Why we're hiring:

We are seeking a Senior Counsel (IP & Advertising Litigation) to lead complex intellectual property disputes and provide senior‑level advertising and marketing legal support, including advertising clearance and risk review. This role combines deep litigation expertise with hands‑on advisory work at the intersection of IP, advertising, and media.

The successful candidate will manage high‑stakes disputes while partnering closely with marketing, brand, media, and commercial teams to mitigate litigation risk and support compliant, effective advertising. He or she will serve as a strategic legal partner to business leadership, advising on risk, growth initiatives, and commercial strategy while leading complex, high-value transactions and negotiations with minimal supervision.

What you'll be doing:

IP & Advertising Litigation

• Lead and manage complex IP and advertising‑related litigation in U.S. federal and state courts, including:
• Trademark, copyright, talent, and music disputes.
• False advertising and unfair competition claims (e.g., Lanham Act).
• Develop litigation strategy from pre‑litigation assessment through trial and appeal.
• Oversee outside counsel, including matter strategy, budgets, staffing, and performance.

Advertising & Marketing Advisory / Clearance

• Provide advertising clearance advice across all media channels, including digital, social, print, broadcast, sponsorships, influencer marketing, and emerging platforms.
• Advise on IP, right of publicity, copyright, trademark, comparative advertising, substantiation, and related advertising risks.
• Support marketing and creative teams with fast‑paced, pragmatic guidance aligned to business objectives.
• Assist in pre‑launch reviews, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies to reduce exposure to disputes

Cross‑Functional & Commercial Support

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including MSAs, vendor agreements, data processing agreements, and media/technology contracts.
• Partner with brand, marketing, media, product, PR, and commercial teams on contentious and non‑contentious matters.
• Support pre‑litigation negotiations, demand‑letter responses, settlements, and alternative dispute resolution.
• Work with internal IP teams, technical experts, and external specialists as required.

Strategic Oversight & Governance

• Help shape IP enforcement, defense, and advertising risk strategy in the U.S.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting IP, advertising, and media.
• Provide clear reporting to senior leadership on disputes, exposure, and trends.

What you'll need:

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Admitted to practice in New York, in good standing.
• 7+ years of experience in IP litigation, gained at a leading law firm and/or in‑house.
• Substantial experience managing complex IP disputes in U.S. courts.
• Demonstrated experience advising on advertising clearance and marketing risk.
• Experience working with media, marketing, technology and/ or advertising teams.
• Proven ability to manage outside counsel and litigation budgets.
• Excellent written, oral, and stakeholder‑management skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Combination of top-tier law firm and in-house experience strongly preferred.
• Background in media, advertising, technology, entertainment, digital platforms, AI, data, and/ or emerging tech.
• Experience with influencer marketing, social media, or branded content disputes.
• Familiarity with NAD challenges or regulatory‑adjacent advertising issues (e.g. FTC, state privacy laws like CCPA/CPRA).
• Experience with production agreements, SAG-AFTRA and other guild requirements in advertising and branded content context 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 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to spearhead critical finance transformation initiatives across WPP's global network, driving strategic change at group, agency, and shared service center levels. Reporting to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director, this is a high-impact, high-visibility opportunity where you will leverage deep functional expertise and advanced leadership skills to shape the future of our finance function, delivering significant operational efficiencies and strategic business value. We are looking for someone who can not only navigate intricate global organizational structures but also strategically define, architect, and deliver innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges. You must be able to translate complex business problems into actionable, sustainable transformation programs, influencing at the C-suite and Board levels.

Key Responsibilities: 

The Senior Manager, Finance Transformation will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of WPP's global finance function. You will lead and drive significant, large-scale transformation initiatives, operating with a high degree of autonomy and strategic influence. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Program Leadership: Lead and strategically drive complex, multi-year global finance transformation programs and initiatives across group, agency, and shared service center levels, moving beyond support to direct ownership and delivery.
• Executive Strategy & Communication: Proactively identify strategic priorities, develop comprehensive solutions, and design compelling content for direct presentation to C-Suite, Board-level stakeholders, and global partners, significantly influencing strategic direction and investment decisions.
• End-to-End Execution Management: Design, lead, and oversee the end-to-end execution of multiple concurrent, large-scale transformation workstreams, ensuring the successful delivery of critical milestones, managing interdependencies, and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and tight timelines with a focus on enterprise-wide impact.
• Governance & Risk Oversight: Provide strategic oversight and direction to the PMO function, ensuring robust program governance, informed agenda setting for executive forums, and the proactive identification and mitigation of enterprise-level risks across the entire transformation portfolio.
• Executive Advisory: Serve as a primary strategic advisor to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director and other senior executives, providing expert counsel, proactive risk management, and strategic insights across the entire transformation portfolio, often acting as a delegated authority on key decisions.
• Team & Culture Development: Actively shape team culture, fostering a high-performance and innovative environment, and champion best practices across the organization.
• Talent Development: Formally mentor, develop, and lead a team of finance transformation professionals, fostering their growth, career progression, and building high-performing project teams capable of delivering complex initiatives.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Proactively identify, evaluate, and champion the adoption of emerging trends, technologies (e.g., AI, GenAI, RPA, advanced analytics), and leading practices in finance to drive competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and innovation across WPP.
• Consulting & Change Enablement: Leverage extensive business consulting acumen and a proven track record of driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations, often managing initiatives that span multiple operating companies and geographies.
• Strategic Workshop Facilitation: Design and facilitate highly impactful, executive-level workshops across diverse global agency stakeholders, driving consensus on strategic direction, critical decisions, and complex problem resolution.
• Advanced Governance & Reporting: Establish and lead comprehensive program governance frameworks for multi-faceted transformation initiatives, ensuring robust decision-making, transparent communication to Board and C-suite, and compelling strategic storytelling that aligns diverse stakeholders globally.
• Executive Stakeholder Management: Proactively cultivate and manage strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global agency leaders, and critical external partners, influencing outcomes, building coalitions for significant change initiatives, and navigating complex political landscapes to ensure program success.

