Senior Client Operations Manager - 15 Months FTC

Here’s a summary of the role:   Data is only powerful when everyone agrees what it means.       We’re revamping how we measure success and end user value delivery across our portfolio of products, and this role sits at the centre of it — the person who makes one number mean the same thing in every room, the person who builds the data foundations that drive actionable behavioural insights. As our Lead for Product Data & Telemetry, you’ll design the single source of truth for how we measure our products: the metric definitions, the telemetry standards and the governance model that every dashboard, business review and roadmap is built on.     You’ll define the data contract that engineering teams instrument against, and build the models that turn raw product telemetry into portfolio-level insight — with federated data governance as the operating principle rather than an afterthought. AWS/Snowflake is our warehouse spine. The capture and BI layers are open decisions and you will help make them, so you are joining early enough to choose the tools rather than inherit them. The work has a short route to the top. Your models feed the monthly and quarterly business reviews that our executive team, our CTO and our investors use to run the portfolio. Not many roles at this level sit that close to the decisions.    This is sponsored at executive level, and engineering teams will instrument against the contract you define. You will not be writing standards into a vacuum.    This is a hands-on senior individual-contributor role for someone who thinks in schemas, metrics, definitions and governance — you can write clean SQL, design an event schema, and hold a standard across teams you don’t manage.     The ambition is world class: a governed telemetry and product-analytics capability strong enough to run a 30-product portfolio on, and you are at the centre of building it.    You’ll sit at the centre of the Product Operations function, working shoulder to shoulder with product, engineering, data and analytics leaders — and your work will shape how the company sees its own products.  Here’s what your first twelve months should look like:  * First 90 days. Learn the estate and meet the engineers who instrument it. Agree the measurement model for one product end to end and put a defensible adoption number in front of the business. One narrow, visible win before we scale anything.  * Three to six months. Data contract published, instrumentation specification landed with engineering, and the first business unit building against it. Definitions, naming and change control in place and governed.  * Six to twelve months. The model rolling out across the remaining business units through the BU-aligned analysts, portfolio adoption and value reporting running on your numbers, and the tooling decisions made and implemented.  Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do (not all of it, just the important stuff):  * Partner with our data governance and enterprise architecture teams on the product, customer and user taxonomies — making sure they are clear, and that product telemetry is modelled and segmented against a single agreed source of truth rather than local variants.  * Own the product measurement standard — canonical metric definitions, naming conventions, field ownership and change control, applied consistently across every business unit.  * Write the instrumentation specification that engineering teams build against, and partner with them to land telemetry against the data contract.  * Build the analytics and data models — SQL, BI and roll-up logic — that turn product telemetry into portfolio-level insight on adoption and value.  * Own data quality assurance: coverage, freshness and reconciliation, so monthly and quarterly business reviews run on measurement with known provenance.  * Set the technical standard for a team of BU-aligned analysts, acting as their reference point as they roll the standards out across the business.  * Help shape the direction of our product analytics stack as we revamp it — capture, warehouse and BI — so the measurement model and the tooling are designed together rather than bolted on.  These are the essentials you’ll need to get an interview:  * Proven experience designing and governing product data models and taxonomies — you’ve taken canonical metrics and naming standards into a complex, multi-product estate and made them stick.  * Strong data governance practice: schema and field ownership, change control, and a track record of driving standards adoption across teams you don’t own.  * Fluency in SQL and the BI / data-warehouse layer — you can build and validate roll-up logic yourself.  * Enough data-engineering literacy to design event and telemetry schemas (Pendo, Amplitude, Segment or similar) and write an instrumentation spec engineers respect.  * Experience standing up a data contract, taxonomy or metrics layer in a product or analytics context, ideally B2B SaaS — including the reality of bringing acquired products onto a shared measurement model.  * The credibility to influence without authority — you can hold a standard with engineering and product teams you don’t line-manage.  * A collaborative, pragmatic style and a bias for making things clear, simple and usable for the people who rely on your data.    It would be great if you had these too, but we’ll support you if you don’t:  * Experience with the modern product-ops tool stack — Salesforce, Jira Product Discovery, Pendo — and with consolidating fragmented tooling into a single system of record.  * Exposure to product value / ROI measurement — connecting product usage to customer and commercial outcomes.  * Familiarity with GRC, governance or regulated-software domains.  * A track record of building data capabilities from the ground up in a scaling business.  Here’s where this role goes next:    We are building this function, not maintaining it. You set the technical standard that the BU-aligned analysts land across the business, which means technical leadership from day one without waiting for a management line.    As the function grows, the routes from here are principal-level ownership of product data across Diligent, or leading the team that runs it. We would rather be straight with you about that than promise a title we cannot yet name. The scope is real, and it is expanding.  #LIHybrid      About Us Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster.  At Diligent, we're building the future with people who think boldly and move fast.  Whether you're designing systems that leverage large language models or part of a team reimaging workflows with AI, you'll help us unlock entirely new ways of working and thinking.  Curiosity is in our DNA, we look for individuals willing to ask the big questions and experiment fearlessly - those who embrace change not as a challenge, but as an opportunity.  The future belongs to those who keep learning, and we are building it together.  