Senior Programme Manager

DAZN; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading sports media company is seeking a Senior Programme Manager to oversee complex programmes within their Global Content and Editorial Team. This role entails collaborating with various internal teams, managing key risks, and ensuring successful project delivery. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in programme management in dynamic environments, outstanding organisational skills, and an ability to engage with senior stakeholders effectively. This is a permanent, full-time position based in Madrid, Spain.

Formación

• Experience in a fast-paced technology, sports media, or broadcasting environment.
• Proven track record delivering complex programmes across multiple areas.
• Strong issue-resolution and problem-solving skills.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate with teams to scope, plan, and deliver programmes.
• Provide project governance to track issues and progress.
• Manage risks and dependencies while facilitating decisions.
• Regularly present updates to senior stakeholders.
• Support business-critical programmes across teams.

Conocimientos

Programme management experience

Excellent organisational skills

Stakeholder reporting ability

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Descripción del empleo

Senior Programme Manager

Department: 92-492 - COO - Commercial & Corporate Strategy

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Spain - Madrid

Description

As the Senior Strategic Programmes Manager – Global Content & Editorial, you will support the Global Content & Editorial Team to manage and execute business critical programmes across Global Sports.

The role will lead multiple programmes of high strategic importance – working with a range of senior stakeholders across Content & Editorial, Social, Commercial, Product & Technology, Rights, Marketing, Legal and more.

You will need to design and implement new ways of working and process to support the EVP of Global Content & Editorial to efficiently execute complex programmes across a new Global Sports vertical, working collaboratively with the wider Growth Markets team. This role will focus on delivering programmes of work across News, Social, Content & Editorial.

The role will require experience in managing multifaceted programmes - you should be comfortable digging into the detail of end-to-end programme delivery, whilst confidently communicate and managing senior and executive stakeholders. The right candidate for this role should be very organised, a confident communicator, driven for success, able to identify and focus on the things that matter, able to get to grips with a broad range of programmes and projects across a complex business area.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Collaborate with multiple internal and external teams to ensure your programmes are scoped, planned, resourced and successfully delivered
• Provide project governance, ensuring that issues, actions, and progress are tracked across the Global Content & Editorial team and within the wider Growth Markets team
• Identify and proactively manage key risks / issues / gaps /dependencies and develop mitigation plans; resolve issues in a timely manner and drive/facilitate decision-making
• Regularly present to senior business stakeholders ensuring they are kept up to date on deliverables with expectations managed
• Support the wider Strategic Programmes / Growth Markets team on business-critical programmes of work

What You'll Bring:

• Relevant work experience, preferably in a fast-paced technology / sports media / broadcasting environment
• Programme management experience delivering complex programmes that span across multiple business areas
• Excellent organisational skills, able to oversee complex workstreams and engage across multiple teams
• Excellent at designing effective stakeholder reporting and able to adapt communication methods as required
• Strengths in problem solving and issue-resolution
• Good analytical skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions