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VP Development
WPP 2005 Limited · 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
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About the role
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. For more information, visit WPP.com. About the role We’re looking for a VP, Development, Prototyping & Innovation to lead the technical capability that turns ideas, research and emerging technologies into validated prototypes, reusable technical assets and scalable solutions across Open Intelligence Solutions (OIS). This is a newly defined leadership role sitting at the intersection of R&D, product, engineering and emerging technology . You’ll help determine which ideas are worth pursuing, prove their technical and commercial viability, and establish the engineering foundations needed to take successful concepts towards production. You’ll be the bridge between research and delivery — ensuring that innovation moves quickly without compromising on technical quality, security, governance, architecture or scalability . A significant part of the role will involve emerging AI technologies, including AI applications, agentic systems, AI orchestration and MCP tooling , alongside cloud-native development, MLOps and platform integration. What you’ll do Lead development, prototyping and innovation • Own the development and prototyping capability for Open Intelligence Solutions. • Turn strategic concepts, client opportunities, research outputs and emerging technologies into demonstrable prototypes and reusable technical assets. • Work closely with R&D, Product and Engineering to assess technical feasibility and identify the fastest viable route from idea to validated solution. • Establish frameworks for prioritising, building and evaluating experiments, proofs of concept and technical spikes. • Create clear governance around the transition from prototype → pilot → production . • Ensure prototypes demonstrate genuine business value before being positioned as scalable solutions. Shape engineering standards and architecture • Define engineering standards, reference architectures, code governance and reusable development patterns across OIS. • Raise standards around quality, maintainability, security and consistency across prototypes and technical accelerators. • Lead the architecture of solutions integrating with WPP Open, data platforms, APIs and enterprise technology environments . • Work with Product, Enterprise Technology and Data Product teams to determine what should remain standalone, what should integrate into existing platforms and what should transition into formal product roadmaps. • Ensure technical assets can ultimately be governed, supported and scaled across the WPP network. Drive AI and technical innovation • Provide technical leadership for AI application development and agentic systems . • Establish practical implementation patterns for AI orchestration frameworks and MCP tooling . • Help teams experiment rapidly with AI-enabled capabilities while maintaining appropriate standards around architecture, security, data governance and operational readiness. • Develop reusable approaches to MLOps, deployment automation an