Project & Change Management, Senior Manager

Job description

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company.

We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities.

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WPP Media is WPP's global media collective.

In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth.

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At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people.

It's what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other.

In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media's shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
  
  
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust .
  
  
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise .
  
  

Role Summary and Impact

This role consists of two workstreams, Project Management and Change Management.

In this role, you will be part of the APAC Business Transformation team, where you will be responsible of the daily project governance and management activities, as well as Change Management related planning and enabling activities.

Skills and Experience

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Senior Director, Business Transformation APAC

3 best things about the job:

• A fun environment that combines the best of being entrepreneurial whilst at the same time being part of the largest Marketing services group in the world.
  
  

• An opportunity to create transformational change in the largest media agency group in APAC.
  
  

• An opportunity to be part of an influential team, and to work with GroupM senior leadership across Regional and all APAC markets.
  
  

In this role, your goals will be:

In three months:

• Embedded yourself in the current Market Operating Model Change projects with Wave 1 Markets, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
  
  

• Act as Regional Change Manger, and worked closely with Regional and Local Project Managers to:

• Build relationships with Market stakeholder groups and establish consistent ways of working.
  
  

• Create Change Management Plan, tailored to local business culture and growth requirements.
  
  

• Support local HR team to leverage previous projects experience and lessons learnt and roll-out local change and communication activities.
  
  

• Timely escalate risks and issues, and propose mitigation solutions.
  
  

In six months:

• Learnt Regional Project Management Office's (PMO) standard ways of working and regional templates.
  
  

• Where needed, led the General PMO activities, including:

• Lead the day-to-day program governance and management activities

• Own the detailed project plan and update on an ongoing basis

• Own the project key learnings and knowledge sharing with Markets

• Own the project shared drive and deliverables documentation

• Create and own the project Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAID) log

• Enable new Regional and Local project team members' onboarding

In 12 months:

• On an ongoing basis, act as the go-to person for Change Management related topics.
  
  

• Create a short 'starter friendly' Change Management guidance deck, to help Business and other functional teams to understand the importance of considering Change Management, and the basic Change related topics when embracing change related projects.
  
  

• Created and provided structured training to Business Transformation team members on Change Management principles, regularly used templates, and learnings from working with APAC markets.
  
  

• Where needed, owned project PMO workstream and worked as the project first contact point.
  
  

What your day job looks like at WPP Media:

• Act as Regional Project Manager:

• Own General PMO activities

• Work closely with the Project Sponsors and project team to achieve project key milestones and timely communicate with Global and Senior leaders

• Regularly engage all Markets to clarify supports needed, local transition progress against project plan and follow-up on agreed actions

• Conduct regular project plan update, status monitor & reporting and identifying risks & issues for escalation

• Own project key documentation management and knowledge sharing

• Act as a partner to the business

• Take the regional change frameworks, to develop local change strategies and design change activities to secure stakeholders' awareness, support, and timely actions to deliver expected outcomes in market

• Monitor the market's change plan roll-out status, conduct course corrections where needed, and escalate risks and issues to market and regional leaders

• Work with local leadership to establish market specific change initiatives, catalogue these and develop programs for prioritized areas

• Regularly assess the local stakeholder groups' change acceptance level.
  
  Conduct analysis and propose ongoing improvement actions

• Design and deliver communications and collect feedback

• Support the workstream on new Technology design and rollout including adoption

• Support on the evolution of our change strategy design

• Leverage existing change management toolkit to support system related change activities

What you'll bring:

• 8+ years of project management experience, ideally with top consulting firms.
  
  

• Solid track record in delivering project management activities with large scaled cross-functional and cross-Market transformation projects.
  
  

• Expertise in project governance and management activities, covering planning, reporting, risk management, quality assurance and stakeholder engagement.
  
  

• Credibility and gravitas, and ability to work with and relate to a highly demanding internal client base.
  
  

• Experience of working with 3rd party professional or technology service providers.
  
  

• An established background in change management (strategy as well as implementation)- an appreciation of behavioural change and how to implement it

• Possessing excellent communications skills (written and verbal) with the power to influence and persuade.
  
  Equally comfortable playing a lead or support role.
  
  

• Excellent people and team management skills, able to motivate team members and manage upwards and influence in a complex environment.
  
  

• A resilient operator who works effectively in a matrix environment where ambiguity exists and is comfortable engaging C-suite level.
  
  

• Ability to build trust and credibility.
  
  

• Proactive, self-starter capable of agile thinking to build solutions.
  
  

• Preferably with knowledge of the media and advertising industry.
  
  

• Fluent in both English verbal and written communications.
  
  

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment.

WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising.

We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.

Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media 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.

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.

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