Desired Skills & Experiences:

We want someone who can not only identify strategic opportunities but also architect and implement complex solutions that drive tangible business value. You will provide strategic counsel to executive business partners, identifying and championing opportunities for step-change improvements across the finance function. You must be able to influence strategic priorities, facilitate consensus among diverse global stakeholders, and verify that transformation objectives are met with sustained impact. We value visionary leadership, unparalleled insight, strategic flexibility, and impeccable business judgment. You must be an exceptional communicator who can distill highly complex strategies into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences. You must also be a masterful program leader capable of orchestrating multi-faceted, global transformation initiatives from inception to successful completion, managing extensive resources and navigating significant complexity. You will be a person who anticipates enterprise-level challenges and proactively devises strategic solutions, driving change independently and through high-performing global teams. You will have the ability to cultivate and sustain strategic relationships with C-suite executives and critical global partners, demonstrating a proactive, hands-on leadership style and the resilience required to deliver in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Experience & Transformation Acumen:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, management consulting (focused on finance), or a related strategic finance role, with a significant portion (5+ years) leading complex, large-scale, global transformation programs.
• Proven experience driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations.
• Mastery of advanced finance transformation concepts and methodologies, including target operating model design and implementation, global shared services/GBS strategy and execution, and end-to-end process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated experience improving finance processes and systems, including standardising and simplifying end to end processes in alignment with ERP design, identifying automation opportunities (RPA/AI), and driving scalable, technology enabled process improvements globally.

Leadership & Executive Presence:

• Highly influential and visionary leader with an engaging, inspiring, and persuasive communication style, capable of mobilizing diverse global teams and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated executive presence, gravitas, and a proven ability to challenge conventional thinking, influence strategic decisions, and drive consensus at the highest organizational levels (Board, C-Suite, Global Leadership).
• Exemplary track record of building and nurturing strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global business unit leaders, and external partners; adept at navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Demonstrated mastery in adapting leadership style and communication strategies to effectively engage, influence, and motivate a diverse global audience, from technical teams to Board members.

Strategic Planning & Execution:

• Exceptional strategic planning and execution capabilities, thriving in highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving, and high-pressure environments. Ability to define strategic direction, prioritize ruthlessly across a complex portfolio, and drive execution with minimal oversight.
• Superior program and portfolio management expertise for global, complex initiatives, including governance, risk management, and interdependency mapping.
• Unwavering commitment to delivering transformative business outcomes and resolving complex, high-impact challenges with innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
• Self-starter with a proactive, outcome-oriented mindset and the flexibility to navigate continuous, complex change.

Analytical & Technical Proficiency:

• Deep analytical and problem-solving skills to architect innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges.
• Advanced proficiency in strategic planning tools, data visualization, and financial modeling.

Communication Skills:

• Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, capable of distilling highly complex strategies and detailed program updates into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences.
• Superior executive-level written and oral communication skills, capable of articulating complex strategic visions and detailed program updates with clarity, precision, and measurable impact.

Education & Certifications:

• Professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA/CA or equivalent) — required.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; MBA desirable
• Project or change management certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci) — preferred but not essential.

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

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to spearhead critical finance transformation initiatives across WPP's global network, driving strategic change at group, agency, and shared service center levels. Reporting to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director, this is a high-impact, high-visibility opportunity where you will leverage deep functional expertise and advanced leadership skills to shape the future of our finance function, delivering significant operational efficiencies and strategic business value. We are looking for someone who can not only navigate intricate global organizational structures but also strategically define, architect, and deliver innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges. You must be able to translate complex business problems into actionable, sustainable transformation programs, influencing at the C-suite and Board levels.

