Director, AI & Agent Governance
WPP Media · Chicago, IL · 4 wk ago
Engineering$100k–$230k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we have "Role Summary And Impact" and "Key Responsibilities", "Skills And Experience", "Life At WPP Media & Benefits". Also there is a pay range: US Pay Range $100,000 - $230,000 USD. So we need a Pay section. Also schedule? Not mentioned. Benefits: we have benefits described in Life At WPP Media & Benefits. So we can have Benefits section. Also maybe "About the role" not present; we have Role Summary And Impact. Use for section headings. So headings: Role Summary And Impact, Key Responsibilities, Skills And Experience, Life At WPP Media & Benefits, Pay. Possibly also "Benefits" separate but we can incorporate into Life At WPP Media & Benefits. The instruction: use
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- Own and maintain the agent roadmap for Google’s global account, prioritizing initiatives based on strategic value, user need, business impact, and available resources.
- Establish and manage the end-to-end agent lifecycle, from initial intake and development through approval, launch, testing, maintenance, optimization, and retirement.
- Monitor the agent ecosystem across relevant enterprise AI and workspace environments to understand newly created agents, their purposes, usage, dependencies, and position within broader workflows.
- Inventory, categorize, and rationalize the agent portfolio, identifying duplicate or overlapping solutions and coordinating consolidation, optimization, or retirement where appropriate.
- Manage intake and prioritization processes for new agent requests, ensuring competing needs are assessed consistently and progressed through clear decision points.
- Coordinate approval processes for agents that use new data sources, application programming interfaces, or comparable system connections, maintaining communication and follow-through across required stakeholders.
- Establish ongoing testing and monitoring practices that assess agent safety, accuracy, reliability, data traceability, and performance after launch.
- Coordinate the dedicated agent-building team’s roadmap, ensuring its capacity is focused on high-value work and that development priorities remain aligned with business needs.
- Partner with the agentic design forum or council and product teams to capture user experience issues, product feedback, platform enhancements, and workflow improvement opportunities.
- Build strong working relationships across Google, Data and Technology Services, WPP Media, subject matter expert, and agency teams to drive decisions, accountability, and progress.
Skills And Experience bullet list:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in business, technology, communications, project management, product management, or a related discipline.
- 5-8 years of relevant experience in product management, project management, program management, product operations, technology transformation, or comparable complex operational work.
- Experience managing a product, program, portfolio, roadmap, backlog, or complex cross-functional workstream from planning through delivery.
- Ability to bring structure, prioritization, and accountability to ambiguous environments where processes and operating models are still developing.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior leaders, technical teams, subject matter experts, and cross-functional partners.
- Experience managing competing requests, assessing strategic priorities, and recommending which initiatives should progress.
- Ability to understand artificial intelligence, AI agents, data sources, workflows, application programming interfaces, and related emerging technology concepts.
- Knowledge of governance, responsible AI, quality assurance, model evaluation, data traceability, or operational risk management preferred.
- Experience with enterprise AI platforms, workflow automation, digital transformation, product operations, or technology ecosystems preferred.
- Familiarity with Google Workspace, Gemini, comparable AI platforms, application programming interfaces, or model context protocol connections a plus.
- Proprietary WPP Media platforms can be learned in the role.
Life At WPP Media & Benefits paragraph:
We need to keep the substantive benefits and culture description but remove EEO etc. The paragraph:
"Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days. WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. Please note that while our philosophy is the same across WPP, benefits may vary by office/country. WPP Media is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide. While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome for more details. US Pay Range $100,000 - $230,000 USD Please read our Privacy Notice for more information on how we process the information you provide."
We need to remove boilerplate: equal opportunity employer, privacy notice, accommodations, etc. Also remove the line about base salary range indicated below (we have Pay section). Also remove the link to benefits details? Might keep as part of benefits? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The link to benefits details is substantive? It's a reference; maybe we can keep but it's not essential. However it's part of the benefits description. We could keep a sentence: "We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome for more details." That's substantive. The privacy notice lines we should remove. Also the equal opportunity lines we remove. Also the accommodation line maybe we keep? It's about flexibility; could be considered substantive but it's also a boilerplate about accommodations. Might be considered boilerplate; but it's about accommodations for interview process. Might be considered application instruction? It says "If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process." That's application instruction; we should remove. Also "Please note that while our philosophy is the same across WPP, benefits may vary by office/country." That's substantive? It's about benefits variation; could keep. But it's somewhat boilerplate. I'd keep it as it's about benefits.
