Business Director, OMS China PMO

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Role Title:PMO Lead (Business Director)

Department:Product Enablement Choreograph ChinaLocation:Shanghai

Reports To:Managing Director Head of Product Enablement

Role Overview

WPP Media Choreograph China is looking for a PMO Lead (Business Director). PMO Lead serves as the operational architect for the Product Enablement Pillar. You will be personally responsible for architecting configuring and driving the delivery infrastructure for our desktop-based media products (WPP Open DPAM). You will bridge the gap between Global Product Engineering (Agile) and Local Agency Service delivery (Structured) ensuring rigorous governance precise vendor management and flawless execution without administrative support.

Key Responsibilities

1. Delivery Architecture & Execution

• Infrastructure Ownership:Serve as the primary administrator and architect of the China product delivery ecosystem. You will configure maintain and groomJiraprojects ensuring workflows automation rules and dashboards reflect real-time ground truth.
• Hybrid Methodology Governance:Design and execute a delivery framework that integrates Global Agile cadences with Local Waterfall/Structured release windows. You must determine when to enforce rigid schedules for agency assurance and when to pivot to agile swarming to resolve critical blockers.
• Hands-On Vendor Management:Act as the singular point of control for external managed service vendors and development partners. Drive daily stand-ups manage sprint velocity and personally validate that vendor output meets the technical specifications defined by the Product Owners.

1. Operational Control & Risk Engineering

• The Control Tower:Maintain a holistic real-time view of the entire project portfolio. You are expected to know the status risk level and critical path of every initiative (Discover Plan Activate) in detail capable of reporting to the MD immediately without needing to consult subordinates.
• Proactive Risk Mitigation:Identify technical and regulatory risks (e.g. PIPL compliance API deprecations) weeks in advance. Personally chase down resolutions across Legal IT and Global Engineering to ensure the critical path remains clear.

1. Stakeholder & Commercial Translation

• Global-Local Bridging:Translate complex technical constraints from Global Product teams into clear commercially operational language for local Agency Leaders.
• Executive Reporting:Transform raw Jira data into high-level executive narratives using advanced Excel and PowerPoint providing leadership with clear visibility into resource allocation and delivery health.

Qualifications & Technical Requirements

• Professional Experience:10 years in Project/Program Management with a mandatory background inTechnology/SaaSproduct inAdTechorMarTech companies ideal.
• Hard Skills Tools:
  • Jira Expert:Must possess Admin-level proficiency (e.g. ability to configure custom workflows schemes advanced roadmaps and automation rules). This is a hands-on requirement.
  • Microsoft Office Mastery:Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables VLOOKUP conditional formatting for resource modeling) and PowerPoint (executive storytelling) are required.
• Methodologies:
  • Deep practical experience inAgile/ScrumANDStructured/Waterfall
  • PMPorPrince2certification is highly preferred.
  • Scrum Mastercertification is a strong plus.
• Core Competencies:
  • Execution Focus:A proven doer who thrives without a support staff.
  • Bilingual Fluency:Native/Fluent Mandarin and Professional English are essential for managing global-local dependencies.

About WPP Media & Choreograph

WPP Media is WPPs global media bring the best platform people and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. Choreograph is WPPs global data products and technology on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.

Life at WPP Media

• Culture:We foster a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
• Growth:We invest in our employees to help them do their best work and are committed to employee growth.

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