Senior Project Manager - Enterprise AI

Why we're hiring:

• →Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple strategic AI projects simultaneously, managing all phases from initiation and planning through to deployment and benefits realisation.
• →Partner with executive sponsors, senior business stakeholders and the AI Centre of Excellence to define project scope, requirements, success measures and delivery plans.
• →Deliver complex, enterprise-scale AI initiatives across multiple business functions, ensuring projects achieve agreed objectives, timelines, budgets and outcomes.
• →Coordinate internal teams and external delivery partners to ensure successful execution and deployment of AI solutions.
• →Drive effective stakeholder engagement across Technology, Finance, HR, Operations and Governance functions, building alignment and managing competing priorities.
• →Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, RAID logs, status reporting and executive communications.
• →Establish testing, validation and adoption approaches that ensure AI solutions are reliable, compliant and deliver intended business outcomes.
• →Monitor delivery performance, business adoption and value realisation, ensuring projects move successfully from concept into production.
• →Contribute to the development of delivery standards, tools, templates and best practices that support the successful scaling of AI across WPP.
• →Support and mentor project managers across the wider delivery community, sharing expertise and promoting delivery excellence.

• Significant experience delivering complex technology, data or transformation projects within large enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders and delivery partners across large-scale programmes of work.
• Deep familiarity with the Microsoft Copilot product family end-to-end, including in-app Copilot, pre-built and shared agents, Copilot Chat, Agent Builder, Copilot Studio and advanced agent frameworks.
• Experience beyond the Microsoft ecosystem, including AI development and orchestration platforms such as Python multi-agent frameworks, Databricks, Google Vertex AI and open agent tooling.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, governance frameworks and change management principles.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, architects, engineers and data specialists, translating complex concepts into business-focused outcomes.
• Strong technical fluency across AI technologies and solution architecture, with the ability to challenge design decisions and discuss trade-offs with architects, engineers and data scientists.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders and communicating effectively with executive audiences.
• Strong commercial awareness, including budget management, vendor oversight and business case delivery.
• Experience working within Agile, Scrum, Kanban or scaled delivery environments.
• Excellent organisational, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

• Successful delivery of enterprise AI projects into production environments.
• Achievement of agreed business outcomes, including productivity improvements, cost efficiencies and revenue opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction and executive confidence in project delivery.
• High levels of user adoption and engagement following deployment.
• Effective management of project risks, dependencies and governance requirements.
• Timely delivery against agreed project milestones and budgets.
• Demonstrable contribution to the growth and maturity of WPP's enterprise AI capability.

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