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 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:

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:

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 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:

As part of the Global Payroll Team, you will contribute to the ongoing development of the global People strategy. Supporting business growth in an increasingly regulated environment whilst ensuring payroll and tax are compliant across the region. The Payroll Supervisor will have the responsibility for ensuring that their team performs payroll processing, compensation, as well as associated deductions and benefits payments are processed/paid on a timely basis for assigned populations. They will also be responsible for ensuring all statutory filings are completed and deadlines met.

What you'll be doing:

• Oversee and manage payroll processing, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and accuracy of payments.
• Review and approve payroll runs before sign‑off
• Handle complex cases (tax, retro, expatriate payroll)
• Coordinate with HR, Finance, and vendors
• Drive standard work instructions and SOP adherence
• Ensure bank reconciliations are completed daily to maintain financial accuracy and liquidity.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, tax laws, and internal governance standards.
• Develop and maintain strong internal controls and financial policies to safeguard assets and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Assist the Financial Controller with external audits and liaise with auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory authorities as required.
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Act as a key liaison between the India SSC and Global finance teams to ensure alignment of financial processes and reporting.
• Lead and manage the finance payroll team, ensuring optimal performance across all functions.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and career development opportunities for team members.

KPIs

• First‑time‑right payroll (%)
• Escalation volume and ageing
• Team SLA adherence (%)
• Audit issues / control breaches
• Productivity per analyst (payrolls per FTE)

What you'll need:

Skills and competencies

• Excellent Communicator: Demonstrates clear and effective written and oral communication, tailoring messages to different stakeholders while maintaining professionalism and confidentiality.
• Excellent Stakeholder Management Skills: Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, addressing their needs and concerns while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

• Hands‑on with payroll platforms (e.g., ADP EV6, ADP WorkforceNow, SD Worx) required
• Hands-on with HCM and service management platforms (e.g. Workday, ServiceNow) preferred

• Organized and Detail-Oriented: Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all tasks and maintaining data integrity.
• Exceptional Problem-Solving, Analytical, and Decision-Making Ability: Skilled in identifying and resolving issues through analysis and critical thinking, making informed, data-driven decisions.
• Strong project management skills: Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high volume, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications and experience

• 8–10 years of end-to-end payroll experience, including team leadership
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal
• Strong understanding of global payroll controls and compliance
• Significant experience in a shared services setting across Finance or HR, with proven success in a leadership role
• Experience working in a shared service centre or multinational environment, managing multi-entity and multi-currency financial operations
• Understanding of regional financial regulations and compliance requirements

• Deep experience SDWorx, ADP Enterprise EV6, ADP WorkforceNow payroll processing platforms.
• Experience with service request ticketing systems is a plus.
• Experience with Workday HCM 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 part of the Global Payroll Team, you will contribute to the ongoing development of the global People strategy. Supporting business growth in an increasingly regulated environment whilst ensuring payroll and tax are compliant across the region. The Payroll Senior Analyst will have the responsibility for ensuring that all compensation, associated deductions and benefits are processed/paid on a timely basis for assigned populations. They will also be responsible for ensuring all statutory filings are completed and deadlines met.

What you'll be doing:

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and process payroll data for assigned countries, ensuring accuracy and compliance with local legislation
• Validate payroll inputs (time, bonuses, deductions, new hires, exits)
• Run assigned payroll cycles (gross-to-net)
• Perform payroll reconciliations and roll-forward variance analysis
• Resolve employee payroll queries within SLA
• Support statutory filings and audit requests
• Process travel and reimbursements
• Process other statutory payments for employees
• Process employee loan and other schemes as applicable
• Serve as the primary point of contact for inbound tickets/requests from management, handling requests and issues from employees and managers for the assigned population.

• Monitor, track, and resolve requests/queries related to payroll, benefits, and data changes, escalating as needed.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to ensure timely and accurate data processing and issue resolution.
• Maintain confidential records and ensure data integrity in all payroll systems.
• Provide operational support and guidance to employees and managers on payroll data and shared services/workflow processes.
• Support business growth and compliance in a regulated environment.

KPIs

• Payroll accuracy (%) – error‑free payslips
• On‑time payroll processing (%)
• Payroll query resolution TAT
• Rework / correction rate
• SLA adherence for assigned activities

What you'll need:

Skills and Competencies

• Understanding of regional payroll legislation and statutory requirements.
• Advanced data processing skills, including data validation, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience managing and resolving queries and tickets, preferably in a global environment.
• Hands‑on with payroll platforms (e.g., ADP EV6, ADP WorkforceNow, SD Worx) required
• Hands-on with HCM and service management platforms (e.g. Workday, ServiceNow) preferred

Qualification and Experience

• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Accounting, Finance, or related field (SSC or multinational preferred)
• 3-7 years of experience in payroll data processing or ticket management, ideally in a multinational or shared services environment
• Good knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance requirements for regional countries
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with payroll reporting and reconciliations

• Deep experience SDWorx, ADP Enterprise EV6, ADP WorkforceNow payroll processing platforms.
• Experience with service request ticketing systems is a plus.
• Experience with Workday HCM 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.

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:

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 

Roles and responsibilities

• Process and generate invoices in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Perform day-to-day billing transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording billing data.
• Reconcile billing records to ensure accuracy and completeness of invoices and payments.
• Ensure timely issuance of invoices and timely reporting of same.
• Generate reports detailing billing status and Unbilled reports.
• Handle billing-related queries from clients and internal teams.
• Maintain accurate records of all billing transactions and adjustments.
• Ensure compliance with tax regulations, company policies, and industry standards.
• Uploading of invoices in client portal and coordinating with clients /onshore team.
• Strong understanding of billing operations and compliance requirements.
• Ability to handle and manage conference calls with clients regarding billing issues.
• Generating and distributing monthly reports as per requirements.
• Assist with internal and external audits related to billing records.
• Maintain a high level of accuracy and meet deadlines for invoice processing.
• Ensure the billing process runs smoothly in line with the company’s policies.

Skills/Experience

• Proven working experience as Billing Analyst
• Solid understanding of basic accounting principles
• Proficiency in English and Proficient in MS- Office (Excel, Word & Power Point)
• Strong analytical, organizational, conflict solving and negotiation skills.
• Extraordinary interpersonal skills to work in conjunction with other departments, Client and internal and external stakeholders.
• Must be a team player who also works well independently.
• Must be able to read, analyze, interpret and comprehend common scientific and technical journals & financial reports.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in both an oral and written manner to common inquiries or issues from suppliers / agencies / Internal stakeholders.
• Graduation/master’s in commerce
• Ability to resolve the issue with a positive approach.

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:

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:

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 

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 

What you'll be doing:

1. Implementing learning strategies and workshops for HQ team
2. Conduct organizational needs analysis and create training plans to ensure that all employees have the required competencies to excel in their roles.
3. Identifying and empanel vendors as per the need and budget.
4. Tracking the annual L&D Budget; creating and updating the Training Calendar; tracking training attendance; booking the training rooms, managing, and anchoring online trainings
5. Develops content for learning activities, audio-visual materials, instructor and Deliver the same in various modes of trainings.
6. Collecting feedback on completed training to evaluate and measure results and make improvements wherever required.
7. Tracking L&D related data and publish MIS reports for measuring efficiency.
8. Organizing and anchoring the New Hire Orientation programme to enable easy settling-in and acculturalization of new joiners.

What you'll need:

1. Minimum 7-8 year of experience of event management
2. Good communication and presentation skills, able to deliver engaging and impactful training sessions to diverse audiences.
3. Good knowledge of Office 365
4. Excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to interact with all levels in the organization.
5. Should have strong project management skills, capable of coordinating multiple learning initiatives simultaneously.
6. Should have a data-driven mindset, using analytics and metrics to measure the effectiveness of training programs and identify areas for 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?

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?

#LI-Hybrid 

Why we're hiring:

This role is accountable for the end-to-end transformation of ServiceNow at WPP. 

You will lead a full reset of the platform, moving from a fragmented, legacy implementation to a clean, standardized, out-of-the-box aligned environment designed for an AI-enabled service model. This is a transformation mandate with clear executive sponsorship. 

The objective is to establish a next-generation service capability, leveraging virtual agents, automation, and agentic AI to significantly reduce manual intervention, improve service quality, and enable scalable operations globally. 

What you'll be doing:

Key Accountabilities 

End-to-End Transformation Leadership 

• Define and execute a comprehensive transformation plan for ServiceNow across WPP 

• Lead a clean rebuild approach, prioritising out-of-the-box capabilities over customisation 

• Remove legacy complexity, duplication, and technical debt across the current estate 

• Establish a single, coherent operating model for service management globally 

AI-Enabled Service Model 

Design and deliver ServiceNow ready for a service desk of the future, centred on: 

• Virtual agents and conversational interfaces 

• Automation-first workflows and self-healing capabilities 

• AI-assisted and autonomous problem management 

• Drive measurable reduction in manual support activity 

Operating Model & Governance Reset 

• Define and implement a new governance model, eliminating fragmentation and localised divergence 

• Establish clear global standards, controls, and design principles 

• Embed a disciplined execution model across all transformation activities 

Delivery & Partner Alignment 

• Lead delivery in partnership with Kyndryl (operational delivery) and ServiceNow (platform expertise and best practice) 

• Ensure tight coordination across internal teams and partners, with unambiguous accountability 

• Oversee all phases of transformation, including redesign, rebuild, migration, and rollout 

Who you'll be working with:

You will work in close partnership with ServiceNow and Kyndryl, under the direction of the CIO for Technology Operations, with senior stakeholder input from across Enterprise Technology including the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, CIO for Business Platforms, and the Group CIO 

You will operate as the transformation lead, working in close partnership with ServiceNow and Kyndryl, under the direction of the CIO, Technology Operations, with senior stakeholder engagement across Enterprise Technology and the wider Group. 