Key Responsibilities: 

The Senior Manager, Finance Transformation will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of WPP's global finance function. You will lead and drive significant, large-scale transformation initiatives, operating with a high degree of autonomy and strategic influence. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Program Leadership: Lead and strategically drive complex, multi-year global finance transformation programs and initiatives across group, agency, and shared service center levels, moving beyond support to direct ownership and delivery.
• Executive Strategy & Communication: Proactively identify strategic priorities, develop comprehensive solutions, and design compelling content for direct presentation to C-Suite, Board-level stakeholders, and global partners, significantly influencing strategic direction and investment decisions.
• End-to-End Execution Management: Design, lead, and oversee the end-to-end execution of multiple concurrent, large-scale transformation workstreams, ensuring the successful delivery of critical milestones, managing interdependencies, and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and tight timelines with a focus on enterprise-wide impact.
• Governance & Risk Oversight: Provide strategic oversight and direction to the PMO function, ensuring robust program governance, informed agenda setting for executive forums, and the proactive identification and mitigation of enterprise-level risks across the entire transformation portfolio.
• Executive Advisory: Serve as a primary strategic advisor to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director and other senior executives, providing expert counsel, proactive risk management, and strategic insights across the entire transformation portfolio, often acting as a delegated authority on key decisions.
• Team & Culture Development: Actively shape team culture, fostering a high-performance and innovative environment, and champion best practices across the organization.
• Talent Development: Formally mentor, develop, and lead a team of finance transformation professionals, fostering their growth, career progression, and building high-performing project teams capable of delivering complex initiatives.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Proactively identify, evaluate, and champion the adoption of emerging trends, technologies (e.g., AI, GenAI, RPA, advanced analytics), and leading practices in finance to drive competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and innovation across WPP.
• Consulting & Change Enablement: Leverage extensive business consulting acumen and a proven track record of driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations, often managing initiatives that span multiple operating companies and geographies.
• Strategic Workshop Facilitation: Design and facilitate highly impactful, executive-level workshops across diverse global agency stakeholders, driving consensus on strategic direction, critical decisions, and complex problem resolution.
• Advanced Governance & Reporting: Establish and lead comprehensive program governance frameworks for multi-faceted transformation initiatives, ensuring robust decision-making, transparent communication to Board and C-suite, and compelling strategic storytelling that aligns diverse stakeholders globally.
• Executive Stakeholder Management: Proactively cultivate and manage strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global agency leaders, and critical external partners, influencing outcomes, building coalitions for significant change initiatives, and navigating complex political landscapes to ensure program success.

Desired Skills & Experiences:

We want someone who can not only identify strategic opportunities but also architect and implement complex solutions that drive tangible business value. You will provide strategic counsel to executive business partners, identifying and championing opportunities for step-change improvements across the finance function. You must be able to influence strategic priorities, facilitate consensus among diverse global stakeholders, and verify that transformation objectives are met with sustained impact. We value visionary leadership, unparalleled insight, strategic flexibility, and impeccable business judgment. You must be an exceptional communicator who can distill highly complex strategies into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences. You must also be a masterful program leader capable of orchestrating multi-faceted, global transformation initiatives from inception to successful completion, managing extensive resources and navigating significant complexity. You will be a person who anticipates enterprise-level challenges and proactively devises strategic solutions, driving change independently and through high-performing global teams. You will have the ability to cultivate and sustain strategic relationships with C-suite executives and critical global partners, demonstrating a proactive, hands-on leadership style and the resilience required to deliver in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Experience & Transformation Acumen:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, management consulting (focused on finance), or a related strategic finance role, with a significant portion (5+ years) leading complex, large-scale, global transformation programs.
• Proven experience driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations.
• Mastery of advanced finance transformation concepts and methodologies, including target operating model design and implementation, global shared services/GBS strategy and execution, and end-to-end process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated experience improving finance processes and systems, including standardising and simplifying end to end processes in alignment with ERP design, identifying automation opportunities (RPA/AI), and driving scalable, technology enabled process improvements globally.

Leadership & Executive Presence:

• Highly influential and visionary leader with an engaging, inspiring, and persuasive communication style, capable of mobilizing diverse global teams and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated executive presence, gravitas, and a proven ability to challenge conventional thinking, influence strategic decisions, and drive consensus at the highest organizational levels (Board, C-Suite, Global Leadership).
• Exemplary track record of building and nurturing strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global business unit leaders, and external partners; adept at navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Demonstrated mastery in adapting leadership style and communication strategies to effectively engage, influence, and motivate a diverse global audience, from technical teams to Board members.

Strategic Planning & Execution:

• Exceptional strategic planning and execution capabilities, thriving in highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving, and high-pressure environments. Ability to define strategic direction, prioritize ruthlessly across a complex portfolio, and drive execution with minimal oversight.
• Superior program and portfolio management expertise for global, complex initiatives, including governance, risk management, and interdependency mapping.
• Unwavering commitment to delivering transformative business outcomes and resolving complex, high-impact challenges with innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
• Self-starter with a proactive, outcome-oriented mindset and the flexibility to navigate continuous, complex change.

Analytical & Technical Proficiency:

• Deep analytical and problem-solving skills to architect innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges.
• Advanced proficiency in strategic planning tools, data visualization, and financial modeling.

Communication Skills:

• Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, capable of distilling highly complex strategies and detailed program updates into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences.
• Superior executive-level written and oral communication skills, capable of articulating complex strategic visions and detailed program updates with clarity, precision, and measurable impact.

Education & Certifications:

• Professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA/CA or equivalent) — required.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; MBA desirable
• Project or change management certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci) — preferred but not essential.

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

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to spearhead critical finance transformation initiatives across WPP's global network, driving strategic change at group, agency, and shared service center levels. Reporting to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director, this is a high-impact, high-visibility opportunity where you will leverage deep functional expertise and advanced leadership skills to shape the future of our finance function, delivering significant operational efficiencies and strategic business value. We are looking for someone who can not only navigate intricate global organizational structures but also strategically define, architect, and deliver innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges. You must be able to translate complex business problems into actionable, sustainable transformation programs, influencing at the C-suite and Board levels.

Key Responsibilities: 

The Senior Manager, Finance Transformation will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of WPP's global finance function. You will lead and drive significant, large-scale transformation initiatives, operating with a high degree of autonomy and strategic influence. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Program Leadership: Lead and strategically drive complex, multi-year global finance transformation programs and initiatives across group, agency, and shared service center levels, moving beyond support to direct ownership and delivery.
• Executive Strategy & Communication: Proactively identify strategic priorities, develop comprehensive solutions, and design compelling content for direct presentation to C-Suite, Board-level stakeholders, and global partners, significantly influencing strategic direction and investment decisions.
• End-to-End Execution Management: Design, lead, and oversee the end-to-end execution of multiple concurrent, large-scale transformation workstreams, ensuring the successful delivery of critical milestones, managing interdependencies, and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and tight timelines with a focus on enterprise-wide impact.
• Governance & Risk Oversight: Provide strategic oversight and direction to the PMO function, ensuring robust program governance, informed agenda setting for executive forums, and the proactive identification and mitigation of enterprise-level risks across the entire transformation portfolio.
• Executive Advisory: Serve as a primary strategic advisor to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director and other senior executives, providing expert counsel, proactive risk management, and strategic insights across the entire transformation portfolio, often acting as a delegated authority on key decisions.
• Team & Culture Development: Actively shape team culture, fostering a high-performance and innovative environment, and champion best practices across the organization.
• Talent Development: Formally mentor, develop, and lead a team of finance transformation professionals, fostering their growth, career progression, and building high-performing project teams capable of delivering complex initiatives.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Proactively identify, evaluate, and champion the adoption of emerging trends, technologies (e.g., AI, GenAI, RPA, advanced analytics), and leading practices in finance to drive competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and innovation across WPP.
• Consulting & Change Enablement: Leverage extensive business consulting acumen and a proven track record of driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations, often managing initiatives that span multiple operating companies and geographies.
• Strategic Workshop Facilitation: Design and facilitate highly impactful, executive-level workshops across diverse global agency stakeholders, driving consensus on strategic direction, critical decisions, and complex problem resolution.
• Advanced Governance & Reporting: Establish and lead comprehensive program governance frameworks for multi-faceted transformation initiatives, ensuring robust decision-making, transparent communication to Board and C-suite, and compelling strategic storytelling that aligns diverse stakeholders globally.
• Executive Stakeholder Management: Proactively cultivate and manage strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global agency leaders, and critical external partners, influencing outcomes, building coalitions for significant change initiatives, and navigating complex political landscapes to ensure program success.

Desired Skills & Experiences:

We want someone who can not only identify strategic opportunities but also architect and implement complex solutions that drive tangible business value. You will provide strategic counsel to executive business partners, identifying and championing opportunities for step-change improvements across the finance function. You must be able to influence strategic priorities, facilitate consensus among diverse global stakeholders, and verify that transformation objectives are met with sustained impact. We value visionary leadership, unparalleled insight, strategic flexibility, and impeccable business judgment. You must be an exceptional communicator who can distill highly complex strategies into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences. You must also be a masterful program leader capable of orchestrating multi-faceted, global transformation initiatives from inception to successful completion, managing extensive resources and navigating significant complexity. You will be a person who anticipates enterprise-level challenges and proactively devises strategic solutions, driving change independently and through high-performing global teams. You will have the ability to cultivate and sustain strategic relationships with C-suite executives and critical global partners, demonstrating a proactive, hands-on leadership style and the resilience required to deliver in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Experience & Transformation Acumen:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, management consulting (focused on finance), or a related strategic finance role, with a significant portion (5+ years) leading complex, large-scale, global transformation programs.
• Proven experience driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations.
• Mastery of advanced finance transformation concepts and methodologies, including target operating model design and implementation, global shared services/GBS strategy and execution, and end-to-end process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated experience improving finance processes and systems, including standardising and simplifying end to end processes in alignment with ERP design, identifying automation opportunities (RPA/AI), and driving scalable, technology enabled process improvements globally.

Leadership & Executive Presence:

• Highly influential and visionary leader with an engaging, inspiring, and persuasive communication style, capable of mobilizing diverse global teams and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated executive presence, gravitas, and a proven ability to challenge conventional thinking, influence strategic decisions, and drive consensus at the highest organizational levels (Board, C-Suite, Global Leadership).
• Exemplary track record of building and nurturing strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global business unit leaders, and external partners; adept at navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Demonstrated mastery in adapting leadership style and communication strategies to effectively engage, influence, and motivate a diverse global audience, from technical teams to Board members.

Strategic Planning & Execution:

• Exceptional strategic planning and execution capabilities, thriving in highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving, and high-pressure environments. Ability to define strategic direction, prioritize ruthlessly across a complex portfolio, and drive execution with minimal oversight.
• Superior program and portfolio management expertise for global, complex initiatives, including governance, risk management, and interdependency mapping.
• Unwavering commitment to delivering transformative business outcomes and resolving complex, high-impact challenges with innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
• Self-starter with a proactive, outcome-oriented mindset and the flexibility to navigate continuous, complex change.

Analytical & Technical Proficiency:

• Deep analytical and problem-solving skills to architect innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges.
• Advanced proficiency in strategic planning tools, data visualization, and financial modeling.

Communication Skills:

• Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, capable of distilling highly complex strategies and detailed program updates into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences.
• Superior executive-level written and oral communication skills, capable of articulating complex strategic visions and detailed program updates with clarity, precision, and measurable impact.

Education & Certifications:

• Professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA/CA or equivalent) — required.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; MBA desirable
• Project or change management certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci) — preferred but not essential.

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

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manager to spearhead critical finance transformation initiatives across WPP's global network, driving strategic change at group, agency, and shared service center levels. Reporting to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director, this is a high-impact, high-visibility opportunity where you will leverage deep functional expertise and advanced leadership skills to shape the future of our finance function, delivering significant operational efficiencies and strategic business value. We are looking for someone who can not only navigate intricate global organizational structures but also strategically define, architect, and deliver innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges. You must be able to translate complex business problems into actionable, sustainable transformation programs, influencing at the C-suite and Board levels.

Key Responsibilities: 

The Senior Manager, Finance Transformation will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of WPP's global finance function. You will lead and drive significant, large-scale transformation initiatives, operating with a high degree of autonomy and strategic influence. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Program Leadership: Lead and strategically drive complex, multi-year global finance transformation programs and initiatives across group, agency, and shared service center levels, moving beyond support to direct ownership and delivery.
• Executive Strategy & Communication: Proactively identify strategic priorities, develop comprehensive solutions, and design compelling content for direct presentation to C-Suite, Board-level stakeholders, and global partners, significantly influencing strategic direction and investment decisions.
• End-to-End Execution Management: Design, lead, and oversee the end-to-end execution of multiple concurrent, large-scale transformation workstreams, ensuring the successful delivery of critical milestones, managing interdependencies, and navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and tight timelines with a focus on enterprise-wide impact.
• Governance & Risk Oversight: Provide strategic oversight and direction to the PMO function, ensuring robust program governance, informed agenda setting for executive forums, and the proactive identification and mitigation of enterprise-level risks across the entire transformation portfolio.
• Executive Advisory: Serve as a primary strategic advisor to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director and other senior executives, providing expert counsel, proactive risk management, and strategic insights across the entire transformation portfolio, often acting as a delegated authority on key decisions.
• Team & Culture Development: Actively shape team culture, fostering a high-performance and innovative environment, and champion best practices across the organization.
• Talent Development: Formally mentor, develop, and lead a team of finance transformation professionals, fostering their growth, career progression, and building high-performing project teams capable of delivering complex initiatives.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Proactively identify, evaluate, and champion the adoption of emerging trends, technologies (e.g., AI, GenAI, RPA, advanced analytics), and leading practices in finance to drive competitive advantage, operational efficiency, and innovation across WPP.
• Consulting & Change Enablement: Leverage extensive business consulting acumen and a proven track record of driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations, often managing initiatives that span multiple operating companies and geographies.
• Strategic Workshop Facilitation: Design and facilitate highly impactful, executive-level workshops across diverse global agency stakeholders, driving consensus on strategic direction, critical decisions, and complex problem resolution.
• Advanced Governance & Reporting: Establish and lead comprehensive program governance frameworks for multi-faceted transformation initiatives, ensuring robust decision-making, transparent communication to Board and C-suite, and compelling strategic storytelling that aligns diverse stakeholders globally.
• Executive Stakeholder Management: Proactively cultivate and manage strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global agency leaders, and critical external partners, influencing outcomes, building coalitions for significant change initiatives, and navigating complex political landscapes to ensure program success.

Desired Skills & Experiences:

We want someone who can not only identify strategic opportunities but also architect and implement complex solutions that drive tangible business value. You will provide strategic counsel to executive business partners, identifying and championing opportunities for step-change improvements across the finance function. You must be able to influence strategic priorities, facilitate consensus among diverse global stakeholders, and verify that transformation objectives are met with sustained impact. We value visionary leadership, unparalleled insight, strategic flexibility, and impeccable business judgment. You must be an exceptional communicator who can distill highly complex strategies into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences. You must also be a masterful program leader capable of orchestrating multi-faceted, global transformation initiatives from inception to successful completion, managing extensive resources and navigating significant complexity. You will be a person who anticipates enterprise-level challenges and proactively devises strategic solutions, driving change independently and through high-performing global teams. You will have the ability to cultivate and sustain strategic relationships with C-suite executives and critical global partners, demonstrating a proactive, hands-on leadership style and the resilience required to deliver in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Experience & Transformation Acumen:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in finance transformation, management consulting (focused on finance), or a related strategic finance role, with a significant portion (5+ years) leading complex, large-scale, global transformation programs.
• Proven experience driving significant, sustainable change within highly complex, global matrix organizations.
• Mastery of advanced finance transformation concepts and methodologies, including target operating model design and implementation, global shared services/GBS strategy and execution, and end-to-end process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated experience improving finance processes and systems, including standardising and simplifying end to end processes in alignment with ERP design, identifying automation opportunities (RPA/AI), and driving scalable, technology enabled process improvements globally.

Leadership & Executive Presence:

• Highly influential and visionary leader with an engaging, inspiring, and persuasive communication style, capable of mobilizing diverse global teams and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated executive presence, gravitas, and a proven ability to challenge conventional thinking, influence strategic decisions, and drive consensus at the highest organizational levels (Board, C-Suite, Global Leadership).
• Exemplary track record of building and nurturing strategic relationships with C-suite executives, global business unit leaders, and external partners; adept at navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Demonstrated mastery in adapting leadership style and communication strategies to effectively engage, influence, and motivate a diverse global audience, from technical teams to Board members.

Strategic Planning & Execution:

• Exceptional strategic planning and execution capabilities, thriving in highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving, and high-pressure environments. Ability to define strategic direction, prioritize ruthlessly across a complex portfolio, and drive execution with minimal oversight.
• Superior program and portfolio management expertise for global, complex initiatives, including governance, risk management, and interdependency mapping.
• Unwavering commitment to delivering transformative business outcomes and resolving complex, high-impact challenges with innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
• Self-starter with a proactive, outcome-oriented mindset and the flexibility to navigate continuous, complex change.

Analytical & Technical Proficiency:

• Deep analytical and problem-solving skills to architect innovative solutions to enterprise-level finance challenges.
• Advanced proficiency in strategic planning tools, data visualization, and financial modeling.

Communication Skills:

• Exceptional executive-level communication and presentation skills, capable of distilling highly complex strategies and detailed program updates into compelling, concise narratives for Board and C-Suite audiences.
• Superior executive-level written and oral communication skills, capable of articulating complex strategic visions and detailed program updates with clarity, precision, and measurable impact.

Education & Certifications:

• Professional finance qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA/CA or equivalent) — required.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; MBA desirable
• Project or change management certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci) — preferred but not essential.

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: We are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive the successful execution of critical finance transformation initiatives across WPP's global network. Reporting to the Global Finance Transformation Program Director this role is crucial for delivering specific transformation projects and workstreams, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards. You will leverage your strong project management skills and finance transformation knowledge to manage complex initiatives, ensuring meticulous planning, execution, and communication across diverse stakeholder groups. This position offers a high-impact opportunity to contribute directly to the future of WPP's finance function, achieving operational excellence and strategic value.

Key Responsibilities: The Project Manager, Finance Transformation will be instrumental in the delivery of key projects within WPP's global finance transformation roadmap. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Project Delivery & Execution: Manage the end-to-end execution of complex, multi-year global finance transformation workstreams across the center, agency, and shared service center levels, ensuring strict adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Detailed Planning & Scheduling: Develop comprehensive project plans, schedules, and resource allocations, translating strategic objectives into actionable tasks and milestones. Maintain a meticulous focus on all project components and deliverables.
• Stakeholder Coordination & Communication: Coordinate with key project stakeholders across finance, agencies, and SSCs, providing structured and concise updates to ensure alignment and clarity.
• Executive Reporting & Storytelling: Develop high‑quality SteerCo and board‑ready materials, integrating clear narratives, structured status reporting, metrics, risks, and key decisions required to ensure senior stakeholders have a complete, concise view of project progress.
• Interdependency Management: Track and manage interdependencies across the wider transformation programme, ensuring sequencing, impacts, and linkages are fully understood and communicated.
• PMO Collaboration & Adherence: Collaborate closely with the PMO function, adhering to established governance frameworks, reporting standards, and processes to ensure alignment with the broader transformation program.
• Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, track, and mitigate project-level risks, dependencies, and potential roadblocks, developing robust contingency plans and escalating critical issues to Global Finance Transformation Program Director.
• Resource & Team Facilitation: Facilitate effective collaboration among project team members (often distributed globally) and cross-functional groups, fostering a positive and productive working environment. Informally mentor junior team members as appropriate.
• Process Improvement & Documentation: Support process re-engineering efforts within assigned projects, ensuring detailed documentation of new processes, system requirements, and functional specifications.
• Workshop Facilitation: Design and facilitate project workshops with various stakeholders, including senior management, to gather requirements, drive consensus, and achieve project objectives.
• Innovation Application: Stay current on relevant finance transformation trends and tools, identifying opportunities to enhance project delivery.

