<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. </strong></p>
<p><strong>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. </strong><br><strong> </strong><br><strong>We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.</strong><br><strong> </strong><br><strong>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. </strong><br><strong> </strong><br><strong>For more information, visit <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwpp.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CErica.Durr%40wpp.com%7C9bf4566a65bc46a48ac008de749116ea%7C150b5e663d884dee83f6ed149b727a00%7C0%7C0%7C639076363668176216%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q9juosud56XGLThSFZ1NpPZd6FXpJPxV74OeRZWoh%2B4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">WPP.com.</a></strong><br><strong> </strong></p></div><p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">About Data & Technology Solutions</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">WPP’s Data & Technology Solutions is WPP’s unified global data and technology organisation. We build the platforms, products, and engineering capabilities that power marketing transformation at scale.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">WPP Open is our AI-powered platform for marketing. It connects people, data, tools, and AI into a single ecosystem, enabling teams to deliver better outcomes faster, more efficiently, and at global scale.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">Our teams of engineers, product leaders, and operators work across multiple domains to build systems that power planning, execution, and delivery for some of the world’s largest brands.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":281,"335559739":281,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We are looking for a senior product-minded engineering leader to drive delivery and execution for our commerce product area and to lead the application of AI into our SDLC.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">You will be core part of our product development process and help to inform roadmap and will lead your team in translating product priorities into reliable, high</span>‑<span data-contrast="auto">quality engineering outcomes. Additionally, you will lead the application and adaptation of AI-driven development practices, ensuring systems operate effectively in real</span>‑<span data-contrast="auto">world, production environments. This role requires strong systems thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to manage complex integrations in a rapidly developing environment.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Work in this area spans both </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">core commerce marketing systems </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">and the </span><strong><span data-contrast="auto">data flows and pipelines required to interact with these systems</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">, requiring a blend of data-aware system design, application engineering, and integration engineering.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">You are:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">A product-focused engineering leader with strong technical credibility and demonstrated ability in influencing and driving the roadmap. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Comfortable operating in integration-heavy, business-critical systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Significant experience in programme design and systems architecture.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrated portfolio incorporating AI driven development into the end-to-end SDLC. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Data & metrics-driven, able to manage complexity across multiple teams, platforms and external partners.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Focused on outcomes tied to business performance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">WHAT YOU WILL DO</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":281,"335559739":281,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Engineering</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2"> Leadership & </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Team Development</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Lead engineering delivery across teams building commerce marketing capabilities.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Establish and develop team mentorship paths aiming to incorporate agents into day-to-day work.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Accountable for the career growth and development of senior engineers and their teams across craft, delivery and business outcomes.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Stakeholder </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Alignment </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">& </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">XFN Collaboration</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Act as the primary engineering partner to Product, Design, Commercial, and Delivery stakeholders.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Translate business requirements into actionable engineering outcomes and technical product direction.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Drive alignment with engineering leads and XFNs from partner teams to deliver integrated roadmaps.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">End-to-End Accountability</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":261,"335559739":261,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Take ownership across the full software development lifecycle — from discovery through to release and post-production maintenance.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="5" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Ensure systems are reliable, performant, and capable of operating under real-world conditions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">WHAT YOU WILL NEED</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"201341983":0,"335559738":281,"335559739":281,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">12+ years of software engineering experience</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Proven experience delivering complex, operational systems at scale</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong experience with APIs, distributed systems, and integrations</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience working with systems that integrate with external platforms or partner ecosystems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong understanding of system performance, latency, and production reliability</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Hands-on experience delivering AI-enabled product features into production, including integrating LLMs and generative AI services</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong experience with modern cloud data warehouse and lakehouse platforms (e.g. Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Solid understanding of data modelling, ELT/ETL pipelines, and orchestration tooling (e.g. dbt, Airflow), including data quality, lineage, and governance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Deep experience architecting and operating systems on major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, and/or GCP)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture patterns, including microservices, containers and Kubernetes, serverless, and event-driven design</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform), CI/CD, observability, cloud security and IAM, and cloud cost optimisation (FinOps)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="12" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Demonstrated ability to lead delivery in multi-team, dependency-heavy environments</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="13" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong stakeholder management across Product, Delivery, and Engineering</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">If you are ready to lead engineering delivery at scale, working across complex systems and driving real business outcomes, we encourage you to apply.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">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.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">WPP is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, and equal opportunity for all.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":210,"335559739":210,"335559740":300}"> </span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>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.</strong></p>
<p><strong>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.</strong></p>
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