Head of Product, Platform Foundations

About the Position

Head of Product, Platform Foundations

London, United Kingdom

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in 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.

We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.

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Responsibilities

• Product strategy and leadership

  • Own the vision, strategy and roadmap for the product area, aligned to WPP Open priorities and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead portfolio investment choices, sequencing and governance, prioritizing opportunities based on customer value, commercial impact, strategic differentiation and delivery feasibility.
  • Establish rigorous operating cadence across OKRs, KPIs and roadmap reviews, and provide senior leaders with clear narratives on progress, tradeoffs, risks and investment needs.
  • Partner across Engineering, Architecture, Security, Privacy, Design, Delivery and Deployment & Enablement to deliver secure, scalable capabilities.

• Access and workspaces

  • Define the product vision for a scalable, SaaS-ready platform that supports self-service across different client, market and vertical models.
  • Deliver flexible workspaces for agency-led, multi-client and client self-service models, with clear ownership and controls.
  • Own the product strategy for identity, accounts, roles and permissions across organisation, client, workspace and campaign levels, partnering with Architecture and Security to deliver a secure and seamless experience.
  • Enable secure access for WPP teams, clients and partners, including direct client use of WPP Open.

• Platform observability, notifications and approvals

  • Own Core platform observability capabilities, including telemetry, monitoring, diagnostics, and operational insights that enable teams to measure platform health, identify issues proactively, and ensure reliable service delivery.
  • Lead the development of Open's notification and approval platform, providing flexible, configurable, and scalable services that support products, workflows, and agents across the ecosystem.

• Commercialisation

  • Build the foundations for licensing, entitlements, usage metering, billing and invoicing.
  • Own the product vision for how we will implement a combination of output and outcome-based pricing models through products across the platform.
  • Ensure the platform includes built-in cost controls, auditability and reconciliation capabilities to support direct and indirect commercial models.

• Build and lead the product organization

  • Build, lead and coach a high-performing Product Management organization across the portfolio and geographies.
  • Align Product, Design, Engineering, Architecture, Data and Delivery around coordinated roadmaps and clear accountabilities.
  • Represent the portfolio to senior leadership with clear, concise narratives on strategy, outcomes, risks and tradeoffs.

Requirements

• Core Skills
  • Extensive product leadership experience across enterprise platforms, SaaS, identity and access, workflow technology or digital asset ecosystems.
  • Proven experience setting platform strategy and leading interconnected roadmaps, investment decisions and business outcomes.
  • Strong understanding of identity, authentication, authorisation, role-based access control, multi-tenancy and data segregation.
  • Experience delivering enterprise integrations through APIs; familiarity with DAM, PIM and work management platforms is preferred.
  • Commercial product experience across licensing, entitlements, metering, subscriptions, billing, pricing or packaging.
  • Ability to partner with Engineering, Architecture, Security, Privacy and Legal to deliver secure, reliable products.
  • Strong product discipline across discovery, research, prioritisation, analytics, KPIs and evidence-based decision-making.
  • Experience leading product managers and influencing global, matrixed teams; marketing services, AdTech or MarTech experience is an advantage.

We Offer

• Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.
• Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.
• Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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.

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.

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