Lead Technical Project Manager 3rd Party

BBC; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The BBC is seeking a Lead Technical Project Manager within Product Operations, Media Tech. This hybrid role in major UK BBC offices will lead the delivery of technical programmes, bringing teams together and ensuring outcomes on time, cost and quality.

You will collaborate with stakeholders across the BBC and external partners, applying appropriate delivery methods, managing risks and maintaining momentum to deliver high-impact digital services used by audiences.

Qualifications

• Proven team leadership experience.
• Experience delivering technical projects, portfolios or workstreams in an agile product-led organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management with clear communication.
• Confident planning, governance and reporting.
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies and priorities in complex environments.
• Collaborative leadership to create momentum and clarity.
• Experience of managing competitive procurement processes.
• Management of supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex large-scale technology projects, programmes or a portfolio with budgets up to £10 million.
• Deliver outputs, outcomes and benefits within time, cost and quality constraints.
• Apply the most appropriate project delivery methodology.
• Establish appropriate project governance with senior stakeholders.
• Maintain delivery momentum and manage issues, risks and dependencies.
• Ensure a clear delivery plan with deliverables defined against outcomes.
• Ensure plans are visible and understood by project teams, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Create a collaborative team environment with open communication and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate procurement documentation (RFPs, Supplier Briefs, Work Orders) with stakeholders.
• Ensure suppliers meet contractually agreed delivery milestones.
• Liaise with the 3rd Party Engagement team to align on governance and escalation pathways.

Skills

Proven team leadership experience

Delivering technical projects in agile

Stakeholder management

Planning and governance

Managing risks and dependencies

Collaborative leadership

Procurement processes

Supplier relationships

Job description

JOB DETAILS

Job band: E

Contract type: Permanent, full time

Department: Product Operations, Media Tech

Location: Hybrid - any major UK BBC office

Salary: £75,000 - £85,000, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.

We’re happy to discuss flexible working. If you’d like to, please indicate your preference in the application - though there’s no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Product Operations plays a vital role in helping the BBC deliver brilliant digital and technology experiences for audiences and colleagues. As a Lead Technical Project Manager, you’ll lead the delivery of technical programmes, portfolios or workstreams that support change across the BBC. You’ll bring teams together, manage delivery with confidence and clarity, and make sure outcomes are achieved to time, cost and quality expectations

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is an opportunity to work at the heart of the BBC’s digital and technology delivery. You’ll collaborate with teams across the BBC Group, Public Service and external partners, helping shape how complex work is planned, governed and delivered. You’ll join a team that values openness, collaboration and continuous improvement, with the chance to make a meaningful impact on services used by millions.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

• Manage complex large-scale technology projects, programmes or a portfolio of projects with multiple senior stakeholders with budgets up to £10 million delivered by a combination of internal and supplier teams
• Deliver outputs, outcomes and benefits within agreed time, cost and quality constraints
• Apply the most appropriate project delivery methodology
• Establish appropriate project governance with senior stakeholders
• Maintain delivery momentum and proactively manage issues, risks and dependencies
• Ensure a clear delivery plan with deliverables defined against articulated outcomes
• Ensure plans are visible and understood by project teams, suppliers and stakeholders
• Create a collaborative team environment with open communication and continuous improvement
• Work with stakeholders, procurement and Engagement team to run competitive procurement processes including the creation of procurement documentation.i.e, RFPs, Supplier Briefs, Work Orders
• Ensure suppliers meet contractually agreed delivery milestones
• Liaise with the 3rd Party Engagement team to align on governance, frameworks and escalation pathways for supplier management

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Proven team leadership experience
• Experience and proven leadership of delivering technical projects, portfolios or workstreams in an agile product-led organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, influence effectively and build trusted relationships.
• Confident planning and managing delivery, including reporting, governance, project controls and management information.
• Experience of managing risks, issues, dependencies and competing priorities in complex or time-sensitive environments.
• A collaborative leadership style, with the ability to bring people together and create momentum through clarity, openness and shared purpose
• Experience of managing competitive procurement processes
• Management of supplier relationships.

DESIRABLE

• Experience working in product, technology, digital, media or broadcast environments.
• Familiarity with different project delivery approaches, with the judgement to apply the right method for the work.
• Experience of portfolio and capacity management
• Programme management qualification such as MSP

Disclaimer

This 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.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

For any general queries, please contact: [e-mail]

Redeployment

The 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.