Project Manager

About WPP Media WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.  WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working. For more information, visit wppmedia.com . 3800 - Project Manager - UK Google via Media Futures Group - A little about us: Media Futures Group ( MFG ) is a bespoke team within WPP dedicated to driving AI-enabled marketing transformation for Google, serving as a full strategic growth partner. Powered by the WPP network, we operate seamlessly across media, creative, and data to elevate industry standards and deliver at the scale and speed of Google. Our team is made up of best-in-class experts who thrive on curiosity and innovation. We are committed to fostering a workforce that enables every individual to develop multiple areas of deep expertise with broad, future-ready skills to thrive in an AI-driven, agentic future. We are fully invested in your whole-person wellbeing and the tools needed to do the best work of your career. This is a team empowered by limitless possibilities. About the Role We’re looking for a passionate project management professional to join the Creative Testing (CT) programme within MFG for one of our largest clients. You are proactive and highly organised, and you understand the importance of seeing the larger programme vision while still being able to manage what’s going on in the weeds of assigned projects. You are always looking for new ways to be efficient and contribute to process improvement. As a Project Manager, you'll collaborate with internal disciplines and external vendors to deliver client projects that impact brand performance. This role also supports global programmes, so you'll be driving collaboration and coordinating work and delivery across multiple time zones. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing, dynamic marketing agency that is already doing cutting-edge work for exceptional clients. The ideal candidate has experience in operations and project management, preferably with a media, advertising or technology focus. You'll have a positive attitude, proactively identify challenges, see solutions and risks clearly, and are not afraid to address them promptly. You'll gain the trust of both the project team and the client, and be proactive and detail-oriented. You'll also be comfortable setting up and running meetings. In addition to defining / driving the project schedule, you must understand and track project dependencies within the wider client campaigns, and therefore be able to successfully execute delivery across all projects. Some of the things we’d like you to do: • Be a passionate champion of project management processes, while also embracing the adoption of AI. • Identify, track, and help mitigate risks, and support the timely resolution of issues. • Ensure the active maintenance of project documentation, including detailed schedules and communications. • Clearly communicate project status, risks, and next steps to internal and external stakeholders. • Support the refinement of processes and ways of working to ensure the team operates as efficiently as possible in a constantly evolving environment. • Schedule and facilitate effective project meetings, ensuring each one has a clear purpose and agenda, stays on track, and has timely follow-ups. • Positivel