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Summary: Lead program delivery for an AI-assisted production platform, coordinating cross-functional teams to ensure predictable and calm delivery flow. Highlights: 1. Lead programme delivery for an AI-assisted production platform 2. Coordinate multiple teams and parallel workstreams effectively 3. Help the team do its best work by improving clarity, coordination, and delivery We are WPP Production \- the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world\-class human craft with next generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi\-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world. WPP Production is part of WPP. WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com **A Hybrid working model** *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.* **Overview** You will lead programme delivery for an AI‑assisted production platform that blends workflow integration and applied AI to reduce production cycle time, improve consistency, and minimise rework. You will create the operating rhythm that helps a cross‑functional team ship predictably in a security‑constrained enterprise environment. A core part of the role is coordinating multiple teams and parallel workstreams (for example: UX/UI, integrations, applied AI, etc.), who might have different working rhythms and preferences. It's your role to keep them aligned on shared milestones while managing dependencies, sequencing, and trade\-offs. You will not be doing this alone. You will join a collaborative, high‑calibre team of engineers, applied AI/ML experts, product partners, and domain specialists. Your role is to help the team do its best work by improving clarity, coordination, and delivery flow. This role is about making delivery predictable and calm. Success means fewer surprises, faster decisions, and a team that can focus on building a trusted product. **What** **You'll** **Do** * **Own the programme plan and delivery cadence** * Build and maintain an integrated delivery plan across discovery, build, rollout, and adoption. * Run an effective cadence of ceremonies and forums (planning, dependency reviews, risk reviews, stakeholder updates). * Ensure milestones, deliverables, and decision points are clear, tracked, and actively managed. * **Stakeholder and client engagement** * Serve as the programme\-level point of contact for clients and senior stakeholders. * Provide regular, clear communication on delivery status, milestones, risks, and decisions. * Support and lead governance forums, steering committees, and executive updates. * **Delivery assurance and quality** * Work with technical and delivery leads to ensure appropriate testing, integration, and release practices are in place. * Coordinate release readiness (go/no\-go), rollout plans, and post\-release follow\-up. * **Agile leadership and facilitation** * Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies for one or more teams (stand\-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, retrospectives). * Use agile delivery tools (for example: Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Trello) to manage backlogs, track progress, monitor metrics, and generate reports. * Identify and help resolve conflicts within the team, promoting healthy communication and collaboration. * **Drive crossfunctional alignment and execution** * Coordinate engineering, applied AI, and business stakeholders to keep scope, timelines, and dependencies aligned. * Translate ambiguity into a practical delivery approach: phases, releases, pilots, and golive readiness. * Keep the team focused on outcomes and remove friction that slows delivery. * **Manage scope, dependencies, and change** * Track dependencies across systems, integrations, data availability, and environment readiness. * Manage change requests with clear impact assessment on timeline, cost, and risk. * Support the Product Manager in balancing new asks with roadmap commitments. * **Own RAID, governance, and reporting** * Maintain an uptodate RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, decisions) and ensure owners and mitigations are active. * Produce concise, decisionoriented reporting for stakeholders and leadership. * Establish escalation paths and keep decisions moving. * **Support quality, readiness, and operationalisation** * Coordinate readiness activities: access, environments, logging/audit needs, monitoring, runbooks, and support processes. * Ensure acceptance gates are understood and met, including evaluation plans for automated or AIassisted outputs. * Drive release planning and cutover activities across teams. * **Improve delivery systems and ways of working** * Introduce lightweight processes that increase clarity without adding unnecessary overhead. * Facilitate retrospectives and continuous improvement. * Promote a culture of transparency, accountability, and psychological safety. **What** **You'll** **Bring** * **Programme / delivery leadership experience** * 5\+ years leading delivery for complex software programmes with multiple stakeholders and dependencies. * Proven ability to run delivery across discovery, build, and rollout with measurable outcomes. \#LI\-Hybrid \#LI\-BS1 **Why work here:** At WPP Production, you'll help shape the future of content production at a truly global scale. We bring together world\-class talent, cutting\-edge studios, and advanced technology to solve some of the most complex creative and production challenges in the industry. You'll work in a collaborative, borderless environment where craft excellence is valued, innovation is encouraged, and AI and next\-generation tools are used to amplify not replace human creativity. With access to diverse projects, global career opportunities, and the backing of WPP's unmatched network, this is a place where you can grow your skills, make real impact, and create work that performs for every audience, across every channel, at every moment. **Inclusion and Impact** 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. **Data** We rely on legitimate interest as a legal basis for processing personal information under the GDPR for purposes of recruitment and applications for employment. When you click the "Submit Application" button at the bottom of this page, this will send all the information you have added to WPP Production. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Privacy statement. This explains what we do with your personal data when you apply for a role with us, and, how you can update the information you have provided us with or how to remove it. **Please contact** **careers@wppproduction.com** **if you need the job advert or form in another format.**
