Solutions Project Manager: Data & Tech Delivery Lead

WPP Media; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Media in London seeks an experienced Solutions Project Manager to bring delivery rigour to complex data and technology needs, turning them into clear, achievable plans. You will align Data Excellence, Data Engineering, BI, and Product teams to deliver client outcomes.

Based in London, the role supports OpenDoor and Amazon with milestones, dependencies and risk management. You will foster collaboration across cross‑functional teams and keep stakeholders updated on progress during the 12‑month

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex technical, data or digital projects in a matrixed organisation, agency, consultancy or software environment.
• Strong track record building integrated plans spanning multiple disciplines, markets or delivery partners.
• Practical knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery approaches with proportionate controls.
• Experience managing scope, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, change control, governance forums, status reporting and delivery recovery plans.
• Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management across cross-functional teams.
• Experience with data engineering, analytics, BI, cloud platforms or related fields.
• Experience with media campaign data, AdTech or MarTech is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Translate solution scope into end-to-end delivery plans covering discovery, requirements, design, build, QA, UAT, deployment, handover and closure.
• Map and actively manage cross-discipline dependencies, critical paths, sequencing and hand-offs across Data and Technology teams and external partners.
• Confirm objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria, assumptions and exclusions, maintaining traceability from requirements through to delivery and sign-off.
• Establish governance, including project kick-offs, workstream plans, RAID management, decision logs, status reporting, change control and escalation routes.
• Identify required skills, resource demand, availability and constraints, highlighting capacity conflicts early and supporting prioritisation decisions.
• Create clear communication structures for client and account stakeholders, including milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions and recovery plans.
• Facilitate collaboration between data, engineering, BI, measurement, product, operations, market and client teams, with owners and dates.
• Identify risks and issues, drive mitigation and resolution, evaluate impact of changes on scope and schedule.
• Coordinate QA, UAT, documentation, training, access, support models and production-readiness checks before release or handover.
• Provide concise, evidence-based reporting on milestones, forecast dates, delivery confidence and resource pressure.
• Review delivery performance and improve templates, workflows and project controls.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Agile delivery

Cross-functional leadership

Education

PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Wrike

Job description

WPP Media in London seeks an experienced Solutions Project Manager to bring delivery rigour to complex data and technology needs, turning them into clear, achievable plans. You will align Data Excellence, Data Engineering, BI, and Product teams to deliver client outcomes.

Based in London, the role supports OpenDoor and Amazon with milestones, dependencies and risk management. You will foster collaboration across cross‑functional teams and keep stakeholders updated on progress during the 12‑month