Project Manager - Regulated Industry

Wunderman Thompson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency is seeking an experienced Project Manager to coordinate between regional and central teams. You'll manage timelines, gather insights, and ensure quality deliverables across markets in a hybrid work model. Ideal candidates will have agency experience in FMCG, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively. Join a culture that values diversity and connectivity, and contribute to impactful projects while supporting global clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management, ideally in an agency servicing FMCG / consumer goods.
• Experience engaging with international or regional market teams.
• Strong organizational skills: managing multiple workstreams and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Engage with regional teams to understand market requirements.
• Assist in the delivery of toolkits and activation assets to regional teams.
• Collect, manage, and consolidate feedback from regional teams.
• Liaise with off-shore hubs to ensure timely deliverables.
• Maintain project timelines and manage expectations among teams.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional stakeholder management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Tools

Adobe Workfront

Job description

Who We Are:

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support one of our major clients (regulated industry). You’ll act as a connector between regional/end‑market teams and central teams of the agency & client. You will gather market insights, cascade toolkits, coordinate feedback, manage offshoring hubs, and ensure that learnings from across markets feed into continuous improvement.

What you’ll be responsible for

Regional / End‑Market Liaison

• Engage with regional / local teams to understand their unique market requirements and insights.
• Support in translating these needs into clear briefs for central or toolkit development.

Toolkit & Asset Roll‑out

• Assist in the delivery of toolkits, guidelines, best practices, activation assets to regional teams.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer (trainings, documentation, webinars) so regional markets can adopt with consistency.

Feedback & Localization Input

• Collect, manage and consolidate feedback from regional teams about local adaptation.
• Ensure local development needs are considered and communicated to central / creative / production teams.

Offshoring Coordination

• Liaise with off‑shore hubs to ensure work is clearly defined, correctly scoped, delivered on time to required standard.
• Follow up on deliverables, check quality, and manage timelines.

Learning Capture & Sharing

• From regional roll‑outs, capture what worked / what didn’t.
• Build up a set of learnings and share with central teams so future toolkits / campaigns improve based on real‑world evidence.

Project Planning & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain project timelines, status tracking, deliverables across multiple markets.
• Manage expectations and communications among regional teams, production, creative, central leads.
• Identify risks or blockers and elevate appropriately.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in project management, ideally in an agency servicing FMCG / consumer goods.
• Experience engaging with international or regional market teams; local market adaptation and understanding of local vs global requirements.
• Comfortable managing cross‑functional stakeholders: creative, production, central marketing, regional/local teams, offshored resources.
• Strong organisational skills: managing multiple workstreams, timelines, priorities, dependencies.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written; able to translate between regional teams and central teams.
• Exposure to working with off‑shore or remotely distributed teams would be beneficial.
• Detail‑oriented, proactive, able to anticipate issues and suggest solutions.

Nice‑to‑Have

• Prior experience with toolkit or asset creation (brand toolkits, activation toolkits etc.).
• Familiarity with FMCG / packaging / trade / shopper marketing.
• Competent in Adobe Workfront is a benefit.

Personal Attributes

• Client‑facing: confident, approachable, good at building relationships.
• Adaptable & flexible; able to pivot when market requirements change.
• Problem‑solver mindset with a bias for action.
• Quality focused; cares about consistency, execution and detail.

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

WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to 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.

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