Programme Manager
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About WPP Production
WPP is the largest communications holding company in the world. WPP Production is the worlds leading creative content production company. Born to make thebest work brilliantly we combine craft insight and technology to bring creative work to life for manyof the worlds most famous brands.
What does a Digital Programme Manager do in the Digital Team at WPP Production
This is a key team leading role for an experienced and proactive individual who will be responsible for managing digital production and implementation work for our global clients. The Digital Programme Manager has day-to-day liaison with our clients clients agencies and cross functional stakeholders to ensure that work is delivered to a high standard work is planned in and resource requirements are dealt with in a timely fashion.
The Digital Programme Manager also plays a pivotal role in shaping WPP Productions evolution toward AI-enabled addition to managing digital campaign delivery projects the role is responsible for coordination and delivery of AI and automation-powered initiatives including WPP Open Pilots Production Studio demos proofs of concept and innovation workstreams. This requires the ability to translate strategic ambitions into actionable delivery plans bridging creative technical and operational teams to ensure that new technologies are deployed effectively and responsibly.
Responsibilities
- The role of the Programme Manager is to lead a team of SPMs and PMs who plan document execute and finalise multiple client digital campaigns according to deadlines and within budget. This includes inhouse briefing between numerous hubs and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party partners to deliver projects according to plan.
- Ensure requirements are comprehensively gathered gaps are resolved and estimates are provided by the team with effective caveats and assumptions around timelines.
- Be an internal source of expertise in the digital project management field and respond swiftly and concisely to any questions or queries
- Manage and optimise internal workflow to ensure/increase productivity
- Initiate projects including scope budget and schedule
- Work on deployment and optimisation of key production tools (focus on optimisation and automation)
- Support and mentor team members
Successful candidates will have:
- Experience within a global production environment and/or creative agency environment
- A commitment to ensuring flawless execution and delivery across multiple projects
- Experience with automation DCO workflows and addressable content highly welcome
- Inspiring leadership ability to manage matrix reporting rally teams and experience in driving change and governance through cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated experience of successfully working within a virtual team environment
- The ability to manage globally distributed project teams
- The ability to link people (including team members and stakeholders) ideas and information throughout a project life cycle
- The ability to identify analyse and properly respond to project risks
- The ability to manage client needs through the entire project lifecycle
- The ability to juggle a varied workload and to prioritise time effectively
- 5 Years Project Management Experience
The Company
WPP Production is the worlds leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly we combine craft insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the worlds most famous brands.
Founded 13 years ago WPP Production has grown from a start-up to over 4500 people across 30 key cities and is now part of the WPP. Obsessively striving for better is in our DNA it is the reason for our existence and continues to drive us froward in all that we do making WPP Production an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.
WPP Production Values
Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.
Hands on: We dont wait for things to happen we get on with it. We are pragmatic and dont have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.
Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.
Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough we dont lose perspective or our sense of humour.
Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.
How to apply
Please send your CV to
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Required Experience:
Manager
