Project Manager, Transformations

 

Project Manager, Transformations

The Opportunity

WPP is a creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities. 

We are proud to be the global partner for Coca-Cola, a client with whom we share both values and ambition. 

In what has been called “the biggest advertising pitch in history,” WPP was chosen to connect our talent and skills in a truly borderless way to create an open platform that will multiply the power of creativity for one of the world’s largest and most beloved brands.

Welcome to OpenX, our transformational approach that marries WPP, the #1 global network and largest communications holding company in the world, with iconic Coca-Cola valued at 71 billion dollars, and, a portfolio of brands that includes Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Fanta, Dasani, Smartwater, Minute Maid and Powerade among others.

There’s no magic like the one that comes from outstanding talent collaborating across time zones, regions, and markets. It is what we call the “collective ta-da.” That is why being part of OpenX is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a game-changer partnership built with one goal in mind; creating the boldest, most innovative ideas in the history of marketing.

The Role

The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) is implementing multiple Marketing Transformation Projects in partnership with WPP, for example consolidation of digital platforms, projects to collect, nurture, and activate 1 PD, implementation of data lake, reporting automation etc. All these projects are governed and managed by the WPP OpenX Transformation Team.  As a Project Manager with this team, you will be responsible for supervision, governance, and monitoring of the projects assigned to you and/or be the hands-on project manager for projects where needed. You will use your project management experience and best practices to ensure WPP Teams complete their projects successfully across the scope/time/budget metrics and deliver measurable value/impact to TCCC.

As the Project Manager, you will:

• Provide 360-degree project governance and oversight and/or be the hands-on project manager from start to finish (all phases of the project life cycle including project plans and estimates, scoping and requirements through implementation and deployment, and post-deployment reviews and assessments)
• Ensuring that products and/or services are delivered as per scope, on time and within budget
• Monitor, manage, track, and report on the completion of project deliverables
• Ensuring the project team is tracking the client requirements and success/performance metrics are being achieved
• Monitor and report on project financials as needed, and ensure all project financial artifacts are centrally available on an ongoing basis. Coordinate with the commercial teams for budget clarifications and reconciliations on the project
• Report to management on development, implementation, and progress, provide regular project status, flagging risks and escalations to line manager
• Co-ordinate with key project stakeholders (internal as well as external)
• Oversee and maintain practices and procedures in line with project management best practices and the guidelines mandated by TCCC MTO
• Creating quality project setup documents detailing scope, assumptions, success criteria, risks, governance structure, etc.
• Be able to advise the wider project teams on project governance artifacts, processes, and ways of working
• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing new solutions.
• Participating in ongoing reviews and developing optimization strategies
• Mentor and guide the wider team on project management principles, essentials, and ways of working

Experience/ Skills /Competencies

• Experience in Project Management and experience in leading projects is SaaS industry preferred.
• Experience in different project management methodologies like Agile, traditional waterfall, etc.
• Experience leading projects in the Advertising industry will be a plus, though not mandatory
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or business discipline, or background in technology environment delivering solutions or projects
• Strong Project Management and coordination background, with relevant certifications. PMP/CSM preferred, Agile is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail and outstanding analytical and Problem-solving skills.
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities and strategic mindset to advise and manage internal and external partners
• Being able to work independently without supervision
• Team player with a pro-attitude to get things done

The Team 

On the OpenX side, the Project Manager will collaborate with WPP MTO Project Teams of the assigned projects, WPP finance, and commercial teams, on an ad-hoc basis with Team leads for projects beyond the Transformation Initiatives

You will be reporting to Global Program Leader Transformations

Your unique contribution

A proven project management expert, you:

• Are a team player who is adept at and thrives in multistakeholder, dynamic relationships.
• Grow by scaling success and keeping a consistently steep gradient of the learning curve.
• Curious, persuasive, and respectful.
• Have proven and verifiable skill sets/domain expertise.
• Have worked on/in mega-scale relationships.
• Have hands-on experience and leadership in SaaS practices.
• Have experience in both client and agency environments
• Have an outstanding track record of performance and business growth.
• Get motivated and driven by thought-leadership  
• Always open to learning, exploring, and reinventing.

You will be open, optimistic, and extraordinary with the highest standards of personal ethics, the emotional intelligence to work collaboratively both within and outside of WPP and its agencies, and the guts to discern and do what is right, taking the tough decisions and owning them.

This role is currently a contract position with a view to going permanent!