Project Management Director (12 Month FTC)

The role

This role leads project management work on Media Standards and Best Practices projects for Google, within the Media Futures Group at WPP Media. The Project Management Director will facilitate across workstreams, specialists and client stakeholders to turn desired outcomes into plans and deliverables.

What you will do

• Partner with functional media SMEs to define and drive a portfolio of Media Standards and Best Practices projects
• Define frameworks and playbooks, understand process impacts, design change management strategies and content, and define governance and monitoring to ensure adoption
• Ensure global consistency while identifying regional and local nuances
• Ensure project deliverables align with client business objectives and roadmap
• Understand project dependencies across other projects and priorities within the MFG media delivery framework
• Facilitate across workstreams, specialists and client stakeholders
• Define the impact of projects on the day-to-day campaign lifecycle
• Tell the story of project value and impact to different audiences
• Identify ways to use AI, automation and technology to improve processes, efficiency and quality

Required qualifications

• Project and program management, process design and change management experience
• Experience in project management or engagement delivery, ideally in a consulting or agency organization
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong process documentation, design and optimization skills
• Strong change management skills, including change strategy, audience identification and adoption tracking
• Excellent written and verbal communication and storytelling skills
• Comfortable having tough conversations with key stakeholders and resolving conflicting priorities
• Comfortable creating order from ambiguity
• Quintessential project planner who anticipates risks and course corrects

Benefits

• Competitive medical insurance
• Group retirement plans
• Vision and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days
• Access to WPP Media and WPP global networks and development opportunities
• Employee resource groups and in-office events

Before you apply

• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Benefits may vary by office or country
• Accommodations or flexibility can be discussed with the hiring team during the interview process
• Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted

About the company

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data and partnerships. Media Futures Group is a bespoke team within WPP dedicated to AI-enabled marketing transformation for Google.