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Head of Infrastructure

WPP
CompanyWPP
CategoryEngineering
LocationLondon
RemoteOn-site (inferred)
EmploymentNot stated
LevelDirector
SalaryNot stated by the employer
Posted7 Jul 2026
Last verified5 Aug 2026
SourceEmployer ATS (greenhouse)
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Description
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 Head of Infrastructure, Data & Technology Solutions is responsible for establishing and coordinating the infrastructure standards, operating model, governance, and cross-cutting platform capabilities required to run DTS products securely, reliably and consistently.   DTS operates a federated model, where specialist product and platform teams retain autonomy for how they build, deploy and operate their own environments. The Head of Infrastructure ensures those teams operate within a common set of DTS standards for reliability, observability, security, deployment control, cost visibility, operational readiness and resilience.   The role will work closely with the CTO, Chief Architect, SVP Data Collaboration Infrastructure, SVP Security and Compliance, TechOps, Engineering, Product, Enterprise Technology and platform leads across InfoSum, Open Intelligence, Resolve and other DTS capabilities.   The purpose of the role is to create alignment and visibility across infrastructure and providing the autonomy needed by specialist teams to operate according to agreed standards and principles.   What you'll be doing: Infrastructure standards and operating model Define and maintain the common infrastructure standards that DTS platforms must meet.   This includes:   Working with DTS leadership to define infrastructure principles, minimum standards and operating expectations.   Establishing standards for reliability, observability, deployment governance, security, resilience, cost visibility and operational readiness.   Ensuring standards are practical and can be adopted by different DTS platform teams.   Creating a clear infrastructure operating model that distinguishes between central standards and product-team autonomy.   Ensuring infrastructure standards are aligned with DTS architecture, security, product and commercial priorities.     Federated infrastructure governance Coordinate a federated infrastructure model across DTS.   This includes:   Ensuring InfoSum, Open Intelligence, Resolve and other platform teams can operate their own infrastructure while meeting common DTS requirements.   Avoiding unnecessary centralisation that would slow down specialist teams or remove useful autonomy.   Defining where common tooling or central coordination is required.   Ensuring each product/platform team has clear infrastructure ownership and accountability.   Creating mechanisms to monitor whether teams are operating within agreed standards.     Alignment with DTS leadership Ensure infrastructure decisions are aligned with senior DTS leadership an