What you'll need:

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 is embarking on a transformative data journey through Databridge—our internal comprehensive data strategy and framework designed to unify our fragmented global data landscape. We are moving from isolated, market-specific implementations to a standardized, scalable, cloud-agnostic, and AI-ready data platform built on a modern tech stack: dbt, Databricks, Python (dlthub), and GitHub Actions. 

 As Data Operations Lead, you will establish and head our new Data Integration & Operations team in Chennai. This is a build-and-run role: you'll define how the team operates while leading day-to-day delivery of operational excellence across global data products. 

 You will be the custodian of production—owning the operational layer including CI/CD automation, deployment pipelines, monitoring, data quality enforcement, incident management, and support. This role requires deep technical knowledge of Databricks and modern data platforms, alongside the ability to lead, mentor, and scale a growing team.

What you'll be doing:

Technical Ownership & Execution 

• Lead the team responsible for data integration, orchestration, and platform operations across Azure and GCP environments 

• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Databricks Asset Bundles for data workflows 

• Design platform-wide monitoring, logging, and alerting covering pipeline execution, data quality, SLA compliance, and cost 

• Manage production deployments and own centralized job orchestration via Databricks Jobs/Workflows (scheduling, dependencies, retries, notifications) 

• Implement comprehensive data quality testing and validation using dbt's testing framework and custom checks 

Operational Standardization 

• Create and roll out standard operating procedures, runbooks, onboarding guides, and automation patterns 

• Establish reusable deployment frameworks and project templates for consistent implementation across markets 

• Build and maintain the Central Data Solution Repository with reusable assets (dlthub pipelines, dbt models, tests, macros) 

• Define repeatable deployment patterns ensuring standards and best practices are followed globally 

Platform Support & Governance 

• Set up and manage SLAs, incident workflows, and escalation models 

• Proactively identify and resolve operational risks in cloud-based data platforms 

• Partner with DevOps to leverage Databricks Unity Catalog for governance, access control, and lineage 

• Enforce data quality standards and governance policies embedded within pipeline code 

Team Leadership 

• Lead and mentor the Data Integration & Operations team in Chennai 

• Shape the team's operating model, priorities, and capabilities 

• Act as subject matter expert and escalation point for technical operations 
• Facilitate regular retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and optimize processes 
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, DevOps, and Product teams globally 

What you'll need:

Experience 

• 7+ years in data operations, platform engineering, or data engineering with hands-on production experience 

• 3+ years in technical leadership or team lead capacity, with proven ability to build and scale teams 
• Demonstrated experience establishing DataOps practices and operational frameworks from the ground up 

Technical Expertise 

• Deep, hands-on experience with Databricks platform, specifically: 

• Databricks SQL Warehouses, Unity Catalog, Jobs/Workflows 

• Databricks Asset Bundles for Infrastructure as Code 

• Delta Lake performance optimization 

• Strong proficiency with dbt (Core): project structure, macros, tests, documentation, CI/CD integration, production troubleshooting 

• Expert-level cloud platform knowledge (Azure and/or GCP): 

• Object storage (ADLS/GCS), secret management (Key Vault/Secret Manager) 

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) 

• CI/CD mastery with GitHub Actions: workflow design, secrets management, automated testing and deployment 

• Proficient in Python for automation and scripting (experience with dlthub is a major plus) 

• Strong SQL skills for data validation, quality testing, and troubleshooting 

Operational & Leadership Skills 

• Proven ability to design operational frameworks: monitoring, alerting, incident management, SLA tracking 

• Experience managing production data platforms with high uptime requirements 

• Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences 
• Strong documentation skills and commitment to knowledge sharing 

• Preferred Skills 

  • Experience working in multi-cloud environments (Azure + GCP) 
  • Familiarity with Power BI or similar BI platforms 
  • Understanding of FinOps practices for cloud cost optimization

Who Should Apply 

 This role is ideal for candidates with: 

• Real, hands-on project experience building and running production data platforms at scale 

• Proven leadership in establishing DataOps practices and growing high-performing teams 

• Deep technical expertise in the Databricks ecosystem and modern data stack 

• Entrepreneurial mindset—comfortable with ambiguity and building systems from the ground up 

 This role is not a fit if your experience is primarily theoretical, course-based, or lacks production-grade exposure to the core technologies outlined above. 

