Posted:
5/4/2026, 8:28:53 AM
Location(s):
Missouri, United States ⋅ Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
Growth & Marketing
Workplace Type:
Hybrid
VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
About WPP
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. For more information, visit WPP.com.
Who We Are Looking For:
We are seeking an Adobe Project Manager to lead client initiatives from planning through execution, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on budget. In this role, you will serve as the primary point of contact across the project lifecycle, partnering closely with Adobe teams, clients, and external partners to align expectations, manage delivery, and drive successful outcomes. You will be part of our Enterprise Solutions team, a collection of employees across multiple operating companies within WPP dedicated to providing effective technical solutions to clients.
This individual will bring deep experience managing complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment, along with the ability to balance scope, timelines, resources, and financial considerations. The ideal candidate is highly organized, collaborative, and skilled at navigating competing priorities while maintaining a strong focus on client satisfaction and delivery excellence.
What You'll Do:
People | Serve as the primary liaison for clients, internal teams, and external partners such as Adobe throughout the project lifecycle. Build strong stakeholder relationships, facilitate clear and consistent communication, and ensure alignment on priorities, responsibilities, and deliverables. Provide leadership and coordination across project contributors to support effective collaboration and successful execution.
Process | Oversee project planning, scope management, timelines, governance, and resource coordination. Manage day-to-day delivery activities, including status tracking, administrative follow-up, change management, risk mitigation, and documentation of lessons learned. Ensure projects adhere to established processes while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and delivery quality.
Financials | Support project forecasting and financial tracking, including budget oversight, resource planning, and reporting as needed. Monitor scope changes and proactively communicate impacts to timelines, effort, and cost. Help ensure projects remain financially sound and aligned to client expectations.
Work | Lead end-to-end delivery of client projects, ensuring work is executed effectively and issues are resolved in a timely manner. Coordinate across internal and external teams to manage dependencies, address challenges, and maintain project momentum. Uphold a strong standard of quality, accountability, and client service throughout the lifecycle of each engagement.
Who you are:
A builder | Process-oriented and an innovator with a strong point of view and distinct voice. Ability and appetite to create and bring people together. Innate ability to marshal people and create gravity around ideas.
Open and collaborative | Our team is close-knit and supportive, and we’re working with a lot of unknowns – you must be a champion of team environments that are comfortable with ambiguity and encourage collaboration.
Optimistic and resilient | Dig in and figure out how to work around problems. Provide a balance needed to maintain stamina and positivity.
Ego-less | We all wear the hats that need wearing, it’s a mentality that makes the team successful.
What You'll Need:
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 an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
WPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to 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.
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Website: https://www.wundermanthompson.com/
Headquarter Location: New York, New York, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 2018
IPO Status: Private
Industries: Advertising ⋅ B2B ⋅ Consulting ⋅ CRM ⋅ Marketing