Technical Project Manager

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions. Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. 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.

What does a Technical Project Manager do at Hogarth?

This role is responsible for leading the implementation of complex, high-impact technical projects across multiple sites and cities. The successful candidate will define, plan, manage, and report on project activities while ensuring clear and effective communication with stakeholders across technology, production, and leadership teams.

We are looking for an exceptional communicator who can seamlessly navigate both technical and leadership conversations – whether leading discussions on networking, servers, identity management and data with IT specialists or providing clear, high-level project updates to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the initiation, definition, execution and closure of the project
• Escalate issues as necessary within the project organisation structure
• Ensure that the project is established and run in accordance with our Project Management Framework
• Create and maintain effective stakeholder communication mechanisms
• Create and maintain effective project governance
• Monitor and report on project progress and exceptions, providing recommendations for corrective actions where necessary
• Maintain appropriate document management controls
• Track and report on project budgets
• Work with Hogarth teams to understand production system requirements and ensure that our systems deliver efficient solutions
• Recommend and manage changes as required to meet stated requirements
• Implementation of internal and 3rd party products
  
  

Requirements, Technical Skills & Knowledge

• A detailed understanding of, and experience applying Project Management methodologies and frameworks
• Have knowledge of software technologies (examples: MIS and DAM Systems) with ideally a detailed understanding of workflow processes across production disciplines
• Strong client facing aptitude for managing client (both internal and external) requirements and expectations
• Experience of working in transformation and change projects
• Business analysis skills
• Capability of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Proven track record of approaching issues methodically and the ability to think laterally for resolution
• Workflow mapping of business processes with strong documentation skills
• Good interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Comfortable working within an ever-changing environment in a rapidly growing company
• Commercial acumen
• Problem solver
  
  

Desirable Technical Skills & Knowledge

• Natural aptitude to the role and active interest in the relevant technology in particular latest web and software development methodologies and standards
• Understanding of software development
• Understanding of how systems can integrate
• Strong project management skills
• Previous experience with advertising production industry tools such as workflow automation and DAM
  
  

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

This role reports to the Regional Technology Director, EMEA.

You will work closely with various teams within Technology, including Infrastructure, Production Engineering and Security & Compliance, and will interface with in-market teams and leadership.

The Company

Hogarth Worldwide is the world’s leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world’s most famous brands.

Founded 13 years ago, Hogarth has grown from a start-up to over 4,500 people, across 30 key cities and is now part of the WPP. Obsessively striving for better is in our DNA, it is the reason for our existence and continues to drive us froward in all that we do, making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.

Hogarth Values

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.

Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.

How to apply

Please send your CV to pattabhi.sv@hogarth.com

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