Technical Project Manager (FTC)

1147 - Technical Project Manager ( 12 month FTC)

ABOUT WPP & OPENDOOR

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon.

OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.

The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.

OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.

By joining OpenDoor, not only are you joining a cross-function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as a Technical Project Manager for Automation. This is a contract position based in London.

This role plays a crucial part in supporting OpenDoor’s business needs, focused on streamlining the data provisioning process through automation. Working within a team, the Technical Project Manager will ensure the delivery of a critical project related to the provisioning of media data from local markets. This role works alongside a team of Engineers and reports into the Technical Lead.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management of automation projects with the business, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives and timelines for automation projects
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project & local teams, and other partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress
• Identification and mitigation of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies
• Coordinate with multiple teams to deliver against tight timelines
• Ensure compliance with WPP and broader regulatory requirements, where applicable

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Proven histor