At Diligent, you’re not just building the future - you’re an agent of positive change, joining a global community on a mission to make an impact. Learn more at diligent.com or follow us on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/diligent-board-member-services/mycompany/verification/] and Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/DiligentCorporation/]     What Diligent Offers You  * Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients * We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few * We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney. * Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding. Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability – to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place.  Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C.,  London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney.   To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. 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WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.  We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.    We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.   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.    For more information, visit WPP.com. [https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwpp.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CErica.Durr%40wpp.com%7C9bf4566a65bc46a48ac008de749116ea%7C150b5e663d884dee83f6ed149b727a00%7C0%7C0%7C639076363668176216%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Q9juosud56XGLThSFZ1NpPZd6FXpJPxV74OeRZWoh%2B4%3D&reserved=0]   Why we're hiring: WPP is embarking on a major 3-year Transformation to simplify, modernise, and unify its technology platforms across the group. This change is critical to: * Enable cost-effective transformation and operational efficiency * Accelerate adoption of AI, data, and digital platforms * Ensure consistent delivery of value and benefits across all agencies and markets * Minimise disruption and maximise engagement during large-scale change As part of Technology Operations portfolio, you will be defining, leading and supporting one of our strategic and business impacting initiatives. We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Project Manager to ensure that these initiatives are mobilised with clear scope, governance, plans and accountabilities. Delivery milestones, risks, dependencies, and decisions are managed transparently. Senior stakeholders have confidence in delivery progress and issue resolution. And that business readiness, adoption and benefits realisation are actively supported.The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading complex technology projects that deliver strategic outcomes for the organisation. This role ensures projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards, while managing risks and dependencies across multiple workstreams. Acting as a key liaison between stakeholders and delivery teams, the Senior Project Manager owns and drives successful delivery, governance, fosters collaboration, and champions change adoption to maximise business value.   What you'll be doing: * Own transformation initiatives from the Technology Operations portfolio, responsible for successful delivery. * Plan, manage, and execute programme workstreams to time, cost, quality, and compliance standards. * Ensure alignment with programme objectives and strategic outcomes. * Actively manages programme risks, issues and dependencies across the transformation initiatives. * Define and mobilise the governance model for the initiatives. * Maintain RAID, produce status reporting, and coordinate assurance across technical and cross‑functional teams. * Ensure adherence to Strategy and Transformation standards, tools, processes, and compliance requirements; ensuring accurate and timely reporting across governance layers. * Act as a liaison between engineering teams, partners and WPP Technology Operations, ensuring decisions are informed and escalations handled promptly. * Work closely with the Programme Director, Technology Operations, partners and wider Enterprise Technology and WPP. * Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and sponsors. * Communicate project status, risks, and decisions clearly and regularly. * Manage project budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships. * Track costs and benefits to ensure value delivery. * Work closely with our Change & Adoption to coordinate business readiness, support planning, and ensure migration impacts are understood and managed. * Work closely with our Change & Adoption specialists to support readiness and adoption of new technologies and processes. * Work closely with our Change & Adoption to minimise disruption and embed change effectively across teams. * Contribute to the Portfolio and Programme Management (PPM) community, fostering continuous learning and career progression. * Coach and mentor project teams to embed a high-performing culture aligned with organisational values. * Maintain accurate role assignments and project documentation. * Support governance reporting and ensure timely updates in project management tools.   What you'll need: * Senior project management experience in leading complex Technology / IT projects across the full delivery lifecycle, including managing multiple projects in parallel. * Proven track record mobilising and delivering strategic, operationally complex initiatives with cross-functional internal and external teams across global or matrixed organisations. * Strong governance, planning, RAID, reporting and stakeholder management capability. * Experience managing budgets, vendors, dependencies and delivery risks. * Strong leadership and influencing skills, with experience engaging and coordinating globally dispersed teams. * Excellent communicator, able to translate complex technical information into clear, concise messages for varied stakeholders. * Adaptable and resilient, able to respond to changing priorities and keep delivery on track under pressure. * Strategic and commercially aware thinker, able to balance technical, operational and commercial considerations. * Agile, waterfall or hybrid delivery experience. * Project management qualification such as PRINCE2, PMP, MSP, AgilePM or equivalent. * Experience in large-scale organisational change or business readiness. * Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve outcomes.   Who you are: You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working. You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected. You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.   What we'll give you: Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work. Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry. Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge? #LI-Hybrid 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. WPP 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. PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY NOTICE (HTTPS://WWW.WPP.COM/EN/CAREERS/WPP-PRIVACY-POLICY-FOR-RECRUITMENT [https://www.wpp.com/en/careers/wpp-privacy-policy-for-recruitment]) FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE PROCESS THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE.