Lead AI Engineer

WPP Media; Manila; On-site; PHP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive medical insurance

Group retirement plans

Significant paid time off

Job summary

WPP Media, located in Metro Manila, Philippines, is seeking to expand its team with a critical role focused on bridging development and operations for client-facing applications. In this position, you will be instrumental in implementing automation, best practices for CI/CD, and scalable cloud solutions.

The role involves collaborating across teams to test AI impacts, refine product ideas, and create insightful dashboards. WPP Media is committed to fostering a culture of creativity and growth, offering competitive benefits and a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI features and experiments.
• Proficiency in data analysis for product decisions.
• Strong collaborative skills to partner with teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and track success metrics for AI features.
• Run tests to measure AI impact on users.
• Build AI prototypes to validate concepts.
• Create easy-to-understand dashboards and reports.

Job description

About WPP Media

WPP Media is WPP’s AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale.

Core Values

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

General Description

In this critical role, you will be instrumental in bridging the gap between development and operations, ensuring the seamless deployment, reliable operation, and continuous improvement of our client‑facing applications and infrastructure. You will champion automation, CI/CD best practices, and scalable cloud solutions, contributing significantly to our projects’ success from conception to delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Help define and track key success metrics for AI features and experiments.
• Partner with different teams to run tests (like A/B tests) and measure AI impact on users and business outcomes.
• Turn product ideas into clear, testable questions, model requirements, and build AI prototypes to validate concepts.
• Explore data to guide product decisions and find new ways AI can add value.
• Create easy‑to‑understand dashboards and reports to share insights.
• Contribute to model interpretability, fairness, and explainability efforts to build user trust in AI features.
• Use a scientific mindset to continuously improve how we test and iterate on features.
• Collaborate with the product owner to help shape and prioritize the roadmap.
• Work with Data Science Engineers to align models with product goals, and support development and fine‑tuning when needed.

Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in‑office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

Equal Opportunity Employer

WPP Media 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.

Working at WPP Media

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