Senior Delivery Manager - 6 Months FTC

BBC

  • London
  • £65,000-70,000 per year
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 6 hours ago
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CONTRACT TYPE: 6 month Fixed-term Contract, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios Product group
LOCATION: London - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £65,000 - £70,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience, plus London Weighting Allowance of £5,441. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.Long DescriptionA globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world's most sought-after TV, audio and digital content.Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.PURPOSE OF THE ROLEThis is a 6-Month Fixed Term Contract. As Senior Delivery Manager you will lead the delivery of large-scale digital products, especially streaming and video-on-demand platforms used by millions globally. You'll drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, QA, design, product, and business teams-removing blockers, managing risks, and maintaining momentum. This hands-on role focuses on building strong relationships, improving team performance, and ensuring outcomes align with business goals while exceeding audience expectations. If you're passionate about delivery excellence and digital innovation, this is your opportunity to make impact.WHY JOIN THE TEAMThe Studios Product Group crafts and delivers exceptional customer-focused products that drive growth and operational excellence. Our portfolio spans both consumer-facing experiences (such as BBC.com, Top Gear, and Bluey) and internal tools that empower our global teams.
You will join a dynamic team that values adaptability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, united by a commitment to delivering outstanding products to global audiences.YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:
  • Project Delivery: Own the end-to-end delivery process, from discovery and planning through build, QA, and release. Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to specification.
  • Agile Leadership: Champion agile ways of working, optimising delivery flow across multiple teams, and coaching others in agile techniques.
  • Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and partners. Ensuring expectations are aligned, and outcomes are well understood.
  • Team Enablement: Foster a positive, collaborative team environment that supports high performance, healthy dynamics, and continuous improvement.
  • Governance & Reporting: Track and communicate progress, outcomes, and financial performance. Ensure risks, issues, and dependencies are effectively managed.
  • Procurement & Supplier Management: Lead procurement processes and manage external suppliers to deliver successful outcomes.
  • Continuous Improvement: Encourage innovation, retrospectives, and feedback loops to evolve delivery practices.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
  • Proven experience delivering large-scale digital products, ideally within OTT/TV, syndication, or VOD platforms.
  • Strong understanding of agile delivery methods, with the ability to coach, influence, and lead teams.
  • Good knowledge of the Product Operating Model, with experience managing dependencies and risks across multiple teams.
  • Familairty of digital technologies and workflows, able to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences.
  • Experience writing and managing delivery documentation (SoWs, change requests, user stories, specs, plans).
  • Experience with Content/Video Management Systems and broadcast media environments.
DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Miro, Figma, and Slack.
  • Strong leadership, facilitation, and presentation skills, with an appetite for workshops and client-facing session.
If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, we'd love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.NEXT STEPSWe appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.#BBCSTUDIOSDisclaimerThis job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.RedeploymentThe BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC 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.Information at a GlanceThis is your BBCAt the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.Life at BBC Studios
  • A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days.
  • Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).
  • Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance and accident benefit.
  • BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen. Find out more about BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets .
  • Career development in a values-led purpose-driven culture.
Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.You belongWe have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.Disability confidentWe are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss:APPLY NOWStartPlease wait...#BBCSTUDIOSBBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.×Cookie Consent ManagerWhen you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.Required CookiesThese cookies are required to use this website and can't be turned off.Show More DetailsRequired Cookies Provider Description Enabled
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