Tenant Consolidation – Senior Project Manager

Why we're hiring:

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year Transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to: 

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change 

WPP’s Tenant Consolidation programme will unite WPP on a single, consolidated Microsoft 365 tenant to enable seamless collaboration, one identity for every user, and full compliance - while reducing complexity, cost, and risk across the group. 

A dedicated Senior Project Manager is needed to lead key workstreams within the programme, ensuring delivery of migration, identity, security, and collaboration outcomes across a complex, global transformation. The role drives structured delivery, governance, and stakeholder alignment to support WPP’s transition to a unified Microsoft 365 tenant.

What you'll be doing:

• Plan, coordinate, and manage cross‑functional workstreams (identity, device migration, security & compliance, content/data migration) to deliver agreed scope on time, within budget and to required quality.
• Ensure alignment with programme objectives and strategic outcomes. 
• Contribute to master project planning, sprint planning, resource coordination and alignment of delivery milestones across workstreams. 
• Maintain RAID, ensure adherence to governance forums, and provide clear status reporting to the Programme Director and senior stakeholders.
• Identify, track, and resolve risks, issues, and dependencies across Microsoft, Kyndryl, FastTrack and internal WPP teams.
• Ensure adherence to Strategy and Transformation standards, tools, processes, and compliance requirements. 
• Act as a key liaison across technical teams, business functions, and external delivery partners to ensure alignment, unblock decisions and manage escalations.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and sponsors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and decisions clearly and regularly.  
• Manage project budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships.
• Track costs and benefits to ensure value delivery.  
• Coordinate with Change & Adoption teams to support communications, readiness activities, and smooth transition for 110k+ colleagues.
• Minimise disruption and embed change effectively across teams.
• Contribute to the Portfolio and Programme Management (PPM) community, fostering continuous learning and career progression.
• Coach and mentor project teams to embed a high-performing culture aligned with organisational values.  
• Maintain accurate role assignments and project documentation.
• Support governance reporting and ensure timely updates in project management tools. 

What you'll need:

• Extensive experience of leading strategic and complex projects across full SDLC, with demonstrated capability of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven record of accomplishment in successful mobilisation and delivery of ambitious, strategic, and operationally complex projects with internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record as a people leader and influencer with motivational and engagement skills including the ability to lead globally dispersed teams.  
• Quick-to-learn and adaptable to changing priorities, with the ability to reshape, reconfigure and realign solutions to meet challenging deadlines without jeopardising the successful delivery of the project.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships by engaging and working inclusively to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.
• A self-starter with impeccable organisational and time management skills, focusing on value and outcomes; enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.
• Strategic and critical thinker – blending technical, operational, and commercial strategic considerations into decision making, while continuously challenging the status-quo.  
• Story telling with data – strong skills in building the case for change, identifying the business outcomes, value proposition for the respective area.
• Brilliant communicator – strong stakeholder management skills; able to turn complex technical messages into effective, succinct communications; ability to manage and influence stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Functional analysis skills to enable the capture and breakdown of well-formed requirements and priorities. 

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?

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