Senior Product Manager

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 109,000 accomplished people in 110 countries. WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide.

We create transformative ideas and outcomes for our clients through an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce, and technology.

WPP and our award-winning agencies work with most of the world's biggest companies and organisations – from Ford, Unilever and P&G to Google, HSBC, and the UN. Our clients include 61 of the FTSE 100, 317 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 62 of the NASDAQ 100. WPP are the leader in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and 8th in the FTSE 100 rankings for Women on Boards.

Why we're hiring:

As we continue on this journey, we have identified the need for a Senior IT-Product Manager for our ERP system, who will be responsible for planning and implementing product strategies and ensuring the successful introduction of ERP adaptations for the company.

What you'll be doing:

• Oversee the entire development process from conception to implementation of our Microsoft Dynamics Navision / Business Central 21 environment.
• Align our business requirements with stakeholders and prioritize them in a product roadmap and plans to ensure the continuous development and improvement of our Business Central solution, coordinating the necessary activities.
• Coordinate our service providers as the central point of contact for optimization, configuration, and automation.
• Lead and organize technical project meetings and create concepts based on identified requirements, ensuring compliance with security and data protection standards related to ERP solutions and our IT SOX compliance guidelines.
• Design specifications for data exchange between our applications (including our ERP system and/or other 3rd-party applications).
• Support our colleagues in the Share Service area, as well as other product managers on the team, to achieve shared success.
• Bring your own ideas and creativity and implement jointly developed solutions.
• Develop training and educational materials for customers and internal employees.

What you'll need:

• A university degree in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Economics, or a comparable qualification.
• Substantial professional experience in Microsoft Navision and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central forms the basis, ideally with familiarity in modules like OPPLUS, Time Recording, and Project Billing.
• Extensive knowledge in (agile) IT (partial) project management, so tools like JIRA, Confluence, Scrum, and Kanban are not foreign to you.
• Possess the ability to understand even complex business requirements from a technical perspective and have the capacity to think strategically and make effective decisions.
• Technical skills in server technology and MS SQL databases.
• Fluent in German and good English language skills, both written and spoken.

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 accepting: of 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 promote a culture of people that 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?

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual