Product Manager

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. For more information, visit wpp.com.  

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. For more information, visit wppmedia.com  

About Choreograph: A Leading WPP Media Brand  

Choreograph is WPP’s global data products and technology company. We’re on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.  

We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities. We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising.  

We’re endlessly curious. Our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers are over 1,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world.  

Who we are looking for 

As a Product Manager at Choreograph, you'll play a critical role in delivering products within our Activation suite, which includes solutions for campaign management, dynamic creative optimisation, platform activation amongst others. You primary focus will be on the Campaign Management space, specifically capabilities for media plan structuring and creation, automation of approval workflows, streamlining of campaign delivery, reconciliation, and billing. 

The ideal candidate will possess a good understanding of the advertising ecosystem, ideally with knowledge and practical experience in both traditional and digital media. Using this experience, as well as your product management expertise, you will work closely with the Product Director to deliver on a growth and development strategy for one of our core products designed to support and streamline ad campaign management throughout the whole client/agency workflow: from client brief to financial reconciliation.   

What you’ll do   

• You will effectively contribute to the definition and oversee the delivery of the product roadmap, ensuring that all involved teams execute effectively and drive value creation, always staying mindful of delivering against budget, time, and scope constraints.  

• To achieve this, you will build strong relationships with engineering teams. You will work directly with them daily, allocate and prioritise their workload to reach business goals and to incrementally deliver value. Ensure daily stand-up meetings are in place and the team is on track to deliver features and requirements as specified.

• You will deliver effective project management, ensuring milestones are achieved and deadlines are met by all involved stakeholders.

• You will ensure high quality of end user support for your product, by helping the support team build product knowledge, prioritise issues and respond to critical defects in a timely way.

• You will engage with stakeholders across multiple business functions, specialisms and locations, collect quantitative and qualitative feedback from them, effectively identify and interpret their needs, challenges, priorities and pain points, resulting in holistic understanding of product functionality gaps and development needs.

• You will be able to transform the insights gained through user and stakeholder feedback into product development plans and requirements, working closely with other specialist teams (engineering, UX/UI design etc.) on scoping and estimating resource, timings and costs required to deliver them.

• You will continuously measure the value of the product backlog items and iteratively refine the product backlog with the help of the team on the basis of the data, insights and changing priorities.

• Instil best practices of Product Management as a discipline across the team and identify improvement areas; proactively look for process and framework improvements and enhancements. Adapt and optimise use of relevant technology and tools to support effective and efficient product management work.

 Skills and Experience  

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.  

•  3+ years of experience in product management.

• A strong understanding of how agencies and advertisers use data and technology solutions to support their business operations and strategies.  

• Experience in and/or understanding of media agency services, deliverables, workflows and processes; familiarity with key tech products and platforms used in planning, activation, reconciliation and measurement of advertising campaigns.   

• Experience in practicing various agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) to deliver technical products and data solutions. Ability to lead application of these practices amongst the team at scale. Readiness to work with a cross-functional and geographically dispersed team and stakeholder base. 

• Proficiency in writing feature files in Behaviour Diven Development framework / Gherkin-based scenarios and requirements.

• Proven ability to document complex workflows using Business Process Model and Notation or a similar method.

• Proficiency in business analysis tools  and workflow visualization techniques; Familiarity with data visualisation tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau) and UX tools (Figma, Balsamic etc.) is a plus. 

• Ability to successfully work with engineering teams, effectively coordinating and managing their efforts to deliver results to specification and on time.  

• Demonstrable experience of being able to operate and lead in fast-paced and dynamic product-led environments. 

• Strong experience in providing the necessary level of documentation of system specifications and requirements. 

• Ability to quickly learn, understand, and work with new and emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions. 

• A strong work ethic: ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and deliver results.

• Strong organisational skills, ability to balance multiple priorities and manage your own workload.

• Fine-tuned communication, presentation and influencing skills; with an ability to think creatively and present in a manner that inspires and excites.

Success Attributes   

1. High energy and passion for the job.

2. Motivated, self-starter, self-reliant, resilient, and ambitious.  

3. Comfortable and thriving in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

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 access to internal learning platforms, certifications, and training sessions, life insurance, medical care & sports card in Medicover, funding for English language learning, employee mental health awareness day, and more.   

 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 are committed to offering equal opportunities to all employees, which is why we only establish collaborations based on employment contracts.  

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 two days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.  

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