Job Description

Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people in 112 countries. Our company creates transformative ideas and outcomes for its 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 69 of the FTSE 100, 348 of the Fortune Global 500, all 30 of the Dow Jones 30 and 70 of the NASDAQ 100.

WPP has headquarters in New York, London and Singapore and a corporate presence in major markets worldwide. The company is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. WPP IT provides IT services for WPP, the world's largest creative transformation company. WPP is reinventing creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology for clients. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP's petabytes of data WPP have selected Workday as their innovative HCM, Finance & PSA (Professional Services Automation) system of choice to meet changing demands and roles will be instrumental in rolling out and servicing one of the most exciting Workday programmes for a global business right now. #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid Visit our LinkedIn page to see what we're up to! Why we're hiring: At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is WPP IT's mission to enable everyone to collaborate, create and thrive. WPP IT is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP's petabytes of data. WPP are seeking a talented Change Management and Business Readiness Measurement Analyst. Individuals must have experience creating measurement dashboards, advising on measurement strategy and would ideally have knowledge of Agile programme lifecycles, business readiness and change management. You will be a key member of the Workday Programme team, providing your expertise on designing and socialising measurement of business readiness and change management activities. This would require working collaboratively with the Business Readiness and Change Management Leadership to bring both hard (quantitative) and soft (qualitative) data together visually to show the progress of the customer journey through the project lifecycle helping identify any risks, blockers, or concerns in the progress towards readiness and adoption of the solution. The reporting would provide the objective view of how ready the business is to take on the solution covering the Business Readiness (data, process, org, controls, reporting) and the Change Management (awareness of the change, desire to change, knowledge of the solution, and ability to implement required skills and behaviours) This role is suited to someone who is analytical with a customer focus that has experience in Tableau, Power BI or alternative, who would like to build their knowledge and awareness of how reporting can support data-driven decision making in the areas of Business Readiness and Change Management. What you'll be doing:

• Lead the creation of tracking and reporting dashboards to clearly show how the business readiness and change management activities are tracking against the outcome of readiness and adoption of the solution.
• Show how the data can support the Business Change Implementation Lead & Business Relationship and Change Managers to identify areas needing further interventions, support, or iterations to meet the readiness and adoption outcomes.
• Apply a structured approach to measurement and reporting of progress and provide reports that support data driven decision making
• Advise, coach, manage and mentor others to use the reporting and measurement functions
• Develop strong relationships across internal networks and stakeholder groups
• Highlight risks and blockers that are identified from the reporting and provide data-based evidence to the teams to support decision making on priority and interventions required

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's Degree (e.g. Business, Data Management) or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Detailed knowledge of Tableau, Power BI or similar tool to build reporting dashboards
• Proven ability in analysis and reporting on both hard (quantitative) and soft (qualitative) data
• Ability to publish datasets in visual formats (such as infographics,) that communicates data in a way that is easy to use, understand and digest by leadership and project teams
• Experience of working in a multiyear, multi release program environment (preferably Agile) in a global organisation.
• (Ideally) PROSCI qualified, SCRUM or similar Agile qualification,
• Strong ability to lead, inspire, engage, and coach a diverse team and create an inclusive culture across geographical boundaries
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with exceptional ability to communicate effectively at different levels of organization

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 orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal. Please read our Privacy Notice for more information on how we process the information you provide.