Description

Project Manager - Total Search & Key Initiatives

Location: LATAM region
Employment Type: Full-time
Seniority Level: Manager
Function: Project & Programme Management - Search Practice & Strategic Initiatives
Reports to: Global Senior Director of Transformation

About WPP Media

WPP Media is a global leader in media investment management, uniting the world's most innovative and effective media agencies. We deliver transformative growth for our clients by combining data, technology, and strategic insight.

Our Total Search practice integrates paid search, SEO, generative search optimisation (GSO), social search, and emerging AI-driven discovery channels to ensure brands are visible and competitive across the evolving search landscape.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Project Manager, Total Search & Key Initiatives to manage the coordination and delivery of complex, multi-market projects.

While your primary focus will be on managing projects within our Total Search practice, you will also provide dedicated project management support for other strategic initiatives across the business as they arise.

This is a role for someone who thrives on structure, organisation, and clear communication, ensuring projects run smoothly, stakeholders stay aligned, and deadlines are met, even in fast-changing environments.

Key Responsibilities - Project & Programme Management

• End-to-End Project Coordination - Responsible for the planning, scheduling, and delivery of Total Search projects, and providing project management support for other strategic initiatives across multiple markets.
• Timeline & Workflow Management - Build and maintain detailed project plans, trackers, and timelines; proactively flag risks and manage dependencies.
• Stakeholder Communication - Act as the central point of contact for project updates, ensuring clear, consistent communication between global, regional, and local teams.
• Meeting & Documentation Management - Organise and run project meetings, prepare agendas, capture minutes, and follow up on actions to keep workstreams moving.
• Cross-Team Alignment - Coordinate with SEO, paid search, social, creative, analytics, and other teams to ensure deliverables are integrated and aligned.
• Quality & Deadline Assurance - Monitor progress against agreed deliverables, ensuring outputs meet quality standards and are delivered on time.
• Issue Resolution - Identify and resolve blockers quickly, escalating where necessary to keep projects on track.
• Reporting & Status Updates - Produce regular progress reports for internal and client stakeholders, highlighting achievements, risks, and next steps.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience managing complex, multi-market digital or marketing projects.
• Exceptional organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, able to keep diverse stakeholders aligned.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously under tight deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.
• Comfort working in a fast-changing environment with evolving priorities.

In Your First 100 Days, You Will

• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the Total Search practice and wider business.
• Successfully manage at least one multi-market project from planning to delivery.
• Establish clear processes and communication channels for your assigned projects.
• Deliver projects on time and to a high standard, earning trust from the wider team.

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 access to internal learning platforms, certifications, and training sessions, life insurance, wellness programs, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, employee mental health awareness day, and more.

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. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

For Colombia:

This position is in a Remote or Hybrid Work Modality and must be performed within Colombian territory. Only candidates residing in Colombia with a valid work permit may apply. Remote work contracts do not allow employment or relocation abroad.

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