We also need to remove duplicated lines: there are two "Please read our Privacy Notice" lines; we will remove both.
Now Pay section: we have US Pay Range $100,000 - $230,000 USD. Also earlier line: "The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below." We'll just output the range.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings and
for section headings. So headings: Role Summary And Impact, Key Responsibilities, Skills And Experience, Life At WPP Media & Benefits, Pay. Possibly also "Benefits" separate but we can incorporate into Life At WPP Media & Benefits. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should map to those headings if appropriate. We have Role Summary And Impact (maybe "About the role"). Could use "About the role" heading and put the summary there. But we must not repeat job title as heading; fine. We can use "About the role" heading and include the Role Summary And Impact content. Then "Responsibilities" heading for Key Responsibilities. Then "Skills" heading for Skills And Experience. Then "Benefits" heading for Life At WPP Media & Benefits. Then "Pay" heading for US Pay Range. No Schedule.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, privacy notice, etc. Remove duplicated lines. We need to strip out the cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. So we need to remove paragraphs about equal opportunity employer, privacy notice, accommodations, etc. Also remove "Life At WPP Media & Benefits" maybe we keep benefits but remove the fluff about culture? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the benefits description (competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, employee mental health awareness days). Also the culture statements maybe considered substantive? It's about environment, values. Might be considered substantive. But we need to remove boilerplate like equal opportunity, privacy notice, etc. The "Life At WPP Media & Benefits" includes culture statements; we can keep them as they are part of benefits section? Might be okay.
We must not include headings with filler text. So we need to ensure each heading has real content.
Let's extract content:
Role Summary And Impact paragraph:
"This role is within WPP Media, where you will be instrumental in establishing governance, prioritization, and lifecycle management across an expanding agent ecosystem supporting Google’s global account. You’ll own the roadmap for agents created across enterprise AI and workspace environments, bringing structure to intake, development, approvals, testing, launch, maintenance, and retirement. You’ll work with Google stakeholders, Data and Technology Services, the WPP Media product team, subject matter experts, and agency teams to ensure agents deliver meaningful value safely, accurately, and reliably. You’ll join the Integrated AI Solutions team within the Google business, a highly visible group operating at the forefront of enterprise AI adoption. This is an opportunity to shape operating models and governance practices that are still evolving, influence how agentic workflows scale across a major global client, and connect strategic priorities with detailed execution. You’ll work in an environment that values curiosity, experimentation, accountability, and practical innovation."
Key Responsibilities bullet list (they are sentences separated by periods but we can treat as list items). We'll convert each sentence to
headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We'll have sections:
About the role
... (role summary)
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Skills
- ...
...
Benefits
... (benefits description)
Pay
US Pay Range $100,000 - $230,000 USD
We must ensure we don't include any extra text outside HTML.
Now craft the About the role paragraph: use the Role Summary And Impact text exactly.
Check for any boilerplate inside: It mentions "You’ll work in an environment that values curiosity, experimentation, accountability, and practical innovation." That's fine.
Now Responsibilities list: ensure each item ends with a period? Keep as is.
Skills list: same.
Benefits paragraph: we need to compose from the Life At WPP Media & Benefits paragraph after removing boilerplate.
Let's extract the beneficial sentences:
"Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and
for prose. We'll have sections:
About the role
... (role summary)
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Benefits
... (benefits description)
Pay
US Pay Range $100,000 - $230,000 USD
We must ensure we don't include any extra text outside HTML. Now craft the About the role paragraph: use the Role Summary And Impact text exactly. Check for any boilerplate inside: It mentions "You’ll work in an environment that values curiosity, experimentation, accountability, and practical innovation." That's fine. Now Responsibilities list: ensure each item ends with a period? Keep as is. Skills list: same. Benefits paragraph: we need to compose from the Life At WPP Media & Benefits paragraph after removing boilerplate. Let's extract the beneficial sentences: "Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and