Director, Program Management

The role

Lead cross-functional program management for media engagement, data strategy, client analytics and technology initiatives across one or several accounts. Align teams, clients and third parties around clear plans, risk management and on-time, on-budget delivery.

What you will do

• Serve as primary cross-functional program management lead for global Colgate-Palmolive Media Engagement delivery
• Establish process maps, RACIs, workflow documentation, governance standards and escalation paths
• Conduct detailed project planning including milestones, dependencies and critical paths
• Manage progress and risk, and escalate cross-divisional blockers
• Track delivery velocity, progress and program health using available data
• Report, forecast and recommend action through status reports, quarterly business reviews and post-mortems
• Support resource planning, revenue pacing, budget tracking and scopes of work
• Oversee junior project managers

Required qualifications

• 8 to 10+ years of project or program management experience in a media agency, marketing, advertising, marketing technology, software development, creative agency or consulting environment
• Strong organization, documentation, prioritization, problem solving and communication skills
• Knowledge of media, data strategy, client analytics, first-party data enablement and campaign performance
• Experience with enterprise data applications and platforms such as clean rooms, customer data platforms, data warehouses and Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with media and analytics technologies such as Google Analytics, Google Campaign Manager and MOAT
• Experience with project and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, SharePoint and Slack
• Management of waterfall and agile methodologies and advanced Excel skills

Nice to have

• Media agency experience
• Experience or strong interest in domestic and global consumer packaged goods
• Experience with AI-enabled productivity tools

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Employee resource groups and career growth opportunities through the WPP Media and WPP networks

Before you apply

• Hybrid role with teams in the office around four days a week; accommodations or flexibility can be discussed with the hiring team during interviews

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. It is an equal opportunity employer.