Product Manager (Commerce)

About WPP Media

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About Choreograph; A Leading WPP Media Brand

Choreograph is WPP’s global data products and technology company. We’re on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation.

We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities. We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising.

We’re endlessly curious. Our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers are over 1,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world.

Role Summary and Impact

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager for our Commerce Media and eRetail platform at Choreograph, who will play a critical role in delivering commercial products and services in the Commerce space, enabling cross-functional teams to execute against strategic plans and roadmaps.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of managing product delivery, ideally within suppliers of commerce media, eRetail, or retail media networks with experience of delivering platforms, products, and services across large global enterprises.

Using this experience, you will work closely with the overall Product Leaders to deliver across a portfolio of products that provide our agencies and their clients with competitive advantage through the application of data and technology

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Work with key stakeholders to understand and distil your product’s needs, such as challenges to mitigate and opportunities to take advantage of
• Produce requirement documents, user stories, and other artifacts for your product to guide the product’s engineers
• Define and measure metrics to measure success and impact of development efforts
• Manage and prioritize the product roadmap and its backlog
• Be a strong partner with the engineering to help resolve issues in a timely manner, such as making it easy for any engineer to connect with external platforms we partner. This includes tools, services, documentation, and training
• Support your development teams through product reviews, complete user-acceptance-testing and sign-off against the requirements and specifications. Brief and train internal and external teams on new product releases.
• Collaborate with other Choreograph product teams to align goals and requirements across related Choreograph products

Skills and Experience

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

• Experience in B2B, or enterprise product management
• Experience in using agile methodologies, such as Scrum to deliver technical product and data solutions
• Solid understanding of the Digital Commerce domain, including familiarity with commerce media, eRetail, or retail media networks platforms and others.
• A strong understanding of how agencies and advertisers use data technology to support their business operations and strategies
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across the organization
• A proactive and entrepreneurial attitude, capable of managing multiple products and projects, ensuring successful outcomes

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.  

WPP Media 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.
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.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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