SVP, Delivery
The Role
As the SVP, Delivery dedicated to a large automotive client, you will lead and inspire a team of 18+ Project Managers.
Key Responsibilities:
Ultimately responsible for the smooth running of financial operations and leading the Project Management department ensuring the successful delivery of all campaign briefs.
Responsible for assigning and managing the project management team who are charged with executing end to end delivery of content campaigns.
Brief, inspire, and work alongside the team to deliver innovative and creative solutions for all campaign briefs.
Manage and act as a primary day-to-day senior project management contact on larger campaigns.
Managing and overseeing use of proprietary WPP AI tools to generate and refine content campaigns.
Operational Excellence:
Develop and manage innovative, outcome-based scope and fee models with agency leads
Implement value-driven commercial models aligned with client and agency goals.
Drive quarterly reconciliation and reporting in partnership with the finance lead
Monitor and manage project financials, ensuring healthy tracking of budget and scope.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive resource management model for optimal talent allocation
Lead resource planning and management, ensuring appropriate allocation of resources across projects and problem solving resourcing issues.
Leadership & Team Management:
Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of Project Managers, fostering a collaborative working environment.
Oversee the performance and development of the Project Management team, ensuring alignment with business goals.
Allocate projects to the Project Managers, ensuring balanced workloads that align with each team member’s skill set and capacity.
Project Oversight:
Implement and manage efficient project management processes (including utilisation of AI where appropriate), ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget.
Oversee the end to end campaign production process.
Be the point of escalation for project risks and support in the identification and mitigation of risks.
Collaborate with internal teams (creative, strategy) to ensure cohesive execution of projects.
Continuous Improvement:
Champion continuous process improvement and integrating learnings from previous projects to improve ways of working.
Collaborate with senior agency leadership to refine project management best practices and contribute to the broader agency project management structure.
Key Skills:
Knowledge of how AI can be utilized in the creation and delivery of content campaigns.
Awareness of ethical and regulatory considerations when developing and executing campaigns using AI.
Deep understanding of production processes for digital and social channels.
Strong leadership abilities, with a proven ability to inspire and drive high performance of project management teams.
Exceptional project management skills.
High level of financial acumen, with experience in managing project budgets, scopes, and timelines for content campaigns.
Ability to handle complex production timelines and deliverables.
Strong problem-solving capabilities and the ability to navigate challenges.
The pay range for this role is $180,000-$200,000 . Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and local cost of labor. Salary is subject to change based on factors such as geographic location and cost of living in location of hire.
- Department
- Project Management
- Locations
- Los Angeles
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
About T&P
Who are we?
T&P, part of WPP, is one of the world’s leading full service creative and media agencies, connecting talent and tech to drive growth for brands. Formed by the integration of The&Partnership and mSix&Partners, it brings together content and distribution into a single, holistic end-to-end marketing solution. Backed by WPP and WPP Media and combined with the agility of an entrepreneurial Partner-led mindset, the multi-discipline agency spans four continents with 45 offices and over $1.2 billion dollars in billings globally. As an early adopter with the first ever AI-generated TV ad for Lexus in 2018, T&P is focused on harnessing AI across all its outputs with its 1,900 people already trained on WPP’s proprietary AI platform Creative Studio, to deliver enhanced outcomes for clients.
We believe in The Power of &, connecting talent & tech to fuel brand growth. Our teams blend creative, media, experience and technology specialists from across our marketing practices. The performance mindset of these teams optimises to business outcomes in every channel, fueled by the latest innovations in AI.
Ultimately of course, we are our people. They’re the most important part of our business, so we want to make a lasting impression on them in the same way they do on us, by striving to become the most important place in their careers.
That’s why we do our best to build strong communities around them; provide the best possible opportunities for them to develop & grow; and empower them to make a difference to their clients and the world at large. Our strengths often lie in our differences, so we challenge and champion each other and our clients, to be the very best we can be.
About WPP
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. For more information, visitWPP.com.
T&P, part of 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.