Testing Activities.
• Defect/Ticket Management: Identify, document, and track defects, working closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution.
• UAT Support: Providing technical, process & system support for the execution of test scripts by business users.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure that all testing activities adhere to established quality standards and best practices.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and issues related to testing and develop mitigation strategies to address them.
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve testing processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

What you'll need:

• Strong experience in Workday Financials (FINS), PSA, and Integrations
• Deep understanding of:
  • Workday Business Process Framework
  • Workday Security Model
  • Integration tools (EIB, Studio, Web Services)
• Proven experience in Workday release testing (R1/R2 cycles)
• Expertise in test management tools (Jira, Zephyr)
• Experience with test automation tools/frameworks
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk assessment skills
• Excellent stakeholder communication and reporting skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced global environment

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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 embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

We are looking for a Workday HCM and Integrations Test Lead to join the Workday Services Team providing full test and release/tenant management to all parts of the Workday programme in WPP, including projects, rollouts, upgrades & BAU releases. In the Workday test team, you will define test approach, test scope, plan, and estimates, create test concepts, support in test design, test case creation, test automation, test execution and reporting on test progress and quality status for several projects including country rollouts as well as BAU enhancements.

In this role you will be a member of the Global QA Hub, working within the Workday Team, and reporting to the Workday Test & Release Manager.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the entire project starting from scope, planning, execution, support, and closure of the project in Testing (HCM & Integrations).
• Performing risk assessments and producing Test documentation e.g., test approaches, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and other related items.
• Preparing and executing Testing for Project & BAU fixes/changes, to ensure they are completed in accordance with the Global Test Strategy.
• Ensure that reporting and communication of plans, progress and issues is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Developing, executing & maintaining manual scripts in the existing tool.
• Responsible for entire E2E testing life cycle of the country rollout / BAU – for the entry and exit checklist of Unit Test, SIT/E2E, Regression and UAT until the Sign off each phase.
• Own end-to-end test strategy, planning, governance, and stakeholder communication across projects and BAU.
• Oversee automation strategy, ensuring implementation by QA teams while governing standards, coverage, and quality.
• Accountable for maintaining up to date testing documentation.
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities.
• Working with 3^rd party teams to ensure testing is delivered correctly and on time.
• Setting up Jira/Zephyr for project & BAU testing activities.
• Able to communicate complex issues in a digestible form (to both business & technical teams).

What you'll need:

• Experience of Workday HCM functional areas including integration to external systems (including payroll integration, Workday Prism Analytics, Reporting & Security testing) is mandatory.
• Experience of data validation across Workday modules working with different Op Co's.
• Experience of Testing throughout the full SDLC (management & execution).
• Ability to clearly report status and highlight risks.
• Working knowledge of test management tools (Jira, Zephyr is preferred).
• Excellent technical understanding of SAAS ERP platforms and processes.
• Development and maintenance of test automation tools.
• Manage multiple streams of work simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
• Working alongside outsourced resources and teams across different regions.
• Delivery focused, with high energy and drive.
• Strong risk awareness skills and management of risk
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills with agility for fast and simple solutions.
• Credibility, professionalism, and strong personal integrity.
• Ability to mentor new team members from wide and varied backgrounds.
• This role requires a balance of hands-on individual contribution alongside effective team management and leadership responsibilities.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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 embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP

We are looking for a Workday Financials and PSA Test Lead to join the Workday Services Team providing

full test and release/tenant management to all parts of the Workday programme in WPP, including projects, rollouts, upgrades & BAU releases. In the Workday Test team, you will define test approach, test scope, plan, and estimates, create test concepts, support in test design, test case creation, managing test automation, test execution and reporting on test progress and quality status for several projects including country rollouts as well as BAU enhancements.

In this role you will be a member of the Global QA Hub, working within the Workday Services Team, and reporting to the Workday Test & Release Manager.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the entire project starting from scope, planning, execution, support, and closure of the project in Testing (Financials & PSA).
• Performing risk assessments and producing Test documentation e.g. test approaches, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and other related items.
• Preparing and executing testing for project & BAU fixes/changes, to ensure they are completed in accordance with the Global Test Strategy.
• Ensure that reporting and communication of plans, progress and issues is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Developing, executing & maintaining manual scripts in the existing tool.
• Responsible for entire E2E testing life cycle of the country rollout / BAU – for the entry and exit checklist of Unit Test, SIT/E2E, Regression and UAT until the sign off each phase.
• Own end-to-end test strategy, planning, governance, and stakeholder communication across projects and BAU.
• Oversee automation strategy, ensuring implementation by QA teams while governing standards, coverage, and quality.
• Accountable for maintaining up to date testing documentation.
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities.
• Working with 3^rd party teams to ensure testing is delivered correctly and on time.
• Setting up Jira/Zephyr for Project & BAU Testing Activities.
• Able to communicate complex issues in a digestible form (to both business & technical teams).

What you'll need:

• Experience of Workday Financials and PSA functional areas (Financial Accounting, Customer Accounts, Business Assets, Expenses, Banking and Settlement, Supplier Accounts, Procurement, Projects and Financial Reporting), including integration exposure on legacy and third-party systems is mandatory.
• Experience of data validation across Workday modules working with different Op Co's.
• Experience of testing throughout the full SDLC (Management & Execution).
• Ability to clearly report status and highlight risks.
• Working knowledge of test management tools (Jira, Zephyr is preferred).
• Excellent technical understanding of SAAS ERP platforms and processes.
• Development and maintenance of test automation tools.
• Manage multiple streams of work simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
• Working alongside outsourced resources and teams.
• Delivery focused, with high energy and drive.
• Strong risk awareness skills and management of risk.
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills with agility for fast and simple solutions.
• Credibility, professionalism, and strong personal integrity.
• Ability to mentor new team members from wide and varied backgrounds.
• This role requires a balance of hands-on individual contribution alongside effective team management and leadership responsibilities.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

Why we're hiring:

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Data Operations Analyst for the People Data & Insights team to play a foundational role in the success of WPP's global people data product. This position is vital for ensuring the continuous accuracy, integrity, and operational flow of the people data that underpins all of WPP's strategic initiatives. You will contribute to both the operational excellence of our people data ecosystem and provide crucial support that enables our senior team members to focus on strategic development and delivery orchestration.

What you'll be doing:

Platform Operations & Support:

• Serve as the first point of contact for GPDS data-related queries, efficiently managing and processing access requests, and issue resolution from global stakeholders, ensuring timely and effective support.
• Support the implementation of developments and optimizations, adhering to established engineering standards of WPP's global people data product in data ingestion pipelines, supporting the seamless flow of core and lifecycle people data into our Databricks environment. 
• Ensure robust documentation of WPP's global people data product's data processes, workflows, and FAQs, maintaining knowledge management for its foundational components.
• Support the configuration and maintenance of Power Platform (e.g., Power Automate, Power Apps) solutions that streamline data operations and support the product’s evolving needs. Data Quality, Governance & Compliance Support:
• Play a key role in the data correction, validation, and reconciliation processes for critical initiatives like EU Pay Transparency (EUPT), ensuring the accuracy and completeness of submitted data.
• Conduct rigorous data quality checks and validation against established standards for GPDS/global people data, proactively identifying discrepancies and supporting remediation efforts to maintain data integrity. 
• Assist in creating audit trails and documentation for sensitive data processes, supporting compliance requirements and data governance principles. Business Analysis & Enhancement Support:
• Contribute to gathering and documenting foundational data requirements for new product features, data integrations, and platform enhancements.
• Assist in translating business needs into technical specifications, collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement for our product’s offerings. 
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) for new data products and platform functionalities, ensuring they meet business expectations. Cross-Functional Collaboration:
• Collaborate effectively with the wider People Data & Insights team, Enterprise Technology, and global People/HR teams to ensure data alignment and support our product's strategic roadmap. 

What you'll need:

Required:

• 1-3 years of experience in a data operations, data support, or junior business analysis role, preferably within an HR or People function.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps) and SharePoint for data collection and process automation.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot data issues, conduct root cause analysis, and contribute to effective solutions.
• Strong attention to detail and a firm commitment to data accuracy, quality, and governance.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate data-related issues and requirements to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A proactive and curious attitude, with a willingness to rapidly learn new tools and systems (e.g., Databricks, Workday).
• Experience in stakeholder management, particularly in assisting with issue ticketing and query resolution.

Preferred:

• Basic understanding of SQL for data querying and analysis.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI) to support dashboard development.
• Exposure to Workday HCM data structures and reporting.
• Knowledge of data governance principles and best practices, especially for sensitive data.
• Experience supporting compliance-driven data projects (e.g., EU Pay Transparency, GDPR, pay equity).
• Prior experience working in a global, matrixed organization.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

As a Data Engineer in the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of scalable data solutions providing enterprise-scale data transformation across a broad range of projects.
Your role will focus on delivering solutions that utilize large-scale data ingestion, processing, storage/querying, streaming, and batch analytics using Databricks. As part of a team, you will implement world-class solutions designed by our data architects. Your responsibilities will include estimating, designing, coding, testing, deploying, and ensuring scalability and performance on Azure using key technologies like Databricks.
As a hands-on technologist with an extensive data engineering background using Databricks, you will be joining a group of Data Engineers who are passionate about building the best possible solutions for our business and endorse a culture of life-long learning and collaboration.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build, test and maintain data pipelines (ELT), according to business and technical requirements.
• Implement secure platforms with data governance in mind.
• Play a key role in automation and building industry leading solutions against architectural best practices.
• Propose technical designs and develop integrations.
• Deliver data migrations between legacy & modern platforms
• Design & deliver data warehousing solutions and key data engineering workstreams for any required solution.
• Support cross-functional teams across the data space.

What you'll need:

Minimum requirements for this role include:

• 3+ years of experience designing and building scalable distributed data pipelines and dimensional data models
• 3+ years of experience in Python and SQL
• Experience using Databricks platform and PySpark is a must.
• Extensive experience of Microsoft Azure data services – Data Factory, ADLS gen2, Event Hubs, Azure SQL, Azure Key Vault
• Ideally experience in the following – Kafka, Delta Lake, Pandas
• A demonstrable understanding of Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Agile practices, unit & integration tests and development practices using Azure DevOps.
• Fluency in English.
• Exposure to AI & ML technologies is a plus.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

As a Project Manager in the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will provide delivery coordination and technical project management across the Work Management Data Spine programme. This programme spans seven delivery workstreams with resources based in the UK and India.

You will manage sprint planning, backlog prioritisation, dependency tracking, and progress reporting to ensure the programme delivers on schedule and to quality standards. Your coordination will enable engineering teams to focus on delivery rather than administrative overhead.

This role requires strong technical project management skills with the ability to operate across time zones, manage cross-functional dependencies, and communicate effectively with both engineering leads and programme stakeholders.

