Programme Director (AI)

Location: London, UK; hybrid working with teams in the office around four days a week

Company

hirify.global is a global production company combining content producers, studios, craft expertise and next-generation technology to deliver multi-channel content systems at scale.

What you will do

• Lead the integrated programme plan across workstreams, milestones, deliverables and success measures.
• Establish programme governance, accountability, reporting and decision-making processes.
• Coordinate delivery across multiple teams, managing dependencies, critical paths, risks, blockers, scope changes and trade-offs.
• Build alignment with senior stakeholders across WPP, technology partners, clients and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Track performance against objectives, milestones, budgets and commercial commitments, using data to improve outcomes.
• Define and communicate measurable client adoption, business impact and value delivered.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading complex programmes with multiple workstreams, interdependent deliverables and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to translate strategic objectives into executable plans and deliver against challenging commitments.
• Strong programme management expertise in integrated planning, governance, critical path management, risk, dependencies and change control.
• Sound judgement, with the ability to anticipate problems, navigate ambiguity and make effective decisions as priorities or delivery conditions change.
• Confidence to challenge constructively, influence senior stakeholders and hold teams accountable in matrixed organisations.
• Strong commercial awareness, including budgets, forecasts and performance against agreed commitments.
• Excellent communication skills, including turning complex information into clear decisions, recommendations and executive-level reporting.
• Proactive and collaborative approach, combining attention to detail with focus on overall programme objectives.

Nice to have

• Experience in creative production, digital transformation, AI-enabled programmes or technology partnerships.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model designed to support creativity, collaboration and connection, with office attendance around four days a week.
• Work on global-scale content production and complex creative and production challenges.
• Collaborative, borderless environment where craft excellence and innovation are valued.
• AI and next-generation tools are used to amplify human creativity.
• Access to diverse projects and global career opportunities through WPP’s network.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to respect, inclusion and career progression.

Hiring process

• Apply through the hirify.global application process; contact careers@wppproduction.com if the advert or form is needed in another format.