Desired Skills & Experiences:

We are seeking a highly organized, detail-oriented, and results-driven individual who can successfully navigate complex project environments. You will be instrumental in executing critical transformation initiatives, ensuring meticulous planning, diligent execution, and transparent communication. You must be adept at managing competing priorities, coordinating diverse project teams, and fostering strong working relationships with stakeholders across various functions and geographies. Your ability to translate strategic goals into tangible project deliverables and drive them to completion will be key to your success.

Project Management Expertise:

• 7-10 years of progressive experience in project management within large-scale, global transformation initiatives, with a significant focus on finance transformation.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects, involving multiple workstreams, diverse stakeholders, and frequently competing priorities, to strict deadlines and budgets.
• Strong understanding and practical application of project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid approaches).
• Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Jira, Asana, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet).

Finance Transformation Knowledge:

• Solid understanding of finance transformation concepts, including operating model design, shared services, process re-engineering, and ERP/Cloud finance system implementations.
• Experience with financial systems implementations (e.g., Workday Financials) or HR system transformations, shared service center stand-up/optimization.

Communication & Stakeholder Management:

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills (written and oral), with a proven ability to communicate effectively and articulately at all organizational levels, from technical teams to senior leadership.
• Meticulous attention to detail in planning, execution, and reporting.
• Exceptional ability to cultivate strong working relationships with project stakeholders across various functions and agencies, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration.

Problem-Solving & Analytical Acumen:

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving abilities, capable of identifying root causes, developing effective solutions, and managing project-level risks.
• Experience with project budget tracking, reconciliation, and reporting.

Leadership & Personal Attributes:

• A strong project leader with the ability to influence without direct authority, motivate teams, and drive accountability.
• Self-starter with a proactive, outcome-oriented mindset and the flexibility to navigate continuous, complex change.
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, and ethical conduct.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Quick learner with the ability to understand new finance processes, systems, and project contexts rapidly.

Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Certification in Project Management (PMP) or Agile (e.g., Scrum Master) is highly desirable.
• Experience with change management principles (e.g., Prosci) within project delivery

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 the world's largest advertising and marketing services company. We are a creative transformation company, built for a new era. Our purpose is to create positive impact for people, clients, and communities. We deliver transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients by bringing together the best talent and capabilities across our global network of agencies. As we navigate an accelerating landscape of technological innovation, particularly the rise of AI, we are committed to reimagining how we operate, deliver value, and foster an environment where our people can thrive and lead the industry into the future.

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

WPP is seeking a visionary and strategic global leader to serve as Head of Operations & Transformation for the People function. This critical role will be instrumental in shaping, aligning, and elevating the delivery of People services across the enterprise by integrating operational excellence with ambitious transformation outcomes. You will lead the charge in creating a unified, highly efficient, and future-ready People organisation, specifically by embedding cutting-edge AI and automation technologies.

The successful candidate will bring together People Operations, Analytics, Transformation, and Shared Services into a high-performing global function. This includes optimizing and leveraging the Talent Shared Service Center. You will instill the agility, robust governance, and advanced capabilities required to meet the evolving needs of a complex, creative, and fast-moving business in an AI-driven era. You will set the bar for service quality, efficiency, compliance, and innovation, ensuring that the People function operates seamlessly and consistently across regions, disciplines, and markets while delivering measurable strategic impact for colleagues, clients, and shareholders.

