Manager, Campaign Operations

About WPP Media WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale.

Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working. com . Google via Media Futures Group - A little about us Google has consolidated its media agency partnership into WPP Media, building on the world class digital work that Essence has delivered for Google for over 15 years.

Media Futures Group (MFG) is a bespoke team that delivers on our commitment to Google for a more strategic, creative and integrated media approach established to drive better business results. The MFG team is made up of best in class digital, offline, and integrated media experts who work together to enhance media’s contribution to Google’s business. MFG is powered by Essence, MediaCom and other constituents of GroupM worldwide.

The MFG team operates in a seamlessly integrated way across strategy, planning, investment, creative, business sciences and analytics, data and technology. The profile of people who work in MFG are world class, committed to establishing a new high water mark in the media industry. Role Summary and Impact As a Manager in Campaign Operations, you are the primary operator of our Media (AI led) delivery model, serving as the heartbeat of operational precision for your given PA team.

You are responsible for the day-to-day management of AI-driven, cross-disciplinary workflows and automation tools, while becoming a subject matter expert in MFG’s bespoke processes. Your role is to balance technological speed with human precision—acting as an independent project manager who supports and identifies flaws in manual and automated outputs and proposes creative solutions to optimize PA team performance. You will masterfully manage workflow coordination across the PA team, supporting and understanding the various MFG disciplines to ensure every campaign is set up for flawless execution, financial operations are up to date and that client expectations are consistently exceeded.

Lead the day-to-day management of AI-driven workflows and automation tools like WPP Open and Wrike acting as the primary operator for our Media (AI led) delivery model. Masterfully manage day-to-day campaign operations, workflow coordination, and regional project delivery to keep cross-discipline teams on track. Identify flaws in automated outputs and proactively propose creative technical solutions to optimize pod performance and increase measurable efficiency.

Serve as the center of influence for the PA, understanding the various MFG disciplines and the specific roles they play to ensure client expectations are consistently exceeded. e. ) Monitor and track all out-of-scope or ad-hoc tasks within the Scope Creep tracker to ensure operational transparency.

Responsible for working hand in hand with media planning to build a campaign timeline. Ensure all deliverables and milestones are met on time, or proactively communicate rationale and delays to the core and hub teams Collaborate with discipline leads to ensure PA-specific onboarding is in place and assist in the offboarding of team members. Maintain real-time accuracy in project trackers and "One-Docs" to reflect all campaign changes as they happen.