Google Cloud Senior Project Manager

WPP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative transformation company is seeking a dedicated Senior Project Manager to lead their major technology transformation efforts. This role requires extensive project management experience, especially in managing strategic and complex projects across the full software development life cycle (SDLC). The successful candidate will work with multiple stakeholders and be pivotal in ensuring smooth transitions and operational efficiency during the migration to Google Cloud Platform. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential, as well as adaptability and strategic thinking.

Benefits

Challenging and stimulating work

Opportunities for career progression

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in managing strategic and complex projects across SDLC.
• Proven record of successful delivery of ambitious projects with cross-functional teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, and execute migration workstreams.
• Maintain RAID and produce status reporting.
• Coordinate business readiness and manage project budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Adaptability

Communication

Job description

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients, and communities.

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore.

WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500.

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.

Why we're hiring

WPP is embarking on a major 3-year Transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to:

• Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency
• Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms
• Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets
• Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change

A dedicated Senior Project Manager is needed to orchestrate the people side of this transformation, ensuring that new ways of working are adopted, benefits are realised, and change fatigue is minimised.

WPP’s GCP Migration programme is migrating key workloads and infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as part of a $400 million, five-year strategic partnership with Google. This move aims to accelerate modernisation, improve operational efficiency, and unlock advanced AI and data capabilities across the group.

What you'll be doing

• Plan, manage, and execute migration workstreams to time, cost, quality, and compliance standards.
• Ensure alignment with programme objectives and strategic outcomes.
• Maintain RAID, produce status reporting, and coordinate assurance across technical and cross‑functional teams.
• Ensure adherence to Strategy and Transformation standards, tools, processes, and compliance requirements.
• Act as a liaison between engineering teams, partners (Google, Kyndryl), and WPP Technology Operations, ensuring decisions are informed and escalations handled promptly.
• Work closely with the Programme Director, Landing Zone, Network, Discovery/Migration teams, and SMEs to keep design, testing, and migration waves on track.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and sponsors.
• Communicate project status, risks, and decisions clearly and regularly.
• Manage project budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships.
• Track costs and benefits to ensure value delivery.
• Coordinate business readiness, support planning, and ensure migration impacts are understood and managed.
• Drive readiness and adoption of new technologies and processes.
• Minimise disruption and embed change effectively across teams.
• Contribute to the Portfolio and Programme Management (PPM) community, fostering continuous learning and career progression.
• Coach and mentor project teams to embed a high-performing culture aligned with organisational values.
• Maintain accurate role assignments and project documentation.
• Support governance reporting and ensure timely updates in project management tool.

What you'll need

• Extensive experience of leading strategic and complex projects across full SDLC, with demonstrated capability of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proven record of accomplishment in successful mobilisation and delivery of ambitious, strategic, and operationally complex projects with internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record as a people leader and influencer with motivational and engagement skills including the ability to lead globally dispersed teams.
• Quick-to-learn and adaptable to changing priorities, with the ability to reshape, reconfigure and realign solutions to meet challenging deadlines without jeopardising the successful delivery of the project.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships by engaging and working inclusively to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.
• A self-starter with impeccable organisational and time management skills, focusing on value and outcomes; enthusiastic with a can-do attitude.
• Strategic and critical thinker – blending technical, operational, and commercial strategic considerations into decision making, while continually challenging the status-quo.
• Story telling with data – strong skills in building the case for change, identifying the business outcomes, value proposition for the respective area.
• Brilliant communicator – strong stakeholder management skills; able to turn complex technical messages into effective, succinct communications; ability to manage and influence stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Functional analysis skills to enable the capture and breakdown of well-formed requirements and priorities.

Who you are

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures for our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you

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.

Please read our Privacy Notice for more information on how we process the information you provide.