Product Owner, WPP Open

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Product Owner, WPP Open 

Why we're hiring: 

We seek a Product Owner to support agile delivery for WPP Open, our AI-powered marketing platform. You'll translate product vision into actionable deliverables, collaborating with engineers, designers, and data scientists to bring AI-driven marketing solutions to life. 

What you'll be doing: 

Reporting to the Director Product Ownership, WPP Open, you will be responsible for: 

• Facilitate end-to-end agile delivery of specific features/epics within the WPP Open roadmap, collaborating with delivery and engineering. 

• Partner with engineering throughout the product lifecycle, helping to remove roadblocks and ensuring technical feasibility. 

• Collaborate with Product Leadership to translate overall product vision/strategy into detailed, executable plans. 

• Define, write, and refine detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for features, aligning with product vision. 

• Manage and maintain a prioritised product backlog, reflecting strategy, stakeholder feedback, and development capacity. 

• Conduct market and customer analysis for features to inform requirements and ensure user value. 

• Stay abreast of emerging AI/ML and marketing technology trends to inform feature development. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, relevant stakeholders) to define epics and user stories. 

• Validate, prioritise, and integrate new product requests into the backlog, ensuring alignment. 

• Participate in the validation and design of new product ideas at the feature level. 

• Support the alignment of feature roadmaps and dependency management with other product teams. 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the development team, providing clarity on requirements. 

What you'll need: 

• Relevant experience as a Product Owner, focused on agile delivery for SaaS platforms. 

• Ability to translate product strategy into actionable backlogs and support agile development teams. 

• Understanding of AI/ML and marketing technology trends, particularly for feature development. 

• Analytical and problem-solving skills; experience in user research and competitive analysis at the feature level. 

• Strong skills in backlog management, writing user stories, and prioritisation. 

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear product requirements. 

• Certified Agile Product Owner or equivalent practical experience in agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban). 

• Passion for innovation and contributing to cutting-edge marketing solutions. 

 

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?

 

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.

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