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Why we're hiring:
As a Project Manager within the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will provide hands-on delivery coordination and technical project management across Data Engineering and DevOps initiatives. The role supports multiple agile delivery workstreams with engineering resources distributed across the UK and India.
You will work closely with Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, DevOps teams, and technical leads to drive sprint planning, backlog management, dependency tracking, release coordination, and delivery reporting. A key focus of the role is ensuring delivery teams remain organised, unblocked, and able to focus on execution by maintaining strong operational cadence, Jira hygiene, and clear stakeholder visibility.
This role requires a highly organised self-starter who is comfortable operating in fast-paced technical environments, proactively driving actions, resolving cross-team dependencies, and stepping in where needed to support successful delivery. You should be confident running agile ceremonies, managing delivery governance, and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple time zones.
You will be joining a high-performing engineering organisation delivering enterprise-scale data and platform capabilities that support critical business operations across WPP, operating at the intersection of data engineering, cloud platform operations, systems integration, and master data management.
What you'll be doing:
Sprint & delivery management
- Manage sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives across offshore engineering teams.
- Track and report on sprint velocity, burn-down, and delivery progress against programme milestones.
- Coordinate sprint deliverables across data engineering, systems integration, and data management workstreams.
Dependency & risk management
- Identify, track, and manage cross-workstream dependencies that impact delivery timelines.
- Maintain the programme risk and issue register, driving mitigation actions to resolution.
- Escalate blockers and delivery risks to programme leadership with recommendations.
Resource & capacity planning
- Manage resource allocation and capacity planning across offshore teams.
- Support the onboarding of new team members, ensuring access, tooling, and documentation are in place.
- Track team utilisation and identify capacity constraints ahead of sprint commitments.
Stakeholder communication
- Produce regular status reports and dashboards for programme leadership and stakeholders.
- Facilitate cross-timezone communication between UK and India-based teams.
- Manage the Jira project, ensuring tasks, estimates, and status are kept current.
What you'll need:
- Proven experience in technical project management within data engineering, software development, or systems integration programmes.
- Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) with practical experience running sprints.
- Proficiency with project management tools, particularly Jira and Confluence.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business audiences.
- Experience managing distributed teams across multiple time zones.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks.
- Organised and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Understanding of data engineering or data platform programmes is an advantage.
- Experience with Databricks, Azure, or similar cloud platforms is a plus.
- Self-motivated with the ability to operate independently and drive delivery outcomes.
Who you are:
You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.
You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.
You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.
What we'll give you:
Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.
Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?
#LI-Hybrid
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
