Product Director

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  

Reporting to the SVP Product, and as a key member of our Product team, you will own and lead one of our core products that make up the OMS platform. You will take accountability for defining, developing and deploying your product to ensure it delivers better outcomes for our clients, enables our teams to deliver their best work and provides a competitive advantage for WPP Media.   

You will lead and oversee a ‘full stack’ product team comprising of product, engineering, data science, UX and enablement resources, all focussed on delivering a compelling and market-leading product that is aligned with business goals and customer demands.  

You will need strong leadership and people management skills to form, nurture and develop your team into a highly functioning product development organisation with a clear vision and strategy.   

You will own the P&L for your product and will play a key role in defining the appropriate commercial models for the product under your charge and ensuring commercial accountability in the way that we develop products.   

Your role will involve cultivating a culture of agility, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within your team, ensuring a results-driven mentality and alignment with the business’s strategic objectives.  

What you will do  

• Product Vision: Spearhead the strategic direction for your product, ensuring alignment with business goals and priorities.   

• Product Delivery: Lead the continual evolution of a product roadmap that meets business goals and priorities through iterative development. Be ruthless in prioritising to realize optimal business value.   

• Customer Oriented: Champion a customer-focussed mentality, ensuring the products we develop address clear customer needs and market opportunities, and keen focus on driving meaningful product adoption.   

• Competitive Mindset: Be relentless in the pursuit of differentiating products that provide WPP Media with a clear competitive advantage.   

• Clearly articulate and champion products’ value proposition, and ensuring it translates to success in client conversations and new business pitches.   

• Commercial Mindset: Partner with our commercial team to develop commercials model for your product area, and balance revenue generation and cost management to ensure sustainable growth and financial success.   

• Team Leadership: Establish, motivate and mentor full stack multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring they have the environment to deliver their best work.   

• Organizational Collaboration: Work closely with other Product, Product Strategy and Product Enablement teams to ensure we are collectively delivering towards a single platform, and that we are successful against the broader choreograph business strategies and goals.   

• Nurture Partnerships: Cultivate and manage relationships with both internal and external partners, driving collaboration and realizing value from each relationship.   

• Provide Subject Matter Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert in your product area, offering support to teams during the pitch process and fostering thought leadership within the organization.   

• Culture: Champion a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging within the organization, fostering an environment where all team members can thrive and contribute to our success.   

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.  

• Progressive experience in product leadership roles, using data and technology to develop products that enable true competitive advantage and growth.   

• Advanced knowledge in the way that media campaigns are set-up, activated and optimized, and a proven ability to use this knowledge to drive product vision and strategy.   

• Client-focused and results-driven mindset, prioritizing the most important opportunities to drive growth and success for our clients and WPP Media.   

• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, able to identify the appropriate courses of action and see the longer-term, bigger picture.    

• Experience leading teams of data and technical specialists to deliver ambitious and multifaceted product roadmaps.   

• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to work well with and positively influence teams, clients, colleagues and sponsors.   

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex ideas in a clear and concise manner.   

• A proactive and independent worker with a strong sense of ownership, and the ability to adapt quickly in demanding and dynamic environments.   

• Ability and experience of working in a fast-paced, multi-market, matrixed environment, with an ability to work with agility and nurture strong relationships.   

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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