Integrated Project Manager

WPP Production; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

WPP Production is seeking an Integrated Project Manager to oversee end-to-end production projects from initiation to completion. You will coordinate with language PMs, production, QC, and agencies to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery across print, moving image, and digital campaigns.

You will lead client collaborations, manage budgets and resources, and implement quality controls throughout the lifecycle, ensuring alignment with global guidelines and client expectations in a fast-paced, global

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working in Print / Moving Image / Digital creative services industry.
• Strong team management experience.
• Excellent prioritization, time management, and attention to detail.
• Resilience and ability to work under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Project Ownership: manage the complete project lifecycle from initiation to completion, ensuring on-time, within-scope, and on-budget delivery of small to medium-sized marketing projects.
• Client Collaboration: liaises with clients on project-specific details, brief reviews, query resolution, and progress updates to ensure alignment on scope and timelines.
• Budget & Cost Management: own the project budget, create accurate cost estimations, manage POs, track costs, reconcile variances, and handle billing.
• Resource Management & Coordination: allocate and manage project resources across internal teams and external vendors for optimal workflow.
• Quality Control & Assurance: implement quality controls to meet client specs, brand guidelines, and quality standards.
• Risk & Project Health Management: identify and mitigate risks, monitor budget/timeline/resource health, escalate issues and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Team management

Prioritization

Time management

Attention to detail

Resilience

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About WPP Production

We are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world-class human craft with next generation technology to origin, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unitecutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counselin a single company –powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit

About the Role

As an Integrated Project Manager, your role is to traffic the work into the studio, factoring in studio resource, media scheduling/timelines, guidelines, and demanding stakeholders. You will possess fantastic organizational skills and accept accountability to ensure that your campaigns go out on time and to budget. You will be working on a range of clients, liaising with our studio, and seeing the project through from end to end.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. End-to-End Project Ownership Manages the complete project lifecycle from initiation to completion, ensuring on-time, within-scope, and on-budget delivery of small to medium-sized marketing projects. This includes developing and maintaining project timelines, coordinating with cross-functional teams (Language PMs, Production, QC, Agencies), and guaranteeing on-time completion.
• 2. Client Collaboration (Project-Specific) Collaborates with clients on project-specific details, including brief review, query resolution, requirement clarification (with creative agencies and media teams), and progress updates. Ensures alignment on project scope, timelines, and deliverables. Evaluates master assets for local market adaptation suitability and assesses deviations from global guidelines.
• 3. Budget & Cost Management Owns the project budget, creating accurate cost estimations, obtaining client approvals, managing purchase orders, tracking ongoing costs, reconciling actuals against estimates, and resolving discrepancies. Adjusts cost estimations in case of scope changes. Handles financial reporting and billing related to the project.
• 4. Resource Management & Coordination Effectively allocates and manages project resources, coordinating with internal teams and external vendors to ensure optimal utilization and efficient workflow.
• 5. Quality Control & Assurance Implements and maintains quality control measures throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring deliverables meet client specifications, brand guidelines, and quality standards.
• 6. Risk & Project Health Management Proactively identifies, assesses, and mitigates potential project risks. Monitors and reports on overall project health (budget, timeline, resource utilization), escalating issues and implementing corrective actions as needed.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience working in Print / Moving Image / Digital creative services industry.
• Strong team management experience.
• Excellent prioritization, time management, and attention to detail.
• Resilience and ability to work under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Why work here

At WPP Production, you'll help shape the future of content production at a truly global scale. We bring together world-class talent, cutting-edge studios, and advanced technology to solve some of the most complex creative and production challenges in the industry. You'll work in a collaborative, borderless environment where craft excellence is valued, innovation is encouraged, and AI and next-generation tools are used to amplify not replace human creativity. With access to diverse projects, global career opportunities, and the backing of WPP's unmatched network, this is a place where you can grow your skills, make real impact, and create work that performs for every audience, across every channel, at every moment.

Inclusion and Impact

WPP 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.