HEAD OF VALUE MANAGEMENT OFFICE / CORPORATE TRANSFORMATION LEAD (M/W/D)

Carwow

OUR MISSION To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we’ve turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head. What started as a simple reviews site is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe. Last year alone we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service. In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia - creators of AutoExpress and Evo magazines -doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with almost 10m subscribers and over 1.1 billion annual views, while we sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350 million. And we’re a long way from done! CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & TRANSFORMATION @ CARWOW Carwow’s growth story is built on bold strategic moves: organic scale, partnerships, and acquisitions like Autovia. Delivering moves of that size takes serious programme discipline. That means clear governance, a real plan, owned risks, and someone who pushes cross-functional teams to an outcome rather than just tracking them. That’s the job of the PMO. It’s a small, senior, high-leverage team that owns how Carwow’s most important cross-functional and corporate-development programmes actually get delivered, including our most demanding work: post-merger integrations and business separations. This is hands-on leadership with direct line-of-sight to the most consequential decisions being made at Carwow. YOUR MISSION As PMO Lead, you own how Carwow’s most important programmes get delivered. You build and run the programme-management capability, covering the governance, planning, reporting and delivery rigour, and you personally lead the highest-stakes programmes from start to finish, including post-merger integration and business separation work. You bring order to complexity, make the plan real, hold the organisation to it, and give senior leadership a clear, honest view of what’s on track, what’s at risk, and what decisions are needed. You set the operating rhythm, chair the rooms, and keep dozens of moving parts across technology, data, finance, people and commercial all pointing in the same direction. Success looks like: priority programmes delivered to plan; governance that is trusted rather than tolerated; risks surfaced early and owned; and a leadership team that can rely on a single, credible source of truth on delivery. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Build and run the PMO: * Governance, standards & tooling: Establish and own the programme-management operating model. That covers integrated planning, risk / assumption / issue / dependency (RAID) management, change control, a standardised reporting cadence and a clear set of KPIs, and getting all of it adopted across teams. * Portfolio oversight: Own the cross-programme view of strategic and corporate development initiatives: priorities, dependencies, critical path and resourcing conflicts. Surface what’s at risk early and drive it to resolution. * Lead delivery of the highest-stakes programmes: * Hands-on programme leadership: Personally lead the most complex, high-visibility programmes, including post-merger integration and business separations, from planning through cutover / go-live, stabilisation and close. * Run the governance forums: Set agendas, drive pre-reads, chair working groups and steering committees, support executive steering, and track every decision and action to closure. * Drive outcomes across the business: * Cross-functional leadership: Coordinate workstream leads across Product, Data, Finance, People, Marketing, Commercial and Technology, alongside external advisers, influencing without formal authority to keep delivery moving and decisions unblocked. * Risk, change & escalation: Manage risk, change and escalation crisply, so the right matters reach the right forum quickly and nothing material is missed. * Executive reporting: Give senior leadership and the Board a clear, honest read on status, risk and the decisions required, all from standardised templates and a single source of truth. KEY REQUIREMENTS * Extensive programme and PMO leadership experience, building and running governance, integrated planning, critical-path management, change control and RAID at scale. * Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid change and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Exposure to M&A activity, such as integration, business separations / carve-outs, or other post-deal work. * Strong commercial judgement and the credibility to operate with senior stakeholders and executives in the room. * Proven cross-functional leadership across technology, data, finance, people and commercial teams, with the ability to influence without formal authority. * Excellent communication, with the ability to make complex programmes clear to a Board or executive audience. * High level of ownership; calm, decisive and highly organised under pressure, and relentless about driving issues to closure. * Discretion and integrity. Comfortable handling highly confidential M&A, financial, strategic and personnel-related information. BONUS POINTS * Extensive, hands-on experience delivering complex post-transaction programmes (M&A integration or carve-outs), owning them through to close rather than just supporting or observing. * Programme / PMO leadership in tech, marketplace, classifieds, automotive or e-commerce businesses. * Experience standing up a PMO capability from scratch and embedding it across an organisation. * Experience of cross-border or multi-entity programmes, including across European jurisdictions. * Recognised programme / project credentials (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, PMP) are useful, though not essential. * Genuine fluency with agentic AI tools and a clear point of view on how they can accelerate planning, reporting and analysis. You actually build with them, not just talk about them. WHY THIS MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU This is a permanent role, but it’s anything but steady-state. You’ll be standing up rigour where it doesn’t yet exist, and leading programmes where the stakes and the visibility are high. Priorities shift with the corporate agenda, and you’ll spend as much time chasing closure and unblocking decisions as you do designing the plan. If you want a narrow, single-programme remit, or a process-light environment where governance is optional, this probably isn’t it. If you want to own how Carwow delivers its most important programmes, this is it. INTERVIEW PROCESS * Introductory call with our Talent team * Interview with the hiring manager (Corporate Development / CEO Office) * Case study and programme-governance exercise * Values interview WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU * Competitive comp package * 28 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 35 with length of service, plus extras for house moves, weddings and more! * Employee-friendly share options * Pension scheme via Royal London - up to 5% company contribution * Vitality private healthcare insurance * Life Assurance - 4x annual salary * Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner * Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave including up to 20 weeks' full pay maternity and shared parental leave, and 8 weeks' full partner pay, as well as fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies * Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones * 'Work from abroad for a month' annual scheme * Generous learning and development budget * £500 home office budget Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.