You will be joining a high-profile programme delivering the data integration platform that underpins WPP Open Work Management, working at the intersection of data engineering, systems integration, and master data management.

What you'll be doing:

Sprint & delivery management

• Manage sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives across offshore engineering teams.
• Track and report on sprint velocity, burn-down, and delivery progress against programme milestones.
• Coordinate sprint deliverables across data engineering, systems integration, and data management workstreams.

Dependency & risk management

• Identify, track, and manage cross-workstream dependencies that impact delivery timelines.
• Maintain the programme risk and issue register, driving mitigation actions to resolution.
• Escalate blockers and delivery risks to programme leadership with recommendations.

Resource & capacity planning

• Manage resource allocation and capacity planning across offshore teams.
• Support the onboarding of new team members, ensuring access, tooling, and documentation are in place.
• Track team utilisation and identify capacity constraints ahead of sprint commitments.

Stakeholder communication

• Produce regular status reports and dashboards for programme leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-timezone communication between UK and India-based teams.
• Manage the Jira project, ensuring tasks, estimates, and status are kept current.

What you'll need:

• Proven experience in technical project management within data engineering, software development, or systems integration programmes.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) with practical experience running sprints.
• Proficiency with project management tools, particularly Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business audiences.
• Experience managing distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks.
• Organised and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Understanding of data engineering or data platform programmes is an advantage.
• Experience with Databricks, Azure, or similar cloud platforms is a plus.
• Self-motivated with the ability to operate independently and drive delivery outcomes.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday Release Analyst to join the Workday Services Team providing the post go-live support and enhancement of the Workday solution that replaces some of our core technology and influences our ways of working for many of our colleagues at WPP.

In this role you will be a member of the Global QA Hub, working within the Workday Services Team, and reporting to the Workday Tenant and Release Lead.

You will be responsible for release coordination and tenant management activities, ensuring all Workday environments are up to date, correctly configured, and capable of supporting change, testing, integrations, and production operations.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage Workday tenants to ensure availability and stability for support, testing, and project activities.
• Coordinate Workday releases and updates across tenants, including production deployments, in line with agreed release calendars.
• Plan and coordinate tenant refresh activities, including impact assessment, scheduling, and post-refresh validation.
• Own and maintain release and tenant-related tickets in Jira, ensuring accuracy, traceability, and timely progression.
• Coordinate with QA, functional, integration, and security teams to ensure release readiness and acceptance criteria are met.
• Support release governance activities, including CAB inputs, risk tracking, and dependency management.
• Communicate system downtime, releases, patching, and maintenance windows to stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to global Workday standards, processes, and governance controls.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement of release, tenant, and deployment processes.

What you'll need:

• Experience in release management, tenant management, or application support within Workday Platform.
• Experience using Jira, ServiceNow or similar ticketing and test management tools.
• Understanding of how ERP systems operate in large, global organisations.
• Good technical understanding of SaaS platforms, integrations (APIs, EIB, Web Services), and data flows.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple releases, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to work with multiple teams (QA, Functional, Integration, Security) and manage cross-team dependencies effectively.
• Understanding of Workday feature release and ability to assess potential impacts across tenants, integrations and Security.
• Experience supporting release governance, CAB processes, and deployment readiness activities is highly desirable.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a highly technical IT manager to oversee End User Services (EUS) and drive strategic technology operations across the India market. This role ensures optimal service delivery, enhances IT frameworks, and manages a diverse technology landscape, integrating user endpoint infrastructure, security, and compliance requirements. The successful candidate will lead IT transformation initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology services with business objectives while maintaining robust system integrity and security posture.

What you'll be doing:

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Line Management of Engineer Resources

• Directly manage EUS Leads and Engineers, facilitate resource planning and workload distribution, ensuring optimal efficiency across projects and operational demands.
• Set clear goals, expectations, and KPIs to measure individual and team performance across technical operations.
• Lead mentoring and skills development initiatives, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
• Champion process standardization, implementing ITIL and service management best practices for consistent execution.

Ticket Queue Management & SLA Compliance

• Oversee ticket queue management, ensuring incidents and requests are categorized, prioritized, and assigned efficiently.
• Monitor SLA compliance, tracking ticket resolution times and ensuring adherence to service performance metrics.
• Ensure documentation of all incidents and service requests, creating detailed root cause analyses for major recurring issues.
• Lead stakeholder communication on SLA performance, ensuring transparency in service quality and incident handling expectations.

Performance Optimization

• Utilize ITIL methodologies to improve service delivery, reduce incidents, and enhance end-user experience.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, analyzing ticket backlog data to enhance service response times and reduce bottlenecks.
• Identify opportunities to implement AI-driven support solutions, including chatbots, predictive analytics, and self-service portals to streamline IT assistance.

Infrastructure & End-User Services Management

• Manage, implement, and optimize end-user service solutions to enhance support function in the XXX market
• Oversee device management, endpoint security, and identity access controls, ensuring compliance with global standards.
• Manage deployment, configuration, and lifecycle support for core user environments, including endpoint devices, collaboration platforms, business systems and remote access solutions.

Technology Strategy & Architecture

• Develop and refine country IT infrastructure roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business needs and scalability considerations.
• Lead technology standardization efforts for network architecture, Active Directory, endpoint security, and service automation platforms.
• Collaborate with global technology teams to integrate IT frameworks, including enterprise mobility, security policies, and system automation.
• Drive continuous improvements in system architecture, ensuring optimized performance of IT assets across on-premises and cloud-based environments.

Security, Compliance & Risk Management

• Implement cybersecurity best practices in coordination with the Cyber, Risk & Compliance (CRC) team.
• Ensure regulatory compliance across identity & access management (IAM), endpoint encryption, and data protection strategies.
• Lead incident response protocols, overseeing vulnerability management, SIEM monitoring, and remediation efforts.

Vendor & Cost Optimization

• Manage enterprise agreements with our technology partners, vendors and providers, ensuring cost-effective procurement of any licensing and services.
• Optimize IT budgets, identifying opportunities for cost reduction in service contracts and hardware lifecycle management.
• Evaluate emerging technology solutions that align with business expansion and infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Project Management & IT Transformation

• Lead market deployment of global IT initiatives, including Network, Infrastructure, Modern Workplace, and Security transformations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams on technology rollouts, overseeing user migration strategies, cloud adoption plans, and infrastructure upgrades.

What you'll need:

Qualifications & Technical Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field. Or relevant experience within Information Technology.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Understanding of IT endpoint infrastructure, including Microsoft OS, MacOS, Active Directory, device management, Identity Management and Audio-Visual technology.
• Proficiency in ITIL and ITSM frameworks
• Experience with endpoint management platforms, including MDM solutions like Jamf and Intune.
• Demonstrated experience in IT governance, compliance audits, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Budget management expertise, overseeing software licensing, vendor contracts, and IT cost optimization.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

 #onsite

Why we're hiring:

We are seeking an experienced and highly organised Senior Programme / Product Delivery Lead to strengthen delivery leadership within the People Data & Insights team. This pivotal role will own the end-to-end delivery orchestration for WPP's global people data product, ensuring work is prioritised, sequenced, and delivered consistently across multiple dependencies and diverse stakeholders.  

 This role is critical for improving delivery confidence and enabling leadership to focus on strategic direction and future state design, thereby reducing the current reliance on senior leadership for day-to-day coordination and escalation. 

What you'll be doing:

• Own and maintain the integrated delivery plan for the global people data product across all critical workstreams (e.g., core data, reporting, regulatory compliance like EU Pay Transparency, integrations with Workday and other systems, analytics).
• Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate dependencies, risks, and delivery trade-offs across various groups, including business platforms, people operations, and other enterprise initiatives.
• Act as the primary escalation point for delivery issues, ensuring timely decision-making and providing clear direction to overcome obstacles.
• Translate overarching strategic priorities and product vision into executable delivery plans, concrete milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Coordinate delivery efforts seamlessly across engineering, analytics, and diverse stakeholder groups (People/HR teams, Enterprise Technology, Network representatives) to ensure alignment, maintain momentum, and drive progress.
• Establish and continuously refine effective ways of working, delivery frameworks, and road-mapping processes to enhance efficiency and predictability.
• Ensure transparent and consistent communication regarding delivery status, challenges, and successes to all relevant stakeholders, including senior leadership. 

What you'll need:

• Experience in programme management, product delivery, or a senior project management role within a data, technology, or complex enterprise environment.
• Proven track record of successfully orchestrating and delivering complex data or technology products across multiple teams and geographical locations.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience implementing pragmatic delivery approaches.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage integrated delivery plans, dependencies, and risks across various workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic vision into actionable plans and tangible deliverables.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, capable of influencing and engaging diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in identifying and resolving complex delivery issues, providing clear direction under pressure.
• Familiarity with data platforms, data warehousing, and analytics concepts (e.g., Databricks, dashboarding, data pipelines).
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, global, and matrixed organization. 

Preferred:

• Experience within HR technology, People Analytics, or Human Capital Management (HCM) systems (e.g., Workday).
• Understanding of data governance, data quality, and compliance-driven data projects (e.g., GDPR, EU Pay Transparency).
• Experience with product management concepts and road-mapping for data products.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps).
• Experience leading or mentoring junior project/programme managers or delivery leads

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Workday Integration Lead to join our team. In this role, you will oversee the technical integration implementation, requiring deep technical expertise in Workday, strong agile management capabilities, and the ability to lead a team of technical specialists within WPP and the system integrator.

The ideal candidate will have a comprehensive understanding of Workday’s architecture, advanced configuration skills, and a passion for leveraging technology to drive business success.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for the integrations deployed, configuration, and optimization of all Workday outbound, inbound and boomerang (HCM/FINS & PSA) integrations, ensuring alignment with WPP’s business objectives for all Workday releases.
• Lead integration workshops to meet specific business requirements, utilizing advanced tools like Workday Studio, Middleware, and Workday Extend/Prism.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across various departments, ensuring integration solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• Provide advanced technical support for Workday-related issues, troubleshooting complex problems, and ensuring timely resolution.
• Manage and mentor a team of Workday technical specialists, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
• Stay current with Workday updates and new features, driving continuous improvement and innovation within WPP’s Workday environment.
• Provide weekly status updates to leadership and manage the integration development plan as well as the RAID.

What you'll need:

• Deep Technical Expertise: Proficient in Workday integration. Skilled with Workday tools such as Web Service APIs, Studio, EIB, PECI, Report Writer, Cloud Connectors, Business Process Framework, Configurable Security, Calculated Fields, XSLT, and middleware solutions like Informatica. Develop and maintain Workday Extend integrations, reports, and workflows
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, capable of effectively interacting with both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, focused on delivering innovative and practical technical solutions.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Proactive collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence internal departments to obtain cooperation.
• Good to have knowledge on Workday Orchestrate for integration.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

What you'll be doing:

• Monitoring Workday integrations, keeping the integration lead updated with potential high impact issues.
• Ensuring incidents are clearly and regularly updated to allow successful handover to the next timezone taking over in progress incidents.
• Troubleshooting and resolving the most complex integration support issues in a timely manner.
• Maintaining integration support issue list with new issues found.
• Clearly document results/solutions as needed and updated existing documentation when necessary.
• Responsible for development and enhancement of integrations as assigned on BAU, potential for involvement in integration aspects of new projects from inception.
• Continually review integrations to make sure that they meet the highest standards possible.
• Accountable for maintaining up to date integrations documentation and diagrams.
• Engage positively with other IT teams and lead resolving issues across interconnected platforms.
• Working with business partners to gather requirements for enhancements to existing integrations and delivery of new integrations as requested.
• Maintain expertise on new integrations functionality/features/capabilities in Workday, wider industry, and technology trends.

What you'll need:

• Strong Workday integrations development and support experience with requirements gathering, analysis and solution design experience ideal.
• Ability to understand business needs & requirements and turn into clear deliverables.
• Experience of creating/supporting Workday integrations of multiple types: Studio, Core connectors, RaaS, EIB, Payroll integrations PECI/ PICOF, BIRT.
• Good working knowledge of web service technologies (REST, SOAP, JSON, HTTP, SSL, PGP, SAML, etc).
• Proficiency with XML, XPath and XSLT.
• Understanding of HCM/Financials functionality and Workday integration best practices.
• Any knowledge of Informatica would be an advantage.
• Excellent technical understanding of SaaS platforms including integrations, security standards and data.
• Ability to work with multiple external teams.
• Strong ability to work with other platform/product teams to achieve goals.
• Delivery and customer focused, with high energy and drive.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

As part of our People Analytics team, you’ll be working closely with the People team, Data & Tech teams as well as other broader functions across our group and operating companies to help support our reporting and data analytics. We are undergoing a large transformation across our People and Finance functions and the People Analytics team has a vast array of projects with touchpoints across multiple functions. We need a project manager to get stuck in and help us deliver projects that have never been done before. 

*This is a 12 month fixed term maternity cover*

What you'll be doing:

• Liaise with c-suite executives to co-ordinate the creation, build, production and continuous improvement of analytics products
• Manage and scope out projects that span across functions
• Drive project success metrics and timelines
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies, improve quality, and implement scalable solutions across our agencies
• Identify and proactively handle risks, issues, dependencies, forecast resource demand and prioritisation
• Directly manage the day to day of our analytics team 

What you'll need:

• Previous experience in a project management role and utilising agile methodologies
• Experience working with a cross-functional team
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to collaborate and engage with the C-suite
• Experience with data-driven decision making and problem solving
• Both detail and ‘big picture’ conscious
• The competence, confidence, and self-discipline to manage deadlines, estimates, and budgets excellently
• Diligent and attentive to detail, able to listen, learn, and put into practice
• Proficiency in Excel
• Stakeholder Engagement & Relationships  
• Full Product Lifecycle Management  
• Microsoft Tools, MS Project, MoSCoW 
• Team Leadership & Team Management  
• IT, Technology & Business Alignment  
• Change Management  
• CSCS, H&S, IIF, Scrum, Agile, PRINCE2, ITIL  
• Quality Management, ISO 9000  
• Risk Management, Risk Mitigation, Compliance  
• Re-Baseline & Review Processes  
• Business Cases & Benefits Realisation
• Business Process Re-engineering  
• Curiosity to learn! 

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

WPP Media, as part of WPP ET, is undergoing a significant transformation, modernising our ways of working, adopting cloud-native architectures, and prioritising AI and data-driven insights. This role is crucial for infusing AI-first thinking at every level. You will bridge the gap between high-level business strategy and hands-on technological exploration, acting as a catalyst for innovation. We need someone who can work closely with our teams to discover, design, and help deliver a truly reimagined future powered by AI, ensuring solutions align with our enterprise architectural principles and standards.

Are you a hands-on technologist with a solid understanding of the media or advertising business, eager to explore and apply cutting-edge AI? This isn't a traditional Enterprise Architect role focused purely on mapping and integration. Instead, we're seeking an aspiring architect who thrives on discovery and practical application.

You will be instrumental in exploring how emerging technologies, especially agentic AI, can fundamentally reimagine our business operations and client services. You'll also identify opportunities to accelerate our existing strategic programs, enhancing underlying systems (like ERPs) with AI rather than replacing them. This role is a unique opportunity to grow into a full Enterprise Architect by actively contributing to the strategic application of AI, working closely with product and engineering teams to turn vision into reality, all while learning to navigate and contribute to our architectural standards and governance processes.

Business Impact:

AI-Driven Innovation: Directly contribute to identifying, prototyping, and integrating agentic AI solutions that challenge conventional business models and create new value.

Operational Acceleration: Leverage AI to enhance the efficiency and intelligence of existing in-flight programs and core business systems.

Strategic Growth: Help shape the future technology landscape of WPP Media, defining how AI will underpin our next generation of products and services.

Learning & Development: Gain invaluable experience in enterprise-level architectural thinking, directly influencing major technology decisions and business strategy, including adherence to governance.

What you'll be doing:

• AI Opportunity Identification: Actively research and identify high-impact opportunities for leveraging agentic technologies and broader AI/ML capabilities across our media business operations and client offerings.
• Concept Prototyping & Validation: Work hands-on with cross-functional teams to prototype, test, and validate AI-driven concepts, demonstrating their potential to reimagine workflows or accelerate programs.
• AI-First" Solution Design: Collaborate with Solution Architects and Product Owners to embed AI capabilities into the design of new products and enhancements for existing systems.
• Business Process & AI Mapping: Assist in mapping current business processes, identifying specific areas where AI can be introduced for significant efficiency gains or new value creation, and contributing to high-level capability models.
• Technology Trend Monitoring: Keep abreast of the latest advancements in AI, machine learning, and agentic systems, sharing insights and potential applications with the wider team.
• Architectural Contribution & Governance Support: Contribute to defining and documenting architectural principles and patterns specifically tailored for AI-powered solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and ethical considerations. You will also support efforts to ensure new projects and solutions align with WPP's architectural standards and compliance guidelines.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Translate complex concepts into clear, actionable insights for business leaders, fostering understanding and buy-in for new initiatives.
• Learning & Growth: Actively engage with senior architects and technical leaders, seeking mentorship and opportunities to expand your enterprise architectural knowledge and skills.
• Focus on WPP ET goals that require architecting to align WPP Media to the rest of WPP ET, particularly in the area of AI capabilities 

Key 2026 Goals:

• AI-Driven Innovation & Exploration: Actively contribute to the identification, exploration, and initial validation of innovative AI and agentic technology applications that either reimagine core business operations or accelerate strategic programs.
• Strategic Solution Design: Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into high-level solution designs, ensuring alignment with defined business capabilities and technology roadmaps.
• Architectural Standards & Governance Contribution: Support the application and evolution of WPP's architectural principles and governance frameworks, contributing to the development of design standards and ensuring solution compliance.
• Continuous Architectural Development: Proactively engage in continuous learning and mentorship opportunities to deepen understanding of enterprise architecture practices, technology trends (especially AI), and their application within the media business.

What you'll need:

• Media Business Acumen: Solid understanding of the media and advertising industry, including its key players, workflows, and operational challenges. Familiarity with common media production tools and workflows.
• AI/ML Foundations: Demonstrated interest and foundational knowledge in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning concepts, including Generative AI and/or agentic systems. You should be excited by the potential of AI to transform business operations and client offerings.
• Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering: Proven ability to gather, analyze, and document business requirements, translating them into actionable insights and technical specifications.
• Business Process Understanding: Experience in analyzing business workflows and processes, with an eye towards identifying areas for improvement or re-imagination through technology.
• Technical Acumen: Strong grasp of modern technology stacks, cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, data structures, and the software development lifecycle. Working knowledge of public cloud technologies and basic DevOps principles.
• Solution-Oriented Problem Solving: Ability to break down complex business challenges into manageable parts, identify opportunities for technological intervention (especially AI), and propose practical, innovative solutions.
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong oral, presentation, and written communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders and foster effective collaboration.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Interpersonal Skills: Proven ability to build rapport, influence, and collaborate effectively with various stakeholders, including business leaders, product owners, solution architects, and development teams.
• Growth Mindset & Curiosity: Eagerness to learn, adapt to new technologies, and proactively seek opportunities for professional development within the enterprise architecture domain. This includes an interest in Enterprise Architecture frameworks (like TOGAF®) and methodologies.
• Collaboration Tools Proficiency: Proficiency in modern collaboration tools, including the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, for effective remote and hybrid teamwork.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid

Why we're hiring:

The Head of Threat Intelligence & Knowledge Sharing is a newly created role, responsible for establishing, leading, and maturing a comprehensive cyber threat intelligence (CTI) capability that supports detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, and executive decision-making. Additionally, this role owns the Operational Security knowledge management function, ensuring all processes, insights, and lessons learned are captured, validated, structured, and shared in alignment with ITIL knowledge management standards.

What you'll be doing:

Threat Intelligence Strategy & Leadership

• Lead the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) function across operational, tactical, and strategic domains.
• Define the intelligence lifecycle, collection strategy, and analytical standards.
• Own the production of intelligence reports, threat landscape assessments, and adversary TTP analysis.
• Maintain a centralised repository of indicators of compromise (IOCs), threat artefacts, and contextual insights.
• Ensure intelligence outputs directly support SOC, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, and Threat Hunting.

Integration & Operational Enablement

• Embed threat intelligence into detection engineering, SIEM/EDR rule development, and automation workflows.
• Support incident investigations with tailored intelligence and enrichment.
• Enable proactive threat hunting by providing context on adversary behaviour and emerging trends.
• Collaborate with vulnerability management teams to prioritise exposures based on threat context.

Intelligence Sharing & External Collaboration

• Develop and manage intelligence-sharing partnerships with vendors, ISACs, MSSPs, and OpCos.
• Ensure consistent, secure dissemination of intelligence to internal stakeholders.
• Represent Operational Security in external intelligence forums, working groups, and industry collaborations.

Knowledge Sharing (ITIL-Aligned)

• Own the Operational Security Knowledge Management Framework in line with ITIL standards.
• Define and maintain the lifecycle for knowledge artefacts: creation, validation, approval, publishing, review.
• Ensure all SOPs, playbooks, lessons learned, incident reports, and intelligence summaries are structured, version-controlled, and searchable.
• Promote visibility, collaboration, and continual improvement across Operational Security.
• Ensure knowledge assets support consistent service delivery and reduce reliance on tacit knowledge.

Team Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead and mentor Threat Intelligence Analysts and Knowledge Managers.
• Define capability roadmaps, learning plans, and certification pathways.
• Ensure consistent analytical quality across intelligence outputs.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, curiosity, and intelligence-led operational improvement.

Governance, Quality Assurance & Reporting

• Ensure CTI and knowledge-sharing activities comply with governance, privacy, and audit standards.
• Oversee risk rating methodologies and structured threat assessments.
• Deliver executive-level intelligence reporting for leadership and governance bodies.
• Maintain audit-ready knowledge and intelligence artefacts with strong version control.

What you'll need:

Threat Intelligence Expertise

• Extensive experience leading cyber threat intelligence programs.
• Strong understanding of adversary TTPs, malware behaviour, and global threat landscape trends.
• Hands-on experience with CTI tooling, OSINT sources, enrichment platforms, and data correlation.
• Ability to produce operational, tactical, and strategic intelligence tailored to multiple audiences.

Knowledge Management & ITIL

• Strong understanding of ITIL 4 knowledge management practices and the Service Value System (SVS).
• Experience designing and maintaining enterprise knowledge frameworks.
• Ability to govern structured repositories, taxonomies, and lifecycle-managed content.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Experience leading multidisciplinary intelligence or security teams.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and communicate complex intelligence clearly.
• Strong interpersonal skills for cross-functional engagement and external partnerships.

Certifications (Preferred)

• SANS GCTI, GREM, GCIA, GOSI.
• ITIL 4 Foundation or higher.
• Relevant intelligence tradecraft certifications (e.g., CREST).
• Security qualifications such as CISSP, GIAC, or equivalent (advantageous).

Key Attributes

• Analytical thinker with strong investigative instincts.
• Excellent written communication and reporting skills.
• Structured, organised, and documentation-driven.
• Collaborative leader who promotes visibility and shared understanding.
• Strong ethical judgement and discretion in handling sensitive intelligence

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

Why we're hiring:

The Enterprise Security Architect at WPP will be a pivotal role, responsible for defining and evolving the security architecture within WPP. This role ensures that WPP's technology landscape is designed with security, resilience, and compliance as fundamental pillars. The architect will bridge the gap between business objectives, regulatory requirements, and technical implementation, specifically focusing on embedding security best practices.

Operating heavily in the Cyber Risk and Compliance function, the role will have a strong Security Operations architecture focus and will be key to ensuring the Security Operations function is successful and effective.  

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the security foundation of one of the world's leading creative transformation companies. You will work on cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with diverse global teams, and directly contribute to protecting WPP's intellectual property, client data, and brand reputation in an evolving digital landscape.

What you'll be doing:

Security Architecture Strategy: Develop, maintain, and communicate the domain-specific security architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with WPP's overall enterprise security strategy and business goals.

Secure Design & Development: Provide expert architectural guidance and oversight for key projects and initiatives within the domain, advocating for secure design principles, patterns, and practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

 Compliance & Governance: Ensure that architectural designs and implementations adhere to relevant regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, ISO 27001) and internal security policies. Participate in security audits and assessments, translating findings into actionable architectural improvements.

 Threat & Risk Management: Conduct architectural risk assessments and threat modelling within the domain, identifying potential vulnerabilities and recommending appropriate mitigating controls. Integrate risk management practices into architectural decision-making.

 Cybersecurity Integration: Embed advanced cybersecurity concepts, technologies, and best practices (e.g., identity and access management, data protection, network security, incident response capabilities) into the domain's architecture.

Standards & Patterns: Define and promote security architecture standards, guidelines, and reusable patterns for the domain to foster consistency, efficiency, and robustness across solutions. Create associated designs and artefacts as the requirement arises. 

Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with other Enterprise Architects, Security Operations, CISO office, Development Teams, Product Owners, and Legal/Compliance to translate security requirements into technical solutions and gain consensus on solutions and architectural direction.

Technology Evaluation: Research, evaluate, and recommend new security technologies and architectural approaches that can enhance the security posture and efficiency of the domain.

Documentation & Communication: Create clear, concise, and comprehensive security architecture documentation, including diagrams, principles, and decision records. Effectively communicate complex security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Security Solution Architecture: When required, form, lead and contribute to successful deliver of specific security solutions and workstreams.

What you'll need:

• Bachelors\master’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF, or CCSP are highly desirable.
• Architectural Expertise: Proven experience (2+ years) as an Enterprise Architect, Domain Architect, or Security Architect in a large, complex enterprise environment, preferably within the advertising, media, or professional services industry.
• Security Frameworks: Deep understanding and practical experience with security architecture frameworks (e.g., NIST, SABSA, TOGAF-ADM with security overlays) and industry best practices.
• Cybersecurity Knowledge: Strong understanding of contemporary cybersecurity threats, attack vectors, and defence mechanisms. Experience with various security domains including application security, infrastructure security, data security, cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), and identity management.
• Compliance Acumen: Solid knowledge of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and other relevant industry compliance standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2).
• Risk Management: Demonstrated ability to perform security risk analysis, articulate risks to stakeholders, and propose effective architectural mitigations.
• Analytical & Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical skills to decompose complex security challenges into manageable architectural solutions.
• Communication & Influence: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence technical teams and senior leadership on security architectural direction.
• Technical Acumen: Hands-on experience with security tools and technologies is a plus, enabling informed architectural decisions.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Senior Product Owner, WPP Open (Work Management)

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 organization is driven by a clear vision, strategic execution, and a commitment to continuous innovation. 

The Opportunity: We are seeking a Senior Product Owner to join our WPP Open product team within Work Management. You will hold end-to-end ownership of a critical product capability, from strategic ideation through to successful launch and continuous optimization. You will define, champion, and translate strategy within the overarching WPP Open vision into actionable product backlogs, proactively driving complex feature sets to market, mentoring team members, and collaborating closely with engineering teams and diverse stakeholders to deliver measurable, high-impact product outcomes that directly contribute to WPP Open's success. 

About Work Management: This program of work is central to WPP’s continued success, helping augment our world-class AI with a back-office workflow platform. The value add is to enable agencies to manage their work end-to-end within our innovative platform.  

What you'll do: 

• Product Strategy & Vision Ownership: Take full, end-to-end accountability for a designated product capability. Define its detailed product strategy, vision, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with the broader WPP Open vision and strategic themes. Proactively identify market opportunities, user needs, and technological advancements to shape its future, and continuously evolve the strategy based on insights and performance. 

• End-to-End Product Lifecycle Leadership: Lead the entire product lifecycle for your capability, from initial concept and discovery through development, launch, and continuous post-launch optimization. Drive cross-functional teams, anticipate risks, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet defined success metrics. 

• Outcome-Driven Product Backlog Management: Own and manage complex or high-impact product backlogs for your designated area, ensuring they are meticulously prioritized, well-defined, and directly support the product strategy and overall WPP Open roadmap. Translate high-level strategy and user needs into clear, actionable epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria with measurable outcomes. 

• Cross-functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the central orchestrator, working closely with engineering teams, UX/UI designers, and other product stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle. Drive alignment, resolve impediments, and proactively engage a diverse range of stakeholders, including senior managers and end-users, to gather feedback, build consensus, and influence the roadmap. 

• Data-Driven Continuous Improvement: Establish and manage robust mechanisms for gathering user feedback and analysing product performance data. Translate insights from market performance, user feedback, and analytics directly back into the product roadmap to drive continuous improvement. 

• Complex Problem Solving & Strategic Decision Making: Analyse and resolve complex product-related problems, considering broader implications and introducing new approaches to improve efficiency. Demonstrate strong prioritization and decision-making skills, especially under ambiguity, to ensure valuable features are delivered and strategic goals are met. 

• Mentorship & Team Development: Actively mentor and guide sharing best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning. 

What you'll need: 

• Extensive experience in product management or a similar product ownership role, with a demonstrable track record of successfully owning, defining, and driving critical product capabilities from idea to launch and beyond with significant autonomy. 

• Proven ability to translate strategic vision into actionable product backlogs, managing complex or high-impact areas, and consistently achieving measurable business outcomes. 

• Understanding and practical experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban). Agile certification (e.g., CSPO, SAFe PO/PM) is highly desirable. 

• Demonstrated leadership experience, including mentoring, coaching, and influencing cross-functional teams and stakeholders to achieve shared goals. 

• An analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data, user feedback, and market insights to inform product decisions, measure success, and drive continuous improvement. 

• A track record of successfully delivering features and driving post-launch performance, with a focus on achieving clear, testable outcomes. 

• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyse complex challenges, consider broader implications, and introduce innovative approaches. 

Why WPP Open? At WPP Open, you'll be part of a pioneering team building the future of marketing and advertising. We offer a collaborative and innovative environment where your contributions will have a tangible impact. You'll have the opportunity to work on challenging projects, grow your skills, and shape the product landscape for one of the world's leading creative transformation companies. Join us and help us build the future of WPP! 

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday HCM Analyst with core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.

Reporting to the Workday Services HCM Lead Analyst, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across core HCM, absence, compensation and organizations.

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic team where you will work with the wider Workday Services Team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Workday implementation team and People teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.

What you'll be doing:

• Diagnose and resolve core HCM, absence, compensation and time tracking issues raised by the business
• Support data requests and maintenance including rescind, correct and EIBs
• Manage tickets from assignment, including P1 or P2 incidents, taking to production, and keeping the requestor informed at all times
• Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People teams
• Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Participate in testing activities as required
• Provide creative solutioning for enhancements to our Workday deployment
• Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends

What you'll need:

• Certified or experienced in Workday core HCM/absence/time tracking/compensation
• Takes ownership of queries and successfully resolves
• Experience of using Jira, ServiceNow or similar service management software
• Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Experience of improving ways of working and processes
• Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday Reporting Consultant with strong reporting & analytics experience to join the Workday Services Team providing application support.

Reporting to the Workday Services Reporting Lead, you will be responsible for translating business requirements into actionable Workday reports and providing insights that drive business decisions, and accountable for ensuring that WPP’s Workday reports are stable and supported. Your role will grow as we further deploy and expand our Workday coverage across WPP.

This is an exciting and varied role working with the wider Workday Services team and our Workday partners to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis and in support of Workday project deployments.

The Workday Services team provides the post go-live support and enhancement of the Workday solution that replaces some of our core technology and influences our ways of working for many of our colleagues at WPP.

What you'll be doing:

Support and Incident Management:

• Manage and resolve BAU tickets related to Workday reporting, including incidents, service requests, and change requests.
• Ensure timely and accurate resolution of reporting issues to minimize business disruption.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of all Workday reports by conducting thorough data analysis and validation.

Report Design and Development:

• Develop and maintain a wide range of Workday reports, including advanced, matrix, and composite reports, to meet business needs.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to gather reporting requirements and translate them into Workday reports that provide actionable insights.
• Customize Workday standard reports as needed to suit specific organizational needs.

Continuous Improvement:

• Stay updated on the latest Workday reporting features and functionality, continuously improving your skills and the quality of reports delivered.
• Proactively suggest enhancements to existing reports and reporting processes to better serve the organization.

What you'll need:

Experience:

• Strong experience in Workday report writing or a similar role.
• Proven experience in creating advanced, matrix, and composite reports in Workday.
• Experience in using ticketing tool like Jira, ServiceNow

Technical Skills:

• Highly proficient in Workday Report Writer and related tools.
• Awareness of Workday Prism and the ability to build and manage Prism pipelines is desirable.
• Solid understanding of data modelling and report optimization techniques.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on delivering high-quality, accurate reports.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple projects and deadlines.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

Why we're hiring:

The Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining security automation solutions that enhance detection, response, workflow efficiency, and operational consistency across Operational Security. Working under the Automation Lead, this role builds high-quality SOAR playbooks, integrations, scripts, AI-assisted workflows, and orchestration pipelines to reduce manual workloads and support the Autonomic Security Operations (ASO) model.

What you'll be doing:

Core Responsibilities

Automation Engineering & Development

• Develop SOAR playbooks, workflows, and automations for alert triage, enrichment, containment, and remediation.
• Build scalable, reusable automation components, scripts, and integrations.
• Implement high-quality scripting using Python, PowerShell, and REST APIs.
• Ensure appropriate version control, QA, testing, and documentation of automation artefacts.
• Maintain reliability of automations by monitoring performance, exceptions, and system behaviour.

Platform Integration & Tooling Engineering

• Integrate SOAR with SIEM, EDR, TIP, cloud-native security tools, and case management systems.
• Engineer automation pipelines to support Microsoft and Google security ecosystems.
• Develop API integrations, webhooks, and event-driven automation triggers.
• Support data transformation, enrichment, and telemetry orchestration requirements.

AI / ML Automation Enablement

• Contribute to embedding AI/ML-driven enrichment and correlation logic into automated workflows.
• Support operationalisation of ML models for anomaly detection and decision support.
• Collaborate with data and detection teams to refine and enhance AI-enabled automation.

Workflow Engineering & Process Automation

• Translate SOPs, response runbooks, and detection workflows into automated processes.
• Identify automation opportunities to eliminate manual tasks across SecOps functions.
• Ensure automated processes remain consistent, auditable, and compliant with Operational Security standards.

Operational Collaboration & Support

• Work with Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Threat Intelligence teams to automate use cases.
• Participate in post-incident reviews and embed improvements into automation workflows.
• Assist with tool evaluations, optimisation initiatives, and integration efforts led by the Automation Lead.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to a backlog of automation enhancements and new capabilities.
• Optimise accuracy, resilience, and efficiency across automation workflows.
• Ensure alignment with GCAT SOC10x principles, including 10X Technology, Process, Speed, and Visibility.

What you'll need:

Technical Expertise

• Experience with SOAR platforms such as Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, or Chronicle SOAR.
• Proficiency in Python and/or PowerShell for automation development.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and event-driven automation.
• Experience integrating SIEM, EDR, TIP, and cloud-native security tools.

Process & Operational Knowledge

• Understanding of workflows across SOC, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, and Detection Engineering.
• Ability to convert operational requirements and SOPs into engineered automation.
• Familiarity with playbooks, runbooks, and security process governance.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to work in an engineering-led, automation-first culture.
• Experience working with cross-functional technical teams in security operations.

Certifications (Preferred)

• SOAR platform certifications.
• GIAC (GMON, GCTI, GCIH, GCDA).
• Python or scripting certifications.
• Azure or GCP cloud certifications.

Key Attributes

• Engineering-first mindset with strong attention to detail.
• Problem-solving orientation with a focus on automation and efficiency.
• Structured, methodical, and reliable approach to delivery.
• Commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

The Process Engineer is responsible for designing, engineering, maintaining, and continuously improving Operational Security processes across WPP. The role focuses on defining how Operational Security operates in practice, ensuring processes are clear, auditable, automation-enabled, and scalable. This is an individual contributor role with no people management responsibilities; management accountability sits with the Process Engineering Lead.

What you'll be doing:

Operational Security Process Engineering (Assess)

• - Engineer and maintain end-to-end operational security processes across SOC operations, incident response, detection engineering, threat hunting, threat intelligence, automation, and vulnerability management.
• - Define workflows, decision points, inputs/outputs, and escalation paths for operational activities.
• - Maintain the authoritative process library describing how Operational Security services operate.

Process Standardisation, Consistency & Governance (Safeguard)

• - Ensure processes are standardised, consistent, and aligned across teams and regions.
• - Align processes to internal policy, risk, legal, and assurance requirements.
• - Act as a quality gate for new or changed processes to ensure clarity and audit readiness.

Automation-Enabled Process Design (Operate)

• - Partner with Security Automation Engineering to ensure processes are automation-friendly and evidence-driven.
• - Identify manual or high-effort steps and work with engineering teams to automate or eliminate them.
• - Ensure documented processes accurately reflect real system behaviour.

Audit, Assurance & Evidence Support

• - Maintain process documentation suitable for internal and external audit.
• - Support audits and reviews by explaining processes, control points, and evidence sources.
• - Ensure traceability between process definitions, tooling, and execution.

Continuous Improvement & Operating Model Maturity

• - Review and improve processes based on operational feedback, incidents, and maturity assessments.
• - Support KPI, maturity, and continual service improvement initiatives.
• - Partner with security teams to evolve processes as capabilities mature.

What you'll need:

Essential:

• - Experience designing or engineering operational processes in a security or technology environment.
• - Strong understanding of security operations domains and how they interconnect.
• - Ability to translate operational activity into clear, auditable processes.
• - Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills.

Desirable:

• - Experience supporting audit or assurance activity.
• - Familiarity with automation-first or engineering-led operating models.
• - Exposure to ITIL or process maturity frameworks in practical application

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• - Individual contributor role reporting to the Process Engineering Lead.
• - Works closely with Automation Engineering, Detection Engineering, IR, CTI, and VM teams.
• - Central to WPP’s Autonomic Security Operations and automation strategy

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

The Threat Hunter is responsible for proactively identifying advanced threats that evade traditional security controls. This role involves hypothesis-driven investigations, leveraging threat intelligence, and analyzing telemetry across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments to uncover stealthy adversary activity. The Threat Hunter plays a critical role in reducing dwell time and strengthening organizational resilience under the Autonomic Security Operations model.

What you'll be doing:

Proactive Threat Hunting

· Execute hypothesis-driven hunts based on adversary TTPs and threat intelligence.

· Analyze telemetry from SIEM, EDR/XDR, NDR, and cloud-native platforms to identify anomalies.

· Develop and maintain hunting queries and scripts for automation and repeatability.

· Validate detection coverage through purple team exercises and adversary emulation.

Threat Intelligence Integration

· Incorporate emerging threat intelligence into hunting hypotheses and detection pipelines.

· Maintain awareness of global threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (MITRE ATT&CK).

Continuous Improvement

· Document hunt findings and feed insights into detection engineering and SOC workflows.

· Maintain a backlog of hunting hypotheses and visibility gaps for remediation.

· Contribute to automation of hunting workflows using scripting and SOAR platforms.

Strategic Alignment to GCAT SOC10x

· 10X People: Continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.

· 10X Process: Embed agile, hypothesis-driven hunting workflows.

· 10X Technology: Leverage AI/ML analytics for anomaly detection and hunt acceleration.

· 10X Visibility: Ensure comprehensive telemetry ingestion across hybrid environments.

· 10X Speed: Reduce dwell time and accelerate detection-to-response cycles.

What you'll need:

Technical Expertise

· Strong knowledge of threat hunting methodologies and frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, TaHiTI).

· Proficiency in SIEM, EDR/XDR, and log aggregation tools across hybrid infrastructure.

· Scripting skills (Python, PowerShell) for automation and data analysis.

· Familiarity with threat intelligence integration and behavioral analytics.

Collaboration & Communication

· Ability to work closely with SOC, IR, and engineering teams.

· Skilled in documenting hunt outcomes and communicating findings effectively.

Certifications (Preferred)

· GIAC GCTI, GCIH, or equivalent advanced security certifications.

Key Attributes

· Automation-first mindset with focus on scalability and resilience.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Excellent communication and teamwork capabilities.

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

Why we're hiring:

WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world’s largest communications services group. As a creative transformation company, WPP is helping its clients transform the future through extraordinary work. WPP IT is an integral part of that journey and we are proud to provide technology for some of the world’s most creative brands.

The Cyber Security Improvement Specialist has end to end accountability for the management of one or more Cyber Security improvement initiatives in line with cyber security strategy. Through completion of these the role holder will further improve the organisations detective, protective and responsive cyber security capabilities. By effectively managing cyber security improvement initiatives the role holder will strengthen the Organisations security posture, increase its security maturity, and enhance its security capabilities.

The Cyber Security Improvement Specialist will manage engagement with internal and external stakeholders, suppliers and the wider Cyber Security Team.

What you'll be doing:

Establishing Initiatives

• Scope: Defining and agreeing scope of initiatives using established tools and techniques
• Stakeholders: Identifying and engaging all stakeholders and developing and implementing an appropriate communication plan
• Investment: Leading in the securing of investment through provision of estimates to support Business Case including resources, time, costs, risks, issues, dependencies and assumptions
• Resources: Defining the resources required and sourcing; directly line managing resources as required
• Mobilisation: Production and distribution of all key mobilisation artefacts such as RACI matrices, Scoping Documents, collaboration tools, running workshops, implementing governance
• Working collaboratively with all ley stakeholders accountable for all the relevant business case documents

Plan/Monitor/Control

• Leadership of initiative teams to deliver against the agreed metrics for time, cost and quality
• Manage the initiatives in line agreed methodology
• Act as Systems Integrator, bringing together all internal and external supplier deliverables to ensure delivery of a complete end-to-end solution that is assured against the current agreed specification
• Create an agreed schedule baseline and maintain under strict change control
• Establish and maintain unambiguous controls (Constraints; Actions; Risks; Dependencies; Deliverables; Decisions; Issues; Change; Assumptions)
• Establish and operate Financial control
• Ongoing proactive management of stakeholders and communication
• Agree span of control (management by exception/ tolerances)
• Establish initiative meeting cadence
• Establish initiative reporting processes
• Agree formal initiatives gateways and corporate governance obligations
• Comply with data and cyber security obligations
• Ensure Business Change activities are in place appropriate to the initiatives

Closing

• Establish and execute an agreed transition plan with BAU teams
• Controlled closure (finances; user acceptance; service acceptance; gateway; review artefacts)

Compliance

• Act in accordance will all current and relevant WPP policies

Team Management

• Ability to build high performing initiative teams

Deputise for the Cyber Security Improvement Lead as required

Help ensure that WPP IT meets all local legislative and regulatory requirements

What you'll need:

• APMP, Prince 2, Prince 2 Agile or similar certification or appropriate level of experience
• Comprehensive knowledge about vulnerability and security policies such as ISO standards

• Experience of selection, negotiation and procurement of cyber security systems and tools;
• Proven experience of deployment and configuration of cyber security systems and tooling within large and complex organisations
• Experience of managing large scale and complex cyber security initiatives including SIEM and SOC
• Demonstrable experience of successful management of internal and external stakeholders
• Significant experience of facilitating cyber security recruitment campaigns
• Experience of defining, collating, and reporting on key cyber security metrics
• Experience of working closely with multinational teams Able to relate to their roles and ensure that the Security Operations team is seamlessly integrated in process and technology terms

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday HCM Analyst with core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.

Reporting to the Lead Workday HCM Analyst, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across core HCM, absence, compensation and organizations.

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic team where you will work with the wider Workday Services Team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Workday implementation team and People teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.

What you'll be doing:

• Diagnose and resolve core HCM, absence, compensation and time tracking issues raised by the business
• Support data requests and maintenance including rescind, correct and EIBs
• Manage tickets from assignment, including P1 or P2 incidents, taking to production, and keeping the requestor informed at all times
• Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People teams
• Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Participate in testing activities as required
• Provide creative solutioning for enhancements to our Workday deployment
• Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends

Who you'll be working with:

The Workday HCM Analyst will report to the Lead Workday HCM Analyst and will liaise with Workday Services colleagues around the globe.

What you'll need:

• Certified or experienced in Workday core HCM/absence/time tracking/compensation
• Takes ownership of queries and successfully resolves
• Experience of using Jira, ServiceNow or similar service management software
• Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Experience of improving ways of working and processes
• Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Remote

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday HCM Consultant with core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.

Reporting to the Workday Services HCM Product Manager, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across core HCM, absence, compensation and organizations.

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic team where you will work with the wider Workday Services Team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Workday implementation team and People teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage complex change requests, establish the underlying problem, propose options and fully document the solution
• Diagnose and resolve core HCM, absence, compensation and Time Tracking issues raised by the business
• Support global merger activities and deployments
• Manage tickets from assignment, including P1 or P2 incidents, taking to production, keeping the requestor informed at all times
• Provide guidance to our team of analysts when troubleshooting complex issues
• Professionally manage escalations should they occur and communicating with senior stakeholders
• Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People Teams
• Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Participate in testing activities as required
• Proactively identify opportunities to extend and improve our Workday usage
• Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends

Who you'll be working with:

The Workday HCM Consultant will report to the Workday HCM Product Manager and will liaise with the global Workday Services team.

What you'll need:

• Five years’ Workday experience across Workday HCM including absence, time tracking, recruitment and talent, preferably in a global organisation
• Ability to identify opportunities to extend Workday usage to meet business requirements
• able to challenge stakeholders to fully understand a requirement
• Take ownership of queries and successfully resolve
• Experience of using ServiceNow or similar service management software
• Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Experience of improving ways of working and processes
• Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Remote

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

In this role you will be a member of the Workday Services team supporting and enhancing our existing Workday deployment, this role will grow as we further deploy and expand our Workday PSA and integrated applications for both coverage geographically and capability.

Reporting to the Workday PSA Product Manager this role is responsible for providing a world class level of technical and process knowledge to support issues as they arise and lead the solution development and deployment of enhancements enabling our users to drive more value from our Workday solution.

Working hand in hand with the wider Workday Services team and our AMS partner you will build relationships with our process owners, SSC and stakeholders as a source of expertise and support in Workday PSA and integrated applications (Zimit, Dayshape, Monday.com).

The Workday Services team provides the post go-live support and enhancement of the Workday solution that replaces some of our core technology and influences our ways of working for many of our colleagues at WPP.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead PSA workstreams, owning solution design, configuration quality, and delivery against business requirements within Workday
• Review configuration and deliverables to ensure alignment with global design standards and architectural principles
• Drive end-to-end delivery of enhancements, from concept through deployment, resolving complex functional and design challenges
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Finance, HCM, integrations, reporting) to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions
• Maintain expertise on new functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and wider industry/PSA/technology trends
• Expert in the art of the possible with Workday and providing creative solutions, challenge assumptions and guide users toward best practices
• Safeguard global design standards and principles against competing requests for change
• Make recommendations for continuous improvement including using technologies such as AI and RPA

What you'll need:

• Global ERP support experience in a complex organization and ability to manage workload and prioritize effectively to meet customer expectations
• Outstanding understanding of professional services processes (Project Accounting, CPQ, P2P, O2C, Billing Schedule, Revenue Schedule, Resource Management) and systems in a global organisation, Workday PSA experience a bonus
• Strong ability to inspire, engage, and coach a diverse team and create an inclusive culture across geographical boundaries
• Develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders in ET and cross the wider WPP business, investing time to understand their needs, and helping to breakdown any siloes or resistance to deliver desired business outcomes
• Strong technical knowledge of integrations with Workday
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both with technical and non-technical audiences

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.

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

·       Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency

·       Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms

·       Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets

·       Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday Financials Consultant to join our Workday Services team supporting and enhancing our existing Workday deployment. This role and team will grow as we further deploy and expand our Workday Financials coverage across WPP.

Reporting to the Workday Financials Product Manager this role is responsible for providing senior levels of technical and process expertise across Workday Financials. Working hand in hand with the wider Workday Services team, you will build relationships with our process owners, Shared Service Centre, and stakeholders as a source of expertise and support for Workday Financials and integrated applications. 

What you'll be doing:

•    Solution and oversee deployment of Enhancements to our existing Financials deployments
•    Diagnose and resolve assigned tickets for Workday Financials and integrated applications
•    Investigate any functionality being released/introduced and collaborating with other functional Workday resources
•    Maintain expertise on new functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and wider industry/financials/technology trends
•    Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
•    Expert in the art of the possible with Workday and providing creative solutions
•    Safeguard global design standards and principles against competing requests for change
•    Train other members of the team on Workday Financials and associated processes

What you'll need:

• Workday Financials experience in a complex organization and ability to manage workload and prioritize effectively to meet customer expectations
• Ability to accurately collect information to understand and assess the clients’ needs
• Excellent finance/accounting knowledge in a global business and ability to communicate with finance colleagues
• Understanding of Shared Services operating models
• Strong ability to inspire and engage with a diverse team and create an inclusive culture across geographical boundaries
• Develop trusted relationships with key stakeholders in WPP ET and across the wider WPP business
• Strong technical knowledge of integrations is a plus
• Creative solutioning and strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both with technical and non-technical audiences

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year Transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to: 

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency 

• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms 

• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets 

• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change 

A dedicated Strategy and Transformation Director is needed to orchestrate the people side of this transformation, ensuring that new ways of working are adopted, benefits are realised, and change fatigue is minimised.

What you'll be doing:

• Champions Enterprise Technology Portfolio Global Discipline (incl. tools, templates and processes) across the Business Platforms and Corporate function and fosters an energised change culture that embraces change and collaboration, to enable the agency clusters to become more agile and responsive to future technological advancements and the priorities of WPP as a whole. 

• Drafts the Business Platforms and Corporate function sub-portfolio strategy and delivery plan for the CIO Corporate & Business Platform, ensuring alignment with the Enterprise Technology global themes and wider Technology Strategy. 

• Ensures that the portfolio continues to reflect and balance the goals of Enterprise Technology and Global portfolio priorities and Strategic Outcomes to maximise consumption, ROI and WPP outcomes. 

• Owns the roadmap of technology change for the Business Platforms and Corporate function ensuring that business impacts are understood, facilitating smooth transitions, preventing change fatigue, avoiding interference with key business activities (e.g. Pitches) and ensuring adoption / consumption of new technology.  

• Analyses the portfolio progress against this roadmap and prepares regular sub-portfolio dashboard and reports for the function Check-In and Portfolio Progress Committee ensuring anomalies or areas of concern are highlighted and making recommendations to decision makers, as required. 

• Provides delivery assurance within the Business Platforms and Corporate function transformation scope, ensuring Programme and Projects are delivered in line with the confirmed guidelines and delivery standards including programme financial and benefit mgt. 

• Supports with preparing and administering the Business Platforms and Corporate function sub-portfolio initiatives, through the gated Transformation Delivery Lifecycle. 

• Co-ordinates all ‘transform’ demand into Enterprise Technology governance and assurances processes to ensure new initiatives are consistently commissioned and communicated to key stakeholders. 

• Support in the early mobilisation of new initiatives and assembling the required squads within Business Platforms and Corporate function, partnering with the relevant Business Platforms and Corporate function SMT as well as the strategic portfolio office and involved programme disciplines. 

• On behalf of the S&T Director, monitors transformation resources within the Business Platforms and Corporate function Delivery Squad and reports allocation and requirements regularly to the Strategy and Portfolio Office. 

• Maintains the Business Platforms and Corporate function sub-portfolio cost and benefits forecast, updating regularly to reflect actuals and new initiatives being approved. 

• Ensures Business Platforms and Corporate function Business cases and other Enterprise Technology artefacts are prepared consistently with Enterprise Technology financial standards, governance, assurance and benefits eligibility rules. 

• Establish and maintains the Business Platforms and Corporate function sub-portfolio-level RAID register, ensuring entries are appropriately analysed, managed and escalated as required. 

• Co-ordinates sub-portfolio planning, estimation and prioritisation exercises and reports changes to the Strategy & Portfolio Office to approve. 

• Ensure dependencies into, out of and within the sub-portfolio are effectively managed and issues escalated as required. 

• Identifies constraints within the sub-portfolio and works to overcome them.
• Acts as secretariat for any Business Platforms and Corporate function level strategy & transformation governance. 
• Identifies improvements in portfolio management practices through PIRs, periodic sub-portfolio reviews and health checks and champion's best practice. 

What you'll need:

Critical Knowledge and Experience: 

• Extensive strategy and portfolio management experience 
• Excellent knowledge and experience of strategy development and portfolio management  
• Excellent knowledge and experience in Information Technology 

Skills: 

• Strategic Thinking and Design
• Strategy Development
• Business Planning
• Data Analysis & Reporting
• Portfolio Management
• Demand Planning & Management
• Business Case Development
• Value and Benefits Tracking
• Stakeholder Management
• Stakeholder Engagement  
• Financial/Budget Management
• Agile Acumen & Experience
• Change Management
• Customer-centric Thinking
• Problem-solving & Innovation
• Team Management & Leadership

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid

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 modernise 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. 

 WPP Media is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media investment through agencies Mindshare, MediaCom, Wavemaker, Essence and m/SIX, as well as the outcomes-driven programmatic audience company, Xaxis and data and technology company Choreograph. WPP Medias portfolio includes Data & Technology, Investment and Services, all united in a vision to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business. 

What you'll be doing:

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements in collaboration with the MDM Lead and key stakeholders 

• Support the breakdown of high-level requirements into detailed functional and technical requirements 

• Review and analyze the existing gap analysis and help translate identified gaps into prioritized user stories and backlog items 

• Help prioritize requirements by identifying quick wins, dependencies, and delivery complexity 

• Translate agreed requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items for development teams 
• Support delivery activities by participating in backlog refinement, sprint planning, and requirement clarifications 

Additional Responsibilities: 

• Maintain requirement documentation and traceability as inputs evolve 

• Support the MDM Lead with documentation, analysis, and follow-ups across workstreams 
• Help ensure alignment between documented requirements and delivered functionality 

What you'll need:

Required Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field 

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Technical Business Analyst on data or platform initiatives 

• Proven experience gathering requirements through workshops, interviews, and documentation reviews 

• Ability to translate business needs into clear, structured requirements and user stories 

• Solid understanding of data concepts such as master data, reference data, data quality, and integrations 

• Strong analytical, organizational, and documentation skills 

• Experience working in cross-functional, global teams 

• Strong English communication skills (verbal and written) 

Preferred Skills: 

• Exposure to Master Data Management (MDM) or enterprise data platforms 

• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps) 

• Basic understanding of APIs, data ingestion patterns, and outbound data consumption 

• Experience working alongside solution architects and development teams 

• Exposure to cloud data platforms such as BigQuery, Azure SQL, Databricks, or similar 

• Experience in a product-based or platform-led environment 

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Are you a visionary Product Owner with deep technical understanding, eager to shape the future of global collaboration and AI-driven insights? WPP Open is building the next generation of creative technology, and we're looking for a Senior Product Owner to lead our Unified File Management (UFM) domain. This isn't just about storing files; it's about crafting the intelligent backbone that powers creativity, productivity, and agentic AI across a large enterprise.

WPP Open is transforming how WPP operates globally, and our Product function is rapidly maturing. This is a senior-level opportunity to define, drive, and own a critical product area at the heart of our mission. If you thrive in ambiguity, are a proactive builder, and can bring clarity to complex challenges, we want to hear from you.

The Impact You'll Make:

Our UFM domain is creating the intelligent backbone for WPP Open, powering collaboration and AI insights across a global network. This involves tackling complex integration of diverse features, building granular content permission hierarchies, and fundamentally enabling Agentic AI to securely access, understand, and leverage vast amounts of information across the platform. You will directly shape how AI drives creativity, enhances productivity, and ensures compliance through intelligent data handling and contextual retrieval, unlocking significant value.

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Senior Product Owner, you will own the UFM product area from discovery through delivery and iteration, operating across strategic, tactical, and execution levels with a hands-on, detailed approach.

• Product Vision & Strategy: Define and articulate a clear product roadmap for Unified File Management, aligning with WPP Open's strategic goals and the evolving needs of agentic AI.
• Detailed Ownership: Translate high-level vision into detailed requirements (user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases), managing and prioritising the backlog based on value.
• Technical Deep Dive: Engage deeply with engineers, architects, and delivery managers on feasibility, design trade-offs, complex system architectures, APIs, data flows, and technical solutions for intelligent file management and content permissions.
• Execution Leadership: Guide cross-functional Product Squads through the full product development lifecycle, including leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Stakeholder & Go-to-Market: Translate complex technical concepts into business value, and collaborate with GTM functions for successful roll-outs and adoption.
• Measurement & Validation: Define and track key product metrics, validating ideas with user discovery, proofs of concept, and user testing.
• Innovation: Explore and implement innovative solutions for content permissions, data handling, and secure AI access to information.

What We're Looking For:

Product Ownership Expertise:

• Demonstrable experience owning a significant product area from discovery to iteration, ideally within technical products/platforms.
• Expertise in defining detailed requirements, strong backlog management, and value-driven prioritisation (e.g., RICE, MoSCoW).
• Experience leading demos and validating ideas through user research and testing.

Technical Acumen & Delivery:

• Proven comfort and experience working in highly technical product environments, genuinely engaging with engineering challenges and solutions related to data, APIs, and system integrations.
• Capable of understanding complex system architectures and data flows, particularly as they relate to content management and AI interaction.
• Experience guiding teams through the full product development lifecycle in agile (Scrum, Scaled Agile) environments.
• Proficient in digital collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence, and MIRO.
• Hands-on experience leading UAT.

Communication & Influence:

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language and vice-versa.
• Stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to lead discussions, present findings, and drive collaboration with Go-to-Market teams.

Why WPP Open?

This is a unique opportunity to lead a critical domain within a global setting, shaping the future of content management, collaboration, and agentic AI. You’ll be part of a maturing Product function, meaning you'll not only deliver cutting-edge products but also help define the processes and culture for how we build them. If you’re ready to own significant challenges, deliver measurable value, and contribute to a truly transformative platform, WPP Open is your next step.

Apply Now to join WPP Open and help us build the intelligent backbone that powers creativity worldwide!

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday HCM Lead Analyst with core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.

The purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across core HCM, absence, compensation and organizations.

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic team where you will work with the wider Workday Services team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Workday implementation team and People teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage team of analysts located in Romania and India
• Assign tickets to analysts and ensure they are progressed efficiently and effectively to meet our release schedule
• Manage change requests, establish underlying requirements, propose options and fully document
• Manage tickets from assignment, including P1 or P2 incidents, taking to production, keeping the requestor informed at all times
• Support data requests and maintenance including rescind, correct and EIBs
• Provide guidance to our team of analysts when troubleshooting complex issues
• Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People teams
• Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Participate in testing activities as required
• Provide creative solutioning for enhancements to our Workday deployment
• Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends

What you'll need:

• Certified or experienced in Workday core HCM/absence/time tracking/compensation
• Takes ownership of queries and successfully resolve
• Experience of using Jira, ServiceNow or similar service management software
• Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent listening and communication skills; able to challenge stakeholders to fully understand a requirement
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Experience of improving ways of working and processes
• Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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 embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday HCM Consultant with core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.

Reporting to the Workday Services HCM Product Manager, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across core HCM, absence, compensation and organizations.

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic team where you will work with the wider Workday Services Team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Workday implementation team and People teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.

What you'll be doing:

• Manage complex change requests, establish the underlying problem, propose options and fully document the solution
• Diagnose and resolve core HCM, absence, compensation and Time Tracking issues raised by the business
• Support global merger activities and deployments
• Manage tickets from assignment, including P1 or P2 incidents, taking to production, keeping the requestor informed at all times
• Provide guidance to our team of analysts when troubleshooting complex issues
• Professionally manage escalations should they occur and communicating with senior stakeholders
• Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People Teams
• Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Participate in testing activities as required
• Proactively identify opportunities to extend and improve our Workday usage
• Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends

What you'll need:

• Five years’ Workday experience across Workday HCM including absence, time tracking, recruitment and talent, preferably in a global organisation
• Ability to identify opportunities to extend Workday usage to meet business requirements
• able to challenge stakeholders to fully understand a requirement
• Take ownership of queries and successfully resolve
• Experience of using ServiceNow or similar service management software
• Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Experience of improving ways of working and processes
• Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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 embarking on a major 3-year transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

Workday is a cornerstone of this transformation, providing a single, modern system of record for people data and for driving efficiency through our operations and finance functions. By standardising core processes, improving data quality and enabling better insights, Workday supports consistent ways of working, stronger governance and future‑ready capabilities, while creating the foundation for scalable change, automation and AI‑enabled decision making across WPP.

Why we're hiring:

We are looking for a Workday HCM Analyst with core HCM and absence/time tracking experience to join the Workday Services Team providing post go-live support.

Reporting to the Workday Services HCM Lead Analyst, the purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality advice and support across Workday HCM. This will include diagnosis and resolution of issues raised by colleagues, create and maintain organizations & structures, configuration across core HCM, absence, compensation and organizations.

This is an exciting and varied role in a dynamic team where you will work with the wider Workday Services Team to provide a world class level of Workday support and development on a day-to-day basis. You will also work with the WPP Workday implementation team and People teams to understand, improve and deliver an efficient and effective solution.

What you'll be doing:

• Diagnose and resolve core HCM, absence, compensation and time tracking issues raised by the business
• Support data requests and maintenance including rescind, correct and EIBs
• Manage tickets from assignment, including P1 or P2 incidents, taking to production, and keeping the requestor informed at all times
• Provide functional expertise and guidance to our People teams
• Accountable for maintaining up-to-date process documentation
• Safeguard global standards and principles against competing requests and priorities
• Participate in testing activities as required
• Provide creative solutioning for enhancements to our Workday deployment
• Maintain expertise on data standards/functionality/features/capabilities in Workday and technology trends

What you'll need:

• Certified or experienced in Workday core HCM/absence/time tracking/compensation
• Takes ownership of queries and successfully resolves
• Experience of using Jira, ServiceNow or similar service management software
• Effective team player and experience of working with others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent listening and communication skills
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and confident communicator across all mediums
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Experience of improving ways of working and processes
• Knowledge and experience of cross functional working on both HR and finance processes an advantage

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

The Product Writer plays a critical role in creating and managing naming, terminology and language for our colleague and client experiences across WPP Open, our digital platform.  

This role is ideal for someone who is comfortable working shaping language for software and working on emerging technologies and experiences. You will be passionate about user-centred language, and keen to collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges. Reporting to a Product Design Lead, the product writer will contribute language informed by insight to user journeys, directly impacting the usability and success of our platform WPP Open. 

What you'll be doing:

• Take full ownership of their language on their workstream from discovery though to delivery with a strong product mindset. 

• Collaborate with design to translate product requirements and user needs into user flows for various products and services in our platform. 

• Conduct user research and usability testing, leveraging insights to inform language decisions and word choices. 

• Establish and maintain a WPP lexicon of names and terms.  

• Ensure consistency with language principles and the broader experience vision defined by our Product Design Leads.  

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Marketeers to develop language and naming to represent WPP Open to the world. 

• Review and approve language across experiences.  

• Advocate for user-centred design principles, accessibility and usability standards across the platform, ensuring our experience is inclusive and easy to understand. 

• Actively participate in Agile team ceremonies, contributing to sprints and continuous improvement. 

• Writing release notes and articles for the software. 

What you'll need:

• 5 to 8 years of experience as writer with experience working on digital products or software. 

• A portfolio showcasing your expertise in language and language research, as your ability to create impactful and user-centred writing. 

• Abillity to contribute language to leading design tools such as Figma, and collaboration tools such as Miro.   

• Deep understanding of human-centred design principles, language best practices, and usability. 

• Experience working with and contributing to language systems.  

• Knowledge of usability and accessibility guidelines (WCAG). 

• Strong communication, collaboration and presentation skills, with proven ability to articulate language decisions and concepts clearly. 

• Experience generating naming and managing language architecture.  

Bonus Skills: 

• Understanding of product design processes. 

• Experience writing for SaaS products. 

• Interest and experience of AI-powered software. 

• Leading naming across a software

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

The Cyber Risk and Compliance team ensures that WPP Creative Technology Operations adhere to internal policies, standards and control requirements to meet regulatory, client and external audit obligations.

This role is primarily focused on providing second‑line assurance over Technology Operations, including infrastructure, platforms, identity, service management and operational processes, ensuring controls are designed appropriately and operating effectively.

The role is pivotal in embedding robust Data & Technology controls across Tech Ops, supporting audit readiness (including SOX 404), and driving more consistent, standardised and repeatable operational control practices. Working closely with Financial Risk & Control and Technology Operations leadership, the role ensures Tech Ops teams are equipped to demonstrate control performance clearly and consistently.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide second‑line assurance over Technology Operations control environments, including infrastructure, cloud platforms, identity and access management, service management and operational processes
• Act as a key risk and controls partner to Technology Operations leadership, providing independent oversight, challenge and assurance
• Perform control design and operating effectiveness reviews across Tech Ops processes, including change, access, incident, problem, backup and resilience controls
• Lead and support internal, external and client audits primarily impacting Technology Operations, acting as the central point of coordination and assurance
• Monitor, challenge and support remediation of audit deficiencies relating to Tech Ops control failures, ensuring sustainable fixes rather than point solution
• Be a key liaison with the markets to assist in timely completion of audits (internal, external or client), providing support and guidance as required
• Communicate effectively with Control Owners, Operators, Business platform Directors and other senior stakeholders.
• Ensure all stakeholders are informed about progress, risks, and issues.
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures and Risk and Controls Matrix for application control environment
• Play a key role in monitoring audit deficiencies - from challenging the validity of deficiencies in audit close meetings, to supporting markets in developing remediation plans
• Review remediation documentation to ensure plan has been implemented correctly
• Identify appropriate mitigating controls for audit deficiencies, considering both controls on the IT and financial framework which adequately addresses the risk identified
• Perform detailed walkthroughs of automated controls, to review system configuration and ensure risk associated to the control has been addressed
• Provide up to date reporting of audit readiness to the Director
•  Line management of Technology Risk & Controls Analysts, including objective setting, performance management and ongoing development
• Provide day‑to‑day direction, coaching and technical oversight to analyst team members across audits, control reviews and remediation activity
• Allocate work across the analyst team to ensure efficient coverage of audit, SOX and client assurance requirements
• Review analyst deliverables to ensure quality, consistency and alignment with WPP control standards and assurance methodologies
•  Act as an escalation point for complex control, audit or stakeholder issues raised by analysts
•  Support capability development within the analyst team, including coaching on SOX, ITGCs, application controls and audit best practice
• Contribute to building a high‑performing, collaborative team culture focused on accountability, learning and continuous improvement

What you'll need:

• Strong understanding of Technology Operations control environments, including ITGCs, platform operations, IAM, infrastructure, cloud and service management controls
• Experience providing assurance over run‑the‑business technology functions, rather than solely project or change initiatives
• Ability to challenge Technology Operations teams constructively on control design, evidence quality and sustainability
• Hands‑on experience reviewing operational processes such as change management, access management, incident/problem management and availability/resilience

• Understands the importance of strong IT controls and maintaining a positive user experience
• Prior experience in internal and external IT audits
• Robust understanding in SOX controls framework. Experience working with external auditors on SOX compliance within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Ability to work independently and proactively work on solutions to self-identified problems
• Attention to detail - Applying quality standards to all tasks undertaken and ensuring that nothing is overlooked.
• Ability to collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to explain the technology risk implications, and communicate in a language that is appropriate to the audience
• Ability to adjust priorities and manage time appropriately and wisely in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across departments and global markets
• Highly organised with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to analyse data effectively, efficiently and accurately.

• Prior exposure to data migration assurance and reconciliation processes.
• Relevant experience and or professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CIA, CRISC) are advantageous.
• Fluency in Spanish is essential for this role
• Demonstrable experience managing, coaching or mentoring analysts or junior team members in a risk, audit or compliance environment
• Ability to translate complex audit and control requirements into clear, actionable guidance for analyst teams
• Strong review and quality assurance skills, with the ability to challenge work constructively and raise standards
• Confidence in prioritising and balancing team workloads across multiple concurrent audits or initiatives
• Effective leadership and stakeholder management skills, including handling escalation, feedback and performance conversations
• Structured and methodical approach to developing team capability and embedding consistent ways of working Ability to lead by example in a fast‑paced, high‑expectation, global environment

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 open-minded: to 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 aim to create a culture in which people can 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?

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Deal Desk Manager, WPP Open 

About WPP Open: WPP Open is WPP's cutting-edge AI platform for marketing. It seamlessly connects talent, tools, data, and artificial intelligence to deliver faster, and more scalable marketing solutions at a reduced cost. We operate across a portfolio of products that includes WPP Open Enterprise, and WPP Open Pro – providing a range of offering from self-serve client capabilities to fully managed strategic partnerships. This innovative approach firmly positions WPP as the self-disrupting, AI-enabled agency of the future. 

Why we are hiring: We are seeking a Deal Desk Manager to join our Growth and Commercial team, which is central to driving growth for WPP Open. You will be instrumental in delivering expert deal structuring and pricing support for our global Sales Teams and Agency networks. As a subject matter expert, you will leverage data-driven insights to foster growth and act as the key liaison between sales, finance, and legal teams for all critical deal support matters. 

What you'll do: Reporting to the Chief Growth & Commercial Officer, you will: 

• Review and vet complex deals on behalf of Strategic Business Practices and Sales Executives, ensuring strategic alignment and risk mitigation. 

• Negotiate commercial terms with client procurement teams, ensuring best value outcomes. 

• Guide Sales on optimal deal structures, proactively manage risk within contractual terms, and take ownership of final approval decisions. 

• Demonstrate critical thinking, analytical rigour, and the ability to identify variable risks and opportunities within a deal, influencing outcomes with strategic recommendations as variables evolve. 

• Partner with the Pricing team to develop and implement best practices for commercial terms, leveraging improved data utilisation and comprehensive market knowledge to inform decisions. 

• Enable Sales teams with best practices for optimised pricing and efficient deal structures through training and guidance. 

• Collaborate strategically with Finance, Legal, and Operations departments to optimise contract terms and accelerate deal closure. 

• Support Sales & Growth teams in the proficient use of CRM systems, ensuring data integrity and process efficiency. 

• Enable and educate Agency teams on WPP Open's distinct Pricing & Commercial Models. 

• Develop compelling client-facing commercial proposal materials. 

• Support the creation of robust business cases to effectively aid complex sales conversations. 

What you’ll bring: 

• Relevant experience in a deal desk, commercial finance, or sales operations role, preferably within the technology industry. 

• Deep knowledge of commercial, pricing strategies, and deal desk functions, or directly relevant experience. 

• Extensive experience with CRM and CPQ systems and proven proficiency in financial modelling and analysis. 

• An analytical background with problem-solving skills. 

• Proven experience leading and influencing at various levels across the organisation. 

• Capable of explaining complex concepts clearly and credibly across all levels of the organisation. 

• Ability to navigate complex discussions to productive outcomes. 

• Deep practical knowledge of project management, with experience leading large, complex initiatives. 

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment while managing & prioritising competing demands. 

Why we're hiring:

This role is responsible for the end-to-end project management and delivery execution of the ServiceNow transformation programme at WPP.

You will manage the planning, coordination, and delivery of a large-scale platform reset, ensuring that all workstreams are executed in a controlled, structured, and timely manner.

Working under the direction of the ServiceNow Transformation Lead, you will coordinate across internal teams and strategic partners including ServiceNow and Kyndryl to ensure delivery remains aligned to scope, timelines, and intended outcomes.

This role is focused on execution discipline, delivery governance, and programme coordination, enabling the successful transformation of ServiceNow into a modern, AI-enabled service platform.

What you'll be doing:

Programme & Project Delivery

• Manage the end-to-end delivery plan for the ServiceNow transformation programme
• Define and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, dependencies, and critical path
• Ensure delivery is aligned to agreed scope, timelines, and priorities set by the Transformation Lead
• Coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams including platform rebuild, migration, and rollout

Execution Management

• Drive day-to-day execution discipline across all delivery teams
• Track progress, manage risks, and proactively resolve delivery issues
• Ensure clear ownership and accountability across all activities
• Maintain tight control of scope, avoiding unmanaged change or deviation

Partner & Vendor Coordination

• Coordinate delivery activities across Kyndryl and ServiceNow
• Ensure alignment between internal teams and external partners
• Track partner deliverables and ensure commitments are met
• Escalate delivery risks or gaps promptly and clearly

Governance & Reporting

• Establish and run programme governance routines (steerco, delivery forums, status reviews)
• Provide clear, concise reporting on progress, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Maintain RAID logs and ensure active management of risks and issues
• Support executive-level updates with structured, data-driven inputs

Planning, Adoption, and Roll Out 

• Manage integrated planning across all workstreams, ensuring sequencing and dependencies are understood
• Coordinate rollout planning
• Ensure readiness for deployment, including testing, communications, and training alignment
• Track adoption progress and escalate risks to successful rollout

What you'll need:

• Extensive experience of leading strategic and complex projects across full SDLC, with demonstrated capability of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven track record of successful mobilisation and delivery of ambitious, strategic, and operationally complex projects with internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record as a people leader and influencer with motivational and engagement skills including the ability to lead globally dispersed teams.  
• Quick-to-learn and adaptable to changing priorities, with the ability to reshape, reconfigure and realign solutions to meet challenging deadlines without jeopardising the successful delivery of the project.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships by engaging and working inclusively to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.
• A self-starter with impeccable organisational and time management skills, focusing on value and outcomes; enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.
• Strategic and critical thinker – blending technical, operational and commercial strategic considerations into decision making, while continuously challenging the status-quo.   Story telling with data – strong skills in building the case for change, identifying the business outcomes, value proposition for the respective area.
• Brilliant communicator – strong stakeholder management skills; able to turn complex technical messages into effective, succinct communications; ability to manage and influence stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Functional analysis skills to enable the capture and breakdown of well-formed requirements and priorities.