Lead Technical Project Manager

1 month ago

Cardiff, United Kingdom BBC Full time

Job Band

Job Reference 19607

SDD24

Band: E
Contract type: Permanent 
Location: Flexible, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Salford, Newcastle or Bristol
Salary: Up to £90,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
• 26 days’ annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes 
• Employee assistance and well-being programmes
• Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more.

Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any time, please let us know by contacting us on k with the job reference in the subject.

Introduction

We’re looking for a Lead Technical Project Manager (Data) who is passionate about Agile delivery at scale across multiple data teams. Reporting into the Head of Data Operations, you will demonstrate inclusive behaviours to inspire and guide teams. You will be responsible for the delivery of our data transformation, crossing multiple data initiatives and improvements to our ways of working. This critical role supports the execution of the BBC’s data strategy with a focus on innovation, integrity, and excellence.

The BBC is making the shift from being a broadcaster that speaks to our audiences to being a service that is shaped by them and designed around their wants and needs whilst stimulating and delighting audiences around the world. To achieve this mission of being a Digital First BBC, we are building a data organisation which will lead cultural and organisational change. This includes transitioning the BBC to a data product organisation, evolving our data architecture, and embedding data capabilities company wide.

Interview process: At the BBC we value everyone’s time and to that effect we don’t run long or convoluted interview processes.

The process will contain two steps:

1) A 30 - 45 Minute introductory call with the Lead Technical Project Manager or Head of Data Operations focused on BBC.

2) A 60 - 90 Minute Panel Interview comprising of a pre-set case study applicable to the role, and a competency-based assessment.

Key Responsibilities

As a Lead Technical Project Manager (Agile Delivery), you will be responsible for multiple teams and work on a diverse range of data programmes, products and services at scale. Including:


• Accountable for driving delivery and delivering successful outcomes at scale for multiple data initiatives.

• Implement streamlined delivery processes at scale and optimising workflows across the data function

• Leading on OKR refinement and tracking

• Overcome impediments, manage risks to maintain delivery momentum.

• Leading a small team of Senior Technical Project managers.

• Advocate for and coach colleagues and large teams in agile/lean techniques.

• Leading your delivery team coaching them to build empowered self-organising teams

• Role modelling, demonstrating and sharing knowledge of scaled agile delivery practices

• Managing risks and dependencies within initiatives.

• Foster continuous improvement habits and an operational excellence mindset in the department.

• Drive inclusive, diverse, and positive work cultures.

Are you the right candidate

Have experience with working with Data Products, Data Governance, Experimentation, Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Fluency or Data Architecture teams. Have in-depth knowledge and broad experience of implementing a range of agile and lean tools and techniques, to ensure efficient delivery across a complex digital environment at scale: Have led large teams in diverse products and/or data Experience in helping a large organisation navigate digital transformation Be able to advocate for agile practices at all levels of an organisation Capable of inspiring and leading diverse groups Have an ability to lead, role model, and coach within and outside your teams Have created a learning culture and environment where continuous improvement of teams' working practices can happen, including measuring success, inspecting and adapting Have strong communication skills to work effectively with stakeholders, influence and build trust at all levels of the organisation have experience of developing and mentoring delivery managers, with a focus on nurturing high-performance

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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