WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.
Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 115,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.
We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.
WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 307 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 20th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.
Why We're Hiring:
WPP's People team is seeking a Senior Project Manager to take a lead in driving EMEA readiness for critical initiatives like the Gender Pay Gap report, Pay Transparency, and Equal Pay Reporting. Reporting to the Head of Global Reward and Transformation, you'll partner to spearhead governance, establish cadence, and ensure seamless rollouts, all while navigating EU Commission guidelines.
This role will entail close collaboration with WPP Agency and Corporate CPOs and Reward Directors, making you an integral part of fostering equity and transparency across WPP. If you're a proven Project Manager with a passion for driving impactful change within Reward Transformation, we are keen to hear from you.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the successful delivery of multiple projects, maintaining a keen focus on quality, timelines, and scope.
- Develop and implement global standard operating procedures, optimizing processes into a comprehensive program playbook.
- Facilitate effective communication between project stakeholders, including internal teams, external clients and Leadership.
- Track project progress and report on key metrics, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
- Champion an iterative planning process, defining project scopes and deliverables collaboratively with development teams.
- Manage multiple workstreams and deliverables, identifying and mitigating risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Leverage your experience in sensitive HR and legal programs, ensuring compliance and best practices.
- Collaborate with other programs of work, such Living Wage, and Global Pay Gap, to drive holistic transformation.
What You'll Need:
- Experience in Project methodology, with a track record of success in HR transformation and rewards initiatives.
- Agile (Scrum) methodology expertise.
- Proficiency in Payroll HR systems and familiarity with Workday HCM is advantageous.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities independently while fostering a collaborative team environment.
- Experience in managing cross-functional teams and delivering projects within scope, time, and budget constraints.
- Solid knowledge of project management tools like JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft Office Suite.
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 accepting: of 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 promote a culture of people that 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?
WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.
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