Senior Producer - Dragons' Den

BBC Studios; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Studios’ Entertainment Productions in Glasgow is seeking an experienced Senior Producer to work with the Series Producer on the Dragons’ Den series. The role requires strategic oversight across production, ensuring editorial excellence, compliance, duty of care and strong cross-department collaboration.

The successful candidate will manage editorial, reputational and contributor risks, translate editorial vision into operational delivery, and deputise for the Series Producer when required.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines, compliance processes, and duty of care responsibilities.
• Proven ability to make sound editorial judgements in complex and fast-moving production environments.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Experience identifying and managing editorial, reputational and contributor risks.
• Strong understanding of audience expectations and the impact of editorial decision-making on audience trust.
• Strong understanding of due diligence processes and their importance within high-profile broadcast productions.
• Experience developing and maintaining protocols and processes to ensure clear communication across complex productions.
• Commitment to maintaining the highest standards of fairness, accuracy, safeguarding and contributor welfare.
• Ability to translate editorial vision into effective operational delivery across multiple departments.
• Confidence deputising for the Series Producer when required.
• Experience fostering a positive and inclusive culture in which contributors and production teams feel supported and respected.
• Exceptional people-management skills with experience leading teams, aligning them behind a shared editorial goal.
• Ability to balance creative ambition with operational, welfare and compliance requirements.
• Exceptional casting instincts and a strong track record of identifying and securing a diverse range of contributors with compelling entertainment value and authentic stories.
• Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of casting strategy and processes, with the credibility and experience to provide clear editorial direction and support to casting producers throughout the casting process while contributing to high-level talent guest dragons casting needs.

Skills

BBC Editorial Guidelines

Compliance processes

Duty of care

Editorial judgement

Communication skills

Managing priorities

Editorial, reputational risk

Audience trust

Due diligence

Cross-department collaboration

Casting instincts

Talent casting strategy

Editorial direction to casting

Series producer deputising

People-management

Diversity & inclusion

Culture building

Operational delivery

Welfare of contributors

High-profile production

Job description

BBC Studios’ Entertainment Productions in Glasgow are seeking an experienced Senior Producer to work alongside the Series Producer on the next series of Dragons’ Den. This is a senior role requiring oversight of several key areas of production. The successful candidate will be able to operate strategically across all areas of production, ensuring editorial excellence, robust compliance, effective duty of care and strong cross-departmental collaboration. They will possess outstanding people-management skills, a thorough understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines and a proven track record of working on complex, high-profile productions while balancing creative ambition with contributor welfare and audience trust.

Skills & Experience:

• Strong understanding of BBC Editorial Guidelines, compliance processes, and duty of care responsibilities.
• Proven ability to make sound editorial judgements in complex and fast-moving production environments.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Experience identifying and managing editorial, reputational and