Technology Risk Lead (Senior Manager)

The role

You will help build and mature WPP's Enterprise Technology Risk function as Technology Risk Lead. You will lead technology risk management and governance, develop a team of risk specialists, and work with technology, security, assurance and business teams.

What you will do

• Lead development and maturity of the technology risk management framework and processes.
• Facilitate risk assessments, scenario analysis and risk-based decisions across Enterprise Technology.
• Maintain technology risk registers, issue management and remediation tracking.
• Produce management reporting, dashboards and risk insights for senior stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, workflow optimisation, analytics and agentic AI.
• Partner with Enterprise Security, Risk & Controls, Controls Assurance, Internal Audit and Legal teams.
• Provide pragmatic challenge and guidance to risk owners.
• Support transformation programmes, mergers, acquisitions, divestments and governance changes.
• Recruit, lead, coach and develop a Technology Risk team across India and the UK.
• Establish operating rhythms, quality standards and performance expectations for the function.

Required qualifications

• Strong experience in Technology Risk, IT Risk, Cyber Risk, Technology Governance or Assurance.
• Experience operating within large, complex or multinational technology environments.
• Strong understanding of technology risk management, cloud, infrastructure, identity, service management and resilience.
• Demonstrable experience developing risk reporting and leadership insight.
• Ability to simplify complex technical and risk topics for diverse audiences.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Experience improving processes through automation, analytics, workflow platforms or AI-enabled approaches.
• Comfortable operating strategically while remaining hands-on when required.

Benefits

• Passionate, inspired colleagues in a culture built for extraordinary work.
• Scale and opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at industry-leading scale.
• Challenging and stimulating work with a group of creative problem solvers.

Before you apply

• Accommodations or flexibility can be discussed with the hiring team during the interview process.

About the company

WPP is a growth partner for leading brands, combining media intelligence, data, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and strategic counsel. It operates across more than 100 markets.