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 Cyber Risk and Compliance team ensures that WPP Media are adhering to internal policies and procedures so that WPP Media meets regulatory, client and external audit requirements. The role is pivotal to embed robust Data & Technology controls, driving compliance with our policies, and ensuring audit readiness for obligations such as SOX 404 IO. As a key member of the Media compliance team, you will deliver control assurance and actively coach project teams, while also playing a strategic role in shaping the group’s compliance and controls posture to be more consistent, standardised, and repeatable.

You will work closely with colleagues in Financial Risk and Control to ensure IT controls are fully aligned and integrated with financial controls. This role ensures project and delivery teams are equipped to demonstrate control performance clearly and consistently. The focus is on guiding teams to meet their obligations and targeting assurance activity where it adds the greatest value.

What you'll be doing: 

• 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 of CRC Media

What you'll need:

• 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.

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?

What you'll be doing:

• Develop clear, structured process documentation including end‑to‑end process maps, SOPs, work instructions.
• Translate complex operational steps into concise, user-friendly documentation that can be followed consistently.
• Maintain a central repository of all process documents and ensure version control is applied.
• Work with SMEs to understand current state processes, pain points, and variations across markets, ERPs, or teams.
• Validate documented processes through walkthroughs, interviews, and observation to ensure accuracy.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies in existing documentation and propose improvements.
• Facilitate reviews with SMEs, process owners, and operational leads to ensure documentation accurately reflects working practice.
• Coordinate formal sign‑off and maintain audit trails of approvals.
• Act as the point of contact for documentation queries across SSC and Network teams.
• Ensure documentation aligns with WPP Policies, internal controls, audit requirements, and local regulatory standards.
• Apply documentation standards, templates, and naming conventions consistently across all materials, following Global Head direction.
• Where required, support readiness for audits by ensuring documentation is complete, current, and accessible.
• Update documentation in line with process changes, system enhancements, or organisational policy updates.
• Work with change managers or project teams to ensure new or updated processes are communicated effectively.
• Support training teams by providing accurate process content for onboarding and upskilling materials.
• Monitor feedback from users and identify opportunities to simplify or improve documentation.

• Ability to break down end‑to‑end processes into logical, sequenced steps.
• Strong understanding of process modelling techniques such as BPMN, SIPOC, or swim lane diagrams.
• Skill in identifying inconsistencies in existing processes.
• Experience in analysing variations across markets, teams, or systems and documenting them clearly.
• Ability to write clear, concise, user‑friendly SOPs, work instructions, and process maps.
• Strong command of language, grammar, and structured writing.
• Experience applying documentation standards, templates, and naming conventions.
• Skill in simplifying complex information without losing accuracy or control requirements.
• Experience working with SMEs, process owners, and operational leads to gather information.
• Ability to run workshops, interviews, and process walkthroughs.
• Strong communication skills to challenge, clarify, and validate process details.
• Confidence managing sign‑off cycles and coordinating feedback.
• Ability to ensure documentation aligns with local regulatory, financial policy, or operational standards.
• Ability to update documentation in line with system changes, process redesign, or new controls.
• Experience supporting training teams with accurate process content.
• Proven experience in working in transformation or shared services environments.

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 Security Threat Intelligence Analyst provides operational, tactical, and strategic intelligence to support WPP’s detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability management functions. Aligned to the ASO pillars (Assess, Safeguard, Operate), this role analyses threat data, adversary behaviour, emerging TTPs, and industry developments.

What you'll be doing: 

• Threat Intelligence Collection & Analysis (Assess)
  • Monitor external threat data sources and industry feeds.
  • Evaluate intelligence for accuracy, reliability, and relevance.
  • Produce tactical and operational intelligence outputs.
• Threat Contextualisation & Safeguarding Support (Safeguard)
  • Identify and analyse threats targeting WPP infrastructure.
  • Support detection engineering with TTP insights.
  • Assist in threat-led vulnerability prioritisation.
• Operational Enablement & Cross‑Function Collaboration (Operate)
  • Partner with SOC, IR, Threat Hunting, and VM teams.
  • Produce intelligence reports for internal stakeholders.
  • Maintain indicator repositories (IOCs, hashes, domains).
• Research & Strategic Intelligence Development
  • Conduct research into emerging threats, malware, and campaigns.
  • Develop strategic threat assessments.
• Knowledge Management & Documentation
  • Maintain structured documentation of intelligence processes.
  • Ensure intelligence artefacts are stored and retrievable.

What you'll need:

• Essential:
  • 3+ years operational experience in CTI or SOC.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Proficiency with CTI frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, kill chain).
  • Ability to translate technical threat data into business insight.
• Desirable:
  • GCTI, GREM, GCFA, GCIH certifications.
  • Experience supporting detection engineering or threat hunting.
  • Knowledge of ISO 27001 and WPP standards.

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

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP ET’s mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, drive automation and elevate colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Data Visualization Expert to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in SQL for data querying, along with strong experience in visualizing complex datasets into intuitive, interactive, and compelling visual representations. The role requires a strong understanding of data trends, patterns, and insights, paired with a creative approach to presenting data for business decision-making.

The AOC is chartered to support automations that drive efficiency and effectiveness through the business, focusing on most impact for our shared interests. We serve the operational needs of GroupM and operating companies through process automation and other technology solutions.

You will have daily contact with business stakeholders from WPP Media and operating companies and must be comfortable working with business stakeholders directly. Our primary goal is to drive measurable business outcomes and grow our contribution, and we must earn our right to exist. This is a small, scrappy group. We all‘get our hands in the dirt’ and play multiple roles.

What you'll be doing:

• Data Analysis & Visualization:
  • Design, build, and maintain visually compelling dashboards, reports, and charts using advanced visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, etc.
  • Know how of when and how to design data model for effective Dashboards yielding higher efficiency and lesser loading time
  • Transform raw data into actionable insights by analysing trends and patterns and presenting them through intuitive visualizations.
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand key metrics and create visual solutions that align with business objectives.
• SQL Expertise:
  • Use SQL to extract, manipulate, and aggregate data from relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or similar).
  • Able to write SQL queries to prepare data for visualizations, ensuring the data is clean, accurate, and properly structured for analysis.
  • Optimize SQL queries for performance and efficiency in large datasets.
• Data Integration & Transformation:
  • Integrate data from multiple sources, including internal databases, APIs, and external systems, into cohesive visual reporting frameworks.
  • Perform data wrangling, transformation, and cleansing to ensure data quality and consistency.
• Continuous Improvement:
  • Stay up to date with the latest trends in data visualization, SQL best practices, and data analytics tools.
  • Continuously improve visualizations based on user feedback and emerging business needs.

What you'll need:

• Technical Skills:
  • Expertise in SQL for querying and manipulating relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL
  • Server, etc.).
  • Strong experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
  • Proven Knowledge and Experience with DAX, MDX, etc
  • Proficiency in Excel and other data manipulation tools
  • Familiarity with ETL processes and data pipelines
  • Experience with Python or R for advanced analytics (optional but a plus)
• Problem-solving – proven experience dealing with technical blockers.
• Analytical Skills:
  • Ability to analyse complex data and identify key insights and trends
  • Strong attention to detail, ensuring that data visualizations are accurate and insightful
  • Understanding of data modelling and normalization principles
• Education & Experience:
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field
  • 7+ years of experience in Data Visualization, SQL , RDBMS, Large Dataset Modelling, Interactive Dashboards
  • Experience working with large datasets and providing insights to drive business decisions –Data Telling a Story
• Mandatory Qualifications/Certifications:
  • Microsoft PL-300
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure(must))
  • Experience with advanced data analytics and machine learning models (a plus)
  • Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and technologies
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies

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 Enterprise Technology delivers IT services across the WPP group — enabling the world's most creative brands to co 

We are looking for a seasoned full-stack engineer who enjoys systems design, integration complexity, and intelligent workflow automation. You will join our Global Automation & Business Platforms programme and take ownership of designing, building, and refining production-grade solutions — both as standalone products and as integrations within our core Hero portfolio. 

Day-to-day you will architect event-driven pipelines, build Python and React services, wire together enterprise APIs, and make smart engineering decisions on frameworks and data models.  

What you'll be doing:

Solution Design & Delivery 

• Design and develop full-stack solutions (Python back-end, React front-end) that integrate with portfolio products or run as standalone platforms. 
• Architect service-to-service integration patterns: synchronous APIs, event queues, webhook pipelines, and scheduled batch processes. 
• Build and maintain FastAPI services with clear contracts, versioning, and observability from day one. 

Workflow & Automation Engineering 

• Implement sophisticated multi-step automation workflows that coordinate actions across enterprise systems — document management, CRM, HR, finance, and media platforms. 
• Build integrations between internal data sources, third-party APIs, and cloud platform services (Azure, GCP). 

Quality, Governance & Documentation 

• Build evaluation and testing frameworks so that every automated workflow is measurable, auditable, and improvable. 
• Work closely with the Engineering Lead to define governance standards: access control, audit logging, safe defaults, and compliance guardrails. 
• Maintain thorough technical documentation — architecture diagrams, runbooks, API specs, and decision records. 

Collaboration 

• Operate within an Agile Kanban team, taking stories from backlog refinement through to production deployment. 
• Act as the technical bridge between business stakeholders and engineering: translating requirements into pragmatic designs and communicating trade-offs clearly.
• Support other automation delivery teams across WPP with technical guidance and code reviews. 

What you'll need:

Essential 

• 7–9 years of professional software engineering experience, with Python as the primary back-end language. 
• Strong React / TypeScript front-end skills — you can build and own the full vertical, not just the API layer. 
• Solid FastAPI or equivalent Python API framework experience; you know how to structure a production service. 
• Proven experience designing and operating event-driven or pipeline architectures (queues, schedulers, webhooks, streaming). 
• Comfortable working across cloud platforms — Azure and/or GCP — including managed services for compute, storage, and messaging. 
• Experience integrating with enterprise identity, directory, and SaaS APIs (Microsoft 365 ecosystem is a strong advantage). 
• Hands-on experience building search or retrieval-augmented systems: embedding pipelines, vector databases, semantic indexing. 
• Solid understanding of evaluation and testing practices for complex, non-deterministic systems. 
• Agile practitioner — comfortable in Kanban or Scrum, familiar with backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and incremental delivery. 
• Excellent written and verbal English; you document your work and communicate clearly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders. 

Nice to Have 

• Familiarity with Microsoft Copilot Studio or Power Platform. 
• Exposure to enterprise-grade governance patterns: RBAC, audit trails, policy-as-code. 

Certifications 

Mandatory (required in first 30 days) 

• Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) 

Desirable / Required within 3 months 

• GitHub Copilot (GH-300) 
• Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900) 

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-Onsite  

Why we're hiring:

This role is pivotal in supporting WPP’s large-scale ERP transformation programmes by embedding robust SDLC and transformation controls, driving compliance with our data and security requirements, and ensuring audit readiness for obligations such as SOX 404 IO. As a key member of the central assurance team, you will deliver control assurance and actively coach project teams, while also playing a strategic role in shaping the group’s compliance and controls posture to be more consistent, standardised, and repeatable.

You will support the Transformations Lead in delivering judgement led, risk based assurance across ERP migrations and SDLC controls. The role focuses on strengthening first line capability, uplifting evidence quality, and ensuring controls are executed and documented to audit standards. You will work closely with Financial Risk & Controls colleagues to ensure transformation controls are aligned and integrated with financial controls. While accountability for operating SDLC controls and producing complete, accurate evidence sits with project and delivery teams, this role ensures they are equipped to demonstrate control performance clearly and consistently, guiding them to meet their obligations and targeting assurance effort where it adds the most value.

What you'll be doing:

As a pivotal member of our team, you will drive robust control frameworks and foster a culture of accountability across our transformation initiatives. Your key accountabilities will include:

SDLC & Transformation Controls Governance:

• Govern and evaluate all phases of the SDLC, meticulously reviewing documentation, testing evidence, change artefacts, and data migration reconciliations from Initiation through Post-Go-Live.
• Develop and manage comprehensive evidence checklists and trackers, ensuring continuous completeness, accuracy, and audit readiness for all control activities.
• Mentor and empower project teams to proactively generate credible, high-quality, and self-sufficient evidence packages.
• Provide critical insights to the Transformations Lead on control readiness, evidence integrity, and any impediments impacting assurance progression.

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting:

• Collaborate strategically with Project Managers, the Financial Risk & Controls group, Business Owners, and Technical Leads to define, clarify, and embed stringent control expectations and evidence standards.
• Generate insightful and concise reports that detail control posture, highlight emerging risks, and track remediation progress across complex transformation projects.
• Proactively escalate critical issues and provide recommendations to the Transformations Lead regarding stakeholder challenges, recurring risk themes, and situations requiring senior intervention.

Championing First-Line Ownership & Accountability:

• Champion and embed a culture of robust first-line accountability for control execution, documentation quality, and seamless evidence traceability.
• Empower and guide teams to confidently articulate their own assurance rationale and take full ownership of their control walkthrough narratives.
• Advise the Transformations Lead on first-line capability maturity, recurring documentation weaknesses, and any behavioural or ownership gaps that require attention.

Judgement-Led, Risk-Based Assurance:

• Rigorously validate first-line assurance rationale, strategically focusing assurance efforts on the highest-risk areas to optimize impact and efficiency.
• Exercise acute professional skepticism to judiciously determine the scope and necessity of testing, ensuring resources are directed effectively.
• Highlight high-risk items and critical insights to the Transformations Lead, including the quality of rationale and instances warranting deeper challenge or a pause in assurance.

Auditor Engagement & Assurance Preparedness:

• Facilitate and prepare first-line teams for internal and external audit engagements, ensuring they are equipped to present directly to auditors with clarity and confidence.
• Collaborate effectively with auditors on scope, sampling, and documentation expectations, while steadfastly maintaining second-line independence and objectivity.
• Inform the Transformations Lead on audit readiness posture, potential documentation misalignments, and any emerging risks that could impact audit outcomes.

Strategic Contribution & Continuous Improvement:

• Actively contribute to and influence the ongoing evolution of WPP’s compliance and controls strategy, proactively identifying opportunities to add significant value and enhance the group’s overall risk posture.

What you'll need:

Desirable

• Experience working with external auditors on SOX compliance within large-scale transformation programmes.
• Prior exposure to data migration assurance and reconciliation processes.
• Relevant experience and or professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CIA, CRISC) are advantageous

Essential

• Strong understanding of application control environments.
• Solid grasp of SDLC principles and their application in complex transformation projects.
• Demonstrated experience in IT audit, risk management, security, or compliance.
• Exceptional documentation and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical risks into clear
• business language.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environments with competing priorities.
• Comfortable working globally and flexibly across USA, APAC and EMEA time zones.

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:

Detection Engineering is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-fidelity detection logic across enterprise security platforms. This role focuses on proactive threat detection, automation-first practices, and continuous improvement of detection coverage and accuracy, supporting the WPP SOC transformation into an Autonomic Security Operations model.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop, test, and maintain detection rules and logic across SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud-native platforms.
•  Regularly review and enhance detection logic to improve accuracy, reduce noise, and align with evolving threats.
• Work with wider WPP engineering teams to ensure high-quality, normalized telemetry for effective detection.
• Automate detection rule deployment, QA, and version control using scripting and CI/CD pipelines.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

• Conduct RCA on missed detections, delayed responses, and high-severity incidents.
•  Identify technical and process-level causes of detection failures or inefficiencies.
• Drive corrective actions based on RCA outcomes (e.g., rule improvements, visibility gaps).
• Continuous Security Improvement (CSI)
• Maintain a CSI backlog (detection gaps, telemetry blind spots, false positives to reduce).
•  Analyze detection performance metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Align detection priorities with business risk and the SOC transformation roadmap.
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Collaborate with SOC, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting teams to operationalize detection improvements.
•  Work with Threat Intelligence teams to integrate emerging TTPs into detection logic.
• Contribute to purple team exercises by validating detection logic against simulated attack paths.

Strategic Alignment to GCAT SOC10x

• 10X People: Continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
• 10X Process: Embed agile workflows and automation-first principles.
• 10X Technology: Leverage AI/ML for detection tuning and anomaly detectio.
• 10X Visibility: Ensure comprehensive telemetry ingestion and observability.
• 10X Speed: Reduce detection-to-response cycle through orchestration and automation.

What you'll need:

Technical Expertise

• Strong knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and cloud security platforms.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell).
• Familiarity with detection-as-code principles and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat-informed defense.

Collaboration & Communication

•  Ability to work closely with SOC analysts, threat hunters, and engineers.
• Skilled in documenting detection logic and RCA outcomes.

Certifications (Preferred)

• GIAC GCTI, GCFA, 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:

The Security Incident Responder is responsible for detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity incidents in real time. This role ensures rapid containment, eradication, and recovery from security breaches while maintaining compliance and minimizing business impact. The responder will work closely with SOC analysts, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to execute incident response playbooks and continuously improve organizational resilience.

What you'll be doing:

Incident Detection & Analysis

• Monitor SIEM, SOAR, and EDR platforms for alerts and anomalies.
• Investigate and analyze security incidents to determine scope, impact, and root cause.
• Perform forensic analysis and evidence collection in line with legal and compliance standards.

Incident Response Execution

• Execute containment, eradication, and recovery steps as per incident response playbooks.
• Collaborate with IT, Legal, and Risk teams during major incidents.
• Document all actions taken during incident handling for compliance and audit purposes.

Continuous Improvement

• Participate in post-incident reviews and root cause analysis (RCA).
•  Recommend improvements to detection and response processes based on lessons learned.
• Assist in updating and maintaining incident response procedures and playbooks.

Strategic Alignment to GCAT SOC10x

• 10X People: Enhance team capability through knowledge sharing and training.
• 10X Process: Embed automation-first workflows for incident response.
• 10X Technology: Utilize AI/ML-driven analytics for rapid threat identification.
• 10X Visibility: Ensure telemetry coverage across hybrid environments.
• 10X Speed: Reduce MTTD and MTTR through orchestration and automation

What you'll need:

Technical Expertise

• Strong knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and forensic tools.
• Familiarity with incident response frameworks (NIST, ISO27035).
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell).
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and threat intelligence integration.

Collaboration & Communication

• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple incidents simultaneously.
• Skilled in documenting incident details and communicating effectively with stakeholders.

Certifications (Preferred)

• · GIAC GCIH, GCFA, or equivalent advanced security certifications.

Key Attributes

· Calm and decisive under pressure.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

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

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:

This role provides strategic leadership, oversight, and direction for second line assurance across WPP’s technology applications, ensuring operational controls are designed and operating effectively, supported by complete and accurate evidence.

You will lead and develop a team of Senior Analysts and Analysts who deliver structured assurance over a diverse application landscape, detecting noncompliance early, driving remediation, and strengthening first line ownership of controls.

The role ensures alignment with the wider Technology Risk & Controls strategy, provides risk based insights to leadership, and supports readiness for broader third line reviews, even where applications sit outside SOX scope.

What you'll be doing:

Strategic Leadership of Assurance Activities

• Own the second line assurance strategy for Technology applications and Infrastructure, setting clear expectations for testing, evidence standards, and issue escalation.
• Build and maintain a consistent, scalable assurance methodology across a heterogeneous application estate.
• Prioritise assurance activity based on risk, impact, and known areas of weakness.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop 2nd line assurance teams to deliver control testing and evidence evaluation.
• Build capability in judgement led assurance, risk assessment, evidence review, and issue analysis.
• Promote a high-performance culture anchored in clarity, consistency, and early risk detection.

Oversight of Application Control Assurance

• Oversee assurance across key technology controls, including user access, configuration management, data integrity, change management, interface controls, and operational procedures.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy, and traceability of control evidence across application environments.
• Identify systemic issues and drive improvements in control design and execution.

Early Risk Identification & Remediation Leadership

• Ensure non-compliance, gaps, and emerging risks are detected early and escalated proportionately.
• Partner with Firstline teams to support root cause analysis and ensure timely, sustainable remediation.
• Maintain transparent oversight of risk trends, open issues, and remediation progress.

Strengthening First line Ownership

• Reinforce the expectation that first line teams own control operation, documentation, and narrative.
• Provide clarity on what good looks like for control evidence, rationale, and execution.
• Maintain a strong second line independence boundary—assessing controls, not operating them.

Assurance Reporting & Risk Insight

• Deliver succinct, insight driven reporting to Technology Leadership and senior stakeholders.
• Provide thematic insights on recurring weaknesses, capability gaps, and systemic control issues.
• Support risk governance forums, providing an accurate view of application control health.

Audit Alignment & External Assurance Readiness

• Align with Internal Audit on known risk areas, recurring themes, and documentation expectations.
• Support coordination where application controls may form part of broader audit scopes.
•  Present a consistent assurance narrative aligned with WPP’s overall risk and controls strategy.

What you'll need:

Qualification Requirements (Desirable):

• Experience in audit coordination, IT audit, technology risk, or program management.
• Understanding of SOX IT controls, audit processes, or technology governance.
• Certifications such as CISA, CRISC, ITIL, or equivalent are beneficial.

Skills / Experience Requirements:

• Ability to lead multilevel assurance teams and ensure consistent high-quality execution.
• Strong judgement and scepticism in assessing evidence, control strength, and rationale quality.
• Excellent communication skills—able to translate technology risks into clear business impact.
•  Experience managing assurance across diverse application environments.
• Ability to influence, challenge constructively, and collaborate across global technology teams.

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 is a creative transformation company, building better futures for our people, clients, and communities. As part of our ongoing commitment to operational excellence and robust governance, we are strengthening our WPP Media Risk and Compliance team to support strategic transformation initiatives across the group

The Cyber Risk and Compliance team ensures that WPP Media are adhering to internal policies and procedures so that WPP Media meets regulatory, client and external audit requirements. The role is pivotal to embed robust Data & Technology controls, driving compliance with our policies, and ensuring audit readiness for obligations such as SOX 404 IO. As a key member of the Media compliance team, you will deliver control assurance and actively coach project teams, while also playing a strategic role in shaping the group’s compliance and controls posture to be more consistent, standardised, and repeatable.

You will work closely with colleagues in Financial Risk and Control to ensure IT controls are fully aligned and integrated with financial controls. This role ensures project and delivery teams are equipped to demonstrate control performance clearly and consistently. The focus is on guiding teams to meet their obligations and targeting assurance activity where it adds the greatest value.

What you'll be doing:

• Be a key liaison with the markets to assist in timely completion of audits (internal, external or client), providing support and guidance as required
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures and Risk and Controls Matrix for application controlenvironment
• 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
• Address auditor queries and provide and ensure that the evidence documentation is provided in a timely manner
• Perform detailed walkthroughs of automated controls, to review system configuration and ensure risk associated to the control has been addressed

What you'll need:

• 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
• 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
• Relevant experience and or professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CIA, CRISC) or willing to pursue for personal development.

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.