YOUR IMPACT:

• Drive AI-Powered Organizational & People Function Transformation: Lead the comprehensive modernization and evolution of WPP's global People function by strategically leveraging AI, automation, and advanced analytics. Partner with IT and Enterprise Technology to ensure the talent function and broader WPP workforce are equipped and optimized for an AI-first future.
• Strategic Workforce Design & Efficiency: Enable WPP to evolve its talent model for optimal agility and efficiency. Through operational excellence, data-driven insights, and strategic resource allocation, you will contribute directly to a high-performing, optimized workforce that serves client needs with unparalleled effectiveness.
• Create a Unified Global People Function: Integrate Operations, Analytics, Transformation, and the Talent Shared Service Center into one coherent and effective global structure, fostering cross-functional collaboration and global consistency.
• Raise Performance Standards: Elevate service delivery, governance, compliance, and efficiency across all People operations, demonstrating measurable improvements in quality, speed, and strategic impact.
• Embed Enduring Transformation: Ensure transformation initiatives, especially those driven by AI and new operating models, are fully integrated and sustained within the operating model, delivering long-term value beyond initial programme delivery.
• Build Operational Resilience & Future-Readiness: Architect and implement resilient operational frameworks that support WPP’s global ambitions at scale, proactively adapting to technological shifts and evolving business demands.
• Partner with Global CPO & People Leadership: Operate as a key strategic partner to the Global CPO and the broader People leadership team, shaping and executing a proactive agenda for operational and transformational excellence.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Strategic Integration and Leadership

• Lead the strategic alignment and seamless integration of People Operations, Analytics, Transformation, and the Talent Shared Service Center (SSC), operating as one high-performing global function.
• Champion the embedding of transformation programme outcomes—including AI-driven solutions and new operating models—into day-to-day operations, eliminating silos and enabling sustained adoption enterprise-wide.
• Set and monitor enterprise-level KPIs for operational and transformation success, ensuring clear visibility and accountability at the highest leadership level.

1. Operational Excellence and Governance

• Establish best-in-class governance frameworks, service delivery standards, and performance review cycles across all operational areas of the People function.
• Ensure global compliance and ethical standards are met consistently across regions, disciplines, and service lines.
• Drive a culture of operational discipline, continuous improvement, and innovation in service delivery, constantly seeking new ways to optimize processes and outcomes.

1. Budget and Resource Oversight

• Oversee the management of the global People operations and transformation budget, ensuring investment delivers maximum strategic impact and value.
• Optimise resource allocation across multiple strategic and operational priorities, aligning with WPP's strategic workforce goals.
• Achieve demonstrable cost-to-serve efficiencies without diminishing service quality, employee experience, or the ability to deliver on strategic talent objectives.

1. Technology and Analytics Enablement

• Partner extensively with the Enterprise Technology team to maximise the value of Workday, other core HR platforms, and emerging technologies (including AI tools).
• Leverage advanced data analytics and insights to drive operational decision-making, enhance performance management, and inform transformation outcomes.
• Ensure analytics inform governance, strategically align resources, and proactively respond to evolving business needs.

1. Agentic / AI and Automation Leadership

• Define and champion the strategic roadmap for the adoption, development, and scaling of AI and automation across the entire People function, in partnership with IT.
• Identify, evaluate, and advance high-ROI automation and "agentic" (AI-driven autonomous operations) use cases to significantly enhance efficiency, data quality, and user experience for all WPP stakeholders.
• Embed and drive the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and decision support tools into operational processes, ensuring widespread understanding and utilization across all functions within People.
• Scale and institutionalize proven automation solutions enterprise-wide, establishing clear governance, ownership, and measurable impact.

1. Stakeholder Engagement and Influence

• Operate as a trusted, influential, and commercially astute member of the People leadership team, shaping the operational and transformation agenda at a global level.
• Forge alignment and collaboration across Centres of Excellence (CoEs), regional People Leaders, and wider enterprise functions to deliver a unified and impactful People agenda.
• Model inclusive and strategic leadership that empowers high-performing, geographically dispersed teams, fostering collaboration and innovation across diverse cultures and disciplines.

ABOUT YOU:

• 15+ years of progressive operations and transformation leadership experience within complex, global, matrixed organisations, preferably in professional services, technology, or creative industries.
• Proven track record in leading large-scale People/HR operational transformations, with a strong focus on embedding AI, automation, and advanced analytics to drive efficiency and strategic outcomes.
• Deep expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing global operating models that deliver measurable improvements in performance, efficiency, service quality, and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in integrating and optimizing Shared Service Centers (SSCs) within a broader operational framework to achieve global consistency and efficiency.
• Exceptional transformation expertise, with the ability to not only initiate but also deeply embed change and realise sustainable benefits beyond initial programme delivery.
• Strong financial acumen, with extensive experience managing large global budgets, optimizing cost-to-serve models, and demonstrating ROI on operational investments.
• Deep knowledge of governance, compliance, and risk management at scale, particularly within a global HR context.
• Highly skilled in leveraging HR technology (e.g., Workday, service delivery platforms, AI tools) to enable operational excellence, innovation, and enhanced user experience.
• Operates credibly and influentially at the highest leadership levels, capable of shaping enterprise-wide decisions and securing alignment across diverse and senior stakeholders.
• An inclusive, strategic leader who excels at building and inspiring high-performing global teams, fostering collaboration, and driving sustained impact in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required; a Master’s degree (e.g., MBA, HR Management, Organizational Leadership) is highly 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?

#LI-Hybrid