Dedale Intelligence

ABOUT DEDALE: Dedale is the differentiating source of strategic intelligence in the technology space. With a unique team of over 100 full-time research analysts & planners, Dedale leverages a network of over 10,000 market professionals to deliver on-the-ground strategic intelligence to investors and corporates, with a core focus around North America and Europe. Our team gathers top talents with diverse and international backgrounds. Our Research & Investment team has the strongest expertise in the ecosystem on B2B Software due diligence, and we are surrounded by a network of mentors including high-profile tech founders and investors. OUR CULTURE: Dedale gathers a group of highly talented international individuals (incl. US, Chinese, Filipino, French, Moroccan, Latvian, Lebanese nationalities among others). The leadership team is composed of experienced investment professionals & management consultants (ex-McKinsey, BCG Project Leaders & managers). Our advisory board is extremely high profile, including some of the most successful investors worldwide (incl. Managing Partners of the largest PE and Growth Equity funds, and Tech unicorn entrepreneurs). We seek to develop a dream team of outstanding investment analysts with strong academic and professional achievements and a passion for investing and technology. YOUR OPPORTUNITY: This role offers the opportunity to lead Dedale Intelligence's expansion into Germany, opening our Munich presence from the ground up. You will establish and build the local team, set up our German subsidiary, and develop the commercial activity in the DACH market — owning both the business development and the client relationships from day one. Working hand in hand with our headquarters in Paris, you will shape how Dedale grows in one of Europe's most important markets. YOUR ROLE: 1.Research Leadership * Lead research on software & technology companies and market segments * Build, grow and coach a team of 3–4 analysts and associates, fast growing up to 10, dedicated to research * Collaborate with a team of ~10 highly experienced ex-Tier 1 management consultants at Paris HQ, contributing to the research * Deliver high-quality, valuable deliverables that support decision-making on multi-million euro investments * Communicate directly with very high-profile customers, including fund managing partners, billionaire entrepreneurs, and family office managers 2.Commercial Development * Own client relationships and new business in the DACH market * Build trusted, high-level rapport with PE Partners, M&A Directors, and C-suite leaders, adding value through market intelligence fluency in live conversations and in-person meetings * Drive expansion through a solution-focused approach, identifying cross-sell and upsell opportunities across the account lifecycle * Design and execute account-level growth strategies * Act as the voice of the customer internally, working cross-functionally to ensure product updates and features align with the sophisticated needs of our client base 3.Market Opener * Lead the opening of the Munich office * Lead recruitment locally and embed Dedale's culture * Support the strategic development of the company hand in hand with the founders and leadership team, to build a sustainable and unique differentiation in the market YOUR PROFILE: * Strong track record of operational leadership and delivering measurable results in Germany * 5–7+ years of experience in top-tier management consulting * Entrepreneurial mindset with hands-on experience leading business growth or market expansion * Smart and strategic, but a real operator — comfortable getting things done without a safety net * Clear, confident communicator with strong leadership and stakeholder management skills * Solid understanding of business strategy, digital transformation, and the B2B software landscape * Comfortable working independently in fast-moving environments, with a genuine sense of urgency * Proven experience building and developing high-performing teams from the ground up * Able to deliver impact quickly * Fluent in German and English — essential for client-facing work in the DACH market CHERRY ON THE CAKE: * You like collaborating as a team and delivering your best as an individual * You are passionate about technology, innovation, and investment RECRUITMENT PROCESS: * Introductory call with our Head of HR * Pre-case with our COO & MD * 1 Case Study with our VP * Final on-site interview with Managing Director, CEO, and coffee chat with the team

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.    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.   Job Title: Enterprise Transformation Modelling Lead - Finance & People WPP is embarking on a pivotal, multi-year enterprise-wide transformation program focused on modernizing and optimizing our Finance and People functions to unlock significant value. We are seeking an exceptional and analytically rigorous Enterprise Transformation Modelling Lead - Finance & People to own and evolve the core financial case model that underpins this critical initiative. This role will have end-to-end accountability for developing, maintaining, and socializing the transformation’s integrated financial model. Working in close partnership with the Head of Enterprise Transformation PMO - Finance & People, transformation workstream leads, and key business stakeholders, this role ensures that decisions on scope, sequencing, investment, and delivery are supported by robust modelling, scenario analysis, and credible assumptions. The successful candidate will be instrumental in translating transformation ambition into an evidence-based, decision-ready financial case, in line with leading value-anchored transformation and FP&A practices. This role requires a leader with financial modelling capability, commercial judgment, and the ability to simplify complexity into clear choices for senior stakeholders. They will create confidence in the model, drive consistency in assumptions, test scenarios and sensitivities, and enable iterative dialogue with workstream owners.   Key Responsibilities: Transformation Financial Model Ownership & Integrity: * Build and own the end-to-end transformation financial case model, including structure, logic, assumptions, outputs, and version control, ensuring it remains accurate, transparent, and useful throughout the life of the program. The model must cover (though not necessarily be limited to) cost-to-implement, run-rate impacts, benefit timing, phasing, dependencies, and financial risks across the Finance & People transformation portfolio. * Establish modelling standards, documentation, and controls so that key assumptions, formula logic, and scenario outputs are auditable, repeatable, and easy for stakeholders to understand and challenge constructively. Scenario Planning, Sensitivity Analysis & Strategic Trade-offs: * Support scenario planning across the program, modelling alternative scope, timing, sequencing, adoption, and delivery pathways to inform executive choices and investment decisions. * Run sensitivities on and validate key assumptions such as savings timing, implementation cost, vendor spend, headcount impacts, and transition risks to assess downside, upside, and confidence ranges. * Support scenario planning across the program, modelling alternative scope, timing, sequencing, adoption, and delivery pathways to inform executive choices and investment decisions. * Run sensitivities on and validate key assumptions such as savings timing, implementation cost, vendor spend, headcount impacts, and transition risks to assess downside, upside, and confidence ranges. * Translate complex modelling outputs into clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations that support fast, fact-based decision-making. Business Case Development & Workstream Iteration: * Partner with workstream leads to convert initiative concepts into robust, quantified business cases with clear assumptions, dependencies, and benefit mechanisms. * Socialise the model and its outputs with stakeholders across Finance, People, PMO, and delivery teams, using structured challenge and iteration to improve accuracy, ownership, and delivery confidence. * Support stage gates and governance forums by stress-testing proposals, identifying modelling gaps, and helping initiative owners refine scope or sequencing to improve ROI and achievability. Insight Generation, Reporting & Decision Support: * Ensure clear and compelling executive-ready outputs from the model, including scenario summaries, bridge analyses, value waterfalls, and implications for financial performance. * Provide a single, trusted analytical view of transformation value to support prioritization, reforecasting, and performance discussions across leadership forums. * Highlight key modelling risks, assumption changes, and emerging variances early, and recommend actions to preserve value and maintain confidence in the transformation case. Partnership with Finance, PMO & Enterprise Stakeholders: * Work closely with the Enterprise Transformation Finance Lead and Head of Enterprise Transformation PMO - Finance & People to ensure the integrated roadmap remains grounded in financial logic and measurable value creation. * Partner with FP&A, Controllership, HR/People Finance, procurement, and workstream teams to align assumptions, validate inputs, and ensure consistency with enterprise reporting and planning processes where appropriate. * Strengthen modelling literacy across the program by providing practical templates, guidance, and coaching to initiative owners on assumptions, benefits estimation, and scenario construction.   Skills & Experience: Experience: * 8+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, transformation finance, transaction services, strategic modelling, management consultancy, or enterprise performance management, with a strong record of building complex business-case models. * Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale transformation, operating model redesign, shared services, or ERP/HCM programs. * Proven track record of partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to iterate assumptions, challenge proposals, and turn ambiguous transformation activity into quantified financial cases. * Experience developing executive-level materials that translate modelling outputs into clear recommendations for governance, prioritization, and investment decisions. Modelling, Scenario Planning & Analytical Acumen: * Advanced financial modelling capability, including experience in a transformation context. * Strong commercial judgment with the ability to connect operational drivers, delivery assumptions, and organizational dependencies to financial outcomes. * Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail, able to balance precision with pace and pragmatism in a fast-moving environment. Stakeholder Management & Communication: * Excellent communicator who can explain complex modelling concepts and financial implications clearly to senior non-finance stakeholders as well as finance specialists. * Strong influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions constructively and the credibility to build alignment across multiple workstreams. * Collaborative operator with experience working across global, matrixed teams and balancing competing stakeholder priorities. Execution & Drive: * High ownership and resilience, with the ability to manage multiple modelling cycles, deadlines, and governance requirements without compromising quality. * Outcome-focused and resilient, able to operate in a fast-paced environment where plans evolve and evidence must be updated continually. Education: * Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related analytical field. * MBA or relevant Master’s degree preferred. Certifications (Preferred): * ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification.   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 around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. 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