Program Lead / Senior Project Manager – WildBrain CPLG Digital Transformation (12-18 month Fixed Term Contract)

Provide overall leadership, direction and governance for the WildBrain Digital Transformation program

Own and manage the end‑to‑end program plan , ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy and WildBrain CPLG business priorities

Establish and operate effective program governance structures , including SteerCo, decision forums, escalation paths and reporting cadence

Act as the single point of accountability for program outcomes, delivery confidence and value realization

Oversee scope, timelines, funding and dependencies across all program workstreams

Ensure benefits, KPIs and value realization metrics are clearly defined, tracked and reported

Maintain a delivery-focused mindset, ensuring initiatives translate into tangible business outcomes

Drive prioritization decisions where trade-offs are required across scope, cost and time

Act as the executive escalation point for risks, issues and decisions impacting program delivery

Ensure strong alignment between business leaders, technology teams and external partners

Provide clear, concise and timely updates to senior stakeholders

Serve as the key liaison to the Director, Digital Transformation, ensuring alignment with wider corporate digital programs

Own program-level risk and issue management, ensuring proactive mitigation and escalation

Manage program budgets, forecasts and funding approvals in partnership with Finance

Oversee interdependencies across internal teams, vendors and parallel transformation initiatives

Ensure changes are assessed for downstream impacts across systems, processes and operating models

Coordinate and direct internal project resources across all workstreams

Oversee and manage external delivery partners and vendors

Set expectations, ways of working and delivery standards across all contributors

Lead change management planning & execution throughout the program

Communication planning & comms channel management

Training planning & delivery

Proven experience leading large-scale, multi-workstream digital transformation programs

Strong background in program governance, delivery management and executive stakeholder engagement

Demonstrated accountability for program outcomes, budgets and value realization

Excellent ability to manage complex interdependencies across business and technology teams

Experience delivering transformation programs within media, licensing or complex operational environments

Familiarity with CRM, data, ERP or workflow system transformations

Experience managing multiple vendors and delivery partners

Senior, credible and calm under pressure

Highly structured with strong judgement and decision-making capability

Comfortable operating in ambiguity while maintaining delivery momentum

Results-oriented and focused on business value

Strong communicator in person and in writing

WildBrain CPLG is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands worldwide, offering 50 years of expertise building consumer products and location-based entertainment programmes across the entertainment, sport, corporate and lifestyle sectors. With over 20 offices serving the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, China, Asia Pacific and the US, WildBrain CPLG combines the strength of global reach with expertise in local markets to achieve the best results for partners. Our passionate teams consistently challenge themselves to explore new and innovative ideas and opportunities in partnerships, activations, creative and business processes to celebrate and build brands. At WildBrain CPLG, we believe that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and we are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment. Please contact us or visit the WildBrain CPLG website for more information: www.cplg.com .

At WildBrain, we build and grow beloved family brands through exceptional entertainment experiences. Home to franchises such as Strawberry Shortcake, Teletubbies, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi, we are a global leader in franchise management—bringing stories to life through content production, audience reach and consumer products. Our award-winning studio has partnered with top global platforms such as Apple TV, Netflix and the BBC, producing acclaimed series such as The Snoopy Show, Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City, Teletubbies (2015), Yo Gabba GabbaLand! and Finding Her Edge . The WildBrain Network, offering more than 1,000 channels across YouTube, FAST and AVOD, delivers premium-quality content to today’s kids and families wherever they’re watching—connecting advertisers to audiences at scale through brand-safe media solutions. WildBrain CPLG, our global licensing and consumer products arm, represents our own and partner brands across major territories worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, WildBrain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.

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