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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.   Why we're hiring: The  CRC Program Manager will provide programme governance, coordination and delivery oversight for major strategic programmes across CRC's Technology Risk and Controls teams, as well as priority projects sponsored by the Chief Cyber, Risk & Compliance Officer. Reporting to the CRC Operations & Reporting Lead, the role will help turn strategic priorities into governed, measurable and well-controlled delivery plans, ensuring clear ownership, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions and progress reporting. The role will also take ownership for CRC involvement in mergers, acquisitions and divestments, including maintenance of CRC playbooks, coordination of integration and divestment tracking, and alignment of Enterprise Security, technology risk, assurance and controls requirements through the deal lifecycle. What you'll be doing: Establish and maintain programme governance for CRC strategic programmes, including plans, milestones, RAID logs, dependency maps, decision records, status reporting and action tracking.   Coordinate major initiatives across Technology Risk & Assurance, Enterprise Security, Resilience, and wider Enterprise Technology teams.   Provide programme support for Chief Cyber, Risk & Compliance Officer special projects, ensuring delivery remains structured, prioritised and transparent.   Own the CRC MA&D operating rhythm, including intake, triage, due diligence support, integration/divestment tracking, stakeholder coordination and executive progress reporting.   Maintain and continuously improve CRC MA&D playbooks, checklists and templates covering technology risk, controls, assurance, operational security and Enterprise Security requirements.   Track MA&D integration and divestment progress against agreed security, risk and control baselines, escalating ownership gaps, late actions, TSA risks and unresolved dependencies.   Coordinate inputs from Enterprise Security, Technology Risk & Assurance, Enterprise Technology, Legal, Procurement, Finance and OpCos to support consistent CRC engagement.   Support business cases, programme proposals, investment requests and benefits tracking where CRC strategic programmes require funding, prioritisation or leadership approval.   Prepare concise committee packs, programme updates and executive narratives that highlight delivery status, key risks, decisions required and next actions.   Use workflow tooling, dashboards, AI-enabled productivity tools and automation to reduce manual reporting effort and improve programme transparency, evidence quality and follow-through.   Promote consistent project governance, clear ownership and pragmatic delivery discipline across CRC strategic initiatives.  What you'll need: Experience in programme management, project go