Technology Risk Leader: Data-Driven Governance & Automation

WPP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

WPP invites applications for a senior Technology Risk & Governance Lead. The role drives the enterprise risk function across technology, security, assurance and business teams, delivering a data-led, automation-first approach to risk management.

You will build and manage a growing team across India and the UK, establish risk reporting, and partner with Legal, Internal Audit and Security to enhance risk visibility and control effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Technology Risk, IT Risk, Cyber Risk, Technology Governance, Assurance or IT Audit.
• Experience operating within large, complex or multinational technology environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Experience improving processes through automation, analytics, workflow platforms or AI-enabled approaches.
• Proven experience leading and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maturity of WPP’s technology risk management framework and processes.
• Facilitate risk assessments, scenario analysis and risk-based decision making across Enterprise Technology.
• Maintain technology risk registers, issue management processes and remediation tracking.
• Produce high-quality management reporting, dashboards and risk insights for senior stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, workflow optimisation, analytics and agentic AI.
• Partner with Enterprise Security, Cluster-aligned Risk & Controls team, Controls Assurance, Internal Audit, and Legal teams to improve risk visibility and control effectiveness.
• Provide pragmatic challenge and guidance to risk and control owners.
• Lead the development of WPP’s Data & Technology Controls framework, and technology governance artefacts.
• Support strategic initiatives including ET transformation programmes, mergers, acquisitions and divestments, and organisational governance changes.
• Recruit, lead, coach and develop a high-performing Technology Risk team across India and the UK.
• Establish effective operating rhythms, quality standards and performance expectations for the function.

Skills

Technology Risk

IT Risk

Cyber Risk

Technology Governance

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Job description

WPP invites applications for a senior Technology Risk & Governance Lead. The role drives the enterprise risk function across technology, security, assurance and business teams, delivering a data-led, automation-first approach to risk management.

You will build and manage a growing team across India and the UK, establish risk reporting, and partner with Legal, Internal Audit and Security to enhance risk visibility and control effectiveness.