Company brief · updated 2026-10-17
wpp.com · WPP partners with the world’s leading brands to deliver transformative growth. We combine cutting-edge media intelligence, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert counsel – all powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open.
Today: WPP Open, described on wpp.com as its agentic marketing platform
Roles: Head of Engineering, Commerce · Director of Product, Creative Capability · Customer Success Lead · Pricing & Commercial Strategy Director, WPP Open · Senior Product Director, Agentification, Skills and Data · Senior Product Director - Agentic Data Platform · Manager, Product Training
Requirements mention: AI-enabled product features · AI creative and video models · client adoption · pricing models · multi-agent orchestration · agent orchestration
Inference: senior product, engineering, pricing and customer-success hires suggest WPP Open is being packaged for direct client use. The Customer Success Lead posting names WPP Open Pro, and the pricing role covers self-service pricing pilots.
Today: the 'media intelligence' wpp.com lists among its offers
Roles: Data Scientist Team Lead · Senior Data Engineer · Data Engineer · Software Engineer · Product Manager, OI Activate · Senior Technical Project Manager · VP Statistical Measurement · VP Development · VP Data Science · SVP, Global Head of Audience Intelligence
Requirements mention: embeddings and vector search · MCP / Model Context Protocol · Vertex AI · programmatic ecosystems · Marketing Mix Modelling (MMM) · audience sizing · synthetic panels
Inference: four VP and SVP roles opened in London on 2026-10-15, alongside GCP and MCP-based engineering in Copenhagen. Together they suggest a senior leadership layer is being added over OIS, covering measurement, audience intelligence, data science and development.
Today: Internal security function; not a client offer
Roles: Head of Security Incident Management · Security Detection Engineer · Senior Security Incident Responder · Security Threat Hunting Specialist · Security Automation Engineer
Requirements mention: detection-as-code · SOAR playbooks · automation-first · threat hunting methodologies and frameworks · Cortex XSOAR
Inference: five roles tied to the ASO model, four of them in Chennai or India, suggest security operations are being reorganised around automation, with hands-on roles based in India.
Today: Internal Enterprise Technology programme; not a client product
Roles: Programme Manager - Enterprise AI · Project Manager (Value & Delivery) - Enterprise AI · Project Manager (AI Governance) - Enterprise AI · Programme Lead (Value & Delivery) - Enterprise AI · Senior Project Manager - Enterprise AI
Requirements mention: Microsoft Copilot · Microsoft 365 adoption programmes · Viva Insights · AI governance frameworks · ServiceNow
Inference: five programme and governance roles, three in Chennai and two in London, suggest a delivery and measurement layer for internal AI tools rather than product engineering.
Today: Internal finance shared services (WPP SSC India); not a client offer
Roles: Supervisor - RTR · Supervisor - RTR (ANZ) · Manager - RTR (ANZ) · Analyst - RTR (ANZ) · Senior Analyst - RTR
Requirements mention: month-end close · general ledger accounting · SOX Compliance · IFRS · Ind AS
Inference: seven RTR roles in Mumbai, including three Senior Analyst - RTR postings and four ANZ-labelled roles, indicate ANZ ledger and close work is handled from the Mumbai shared-service centre.
Today: the 'world-class creativity' and 'expert counsel' wpp.com lists among its offers
Roles: VML & Ogilvy | Account Manager (Open X), Japan · VML & Ogilvy | Senior Account Executive (Open X), Japan · Burson | Account Manager (GCI Health), Japan · Burson | Account Manager, Japan · Burson | Senior Account Executive, Japan
Requirements mention: business level English · WPP Open · integrated campaigns · budget management · integrated communication (IC) programs
Inference: two Open X roles tied to Coca-Cola's marketing in Japan, plus several Burson account roles, suggest account capacity is being added in Tokyo. Separately, the 31 Tokyo postings span media, production, social and healthcare teams as well as accounts.
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Of 201 open roles, 121 are in Technology & Innovation and 34 in Finance, so hiring is weighted toward platform, data, security and internal technology, with a large finance shared-service base in Mumbai. 64 roles opened in the last 30 days, against 43 in the prior 30, and 22 closed.
Seniority: Mostly senior (74) and mid-level (44), with 32 manager, 22 director, 8 VP and 3 principal roles; 9 junior and 1 intern.
Skills named most: WPP Open (53), Python (26), GCP (23), stakeholder management (22), Excel (22), Azure (19), AWS (18), Power BI (17), Kubernetes (16), APIs (15), Terraform (13)
Locations: Largest hubs once location spellings are combined: London (at least 41), Tokyo (31), Chennai (at least 26), Mumbai (at least 21) and Copenhagen (at least 11). No roles are marked remote.
If you're applying: Filter by location first: London, Tokyo, Chennai, Mumbai and Copenhagen hold most roles. Check each posting's stated requirements before applying, such as Thai Language, 'business level English', or Chartered Accountant/ACCA/CPA.
If you're selling or recruiting: The largest departments are Technology & Innovation (121) and Finance (34). WPP Open product and OIS leadership hiring is concentrated in London. Open Intelligence engineering is in Copenhagen and Warsaw. Security operations and Enterprise AI programme roles are mostly in Chennai. Tokyo has 31 open roles across account, media, production and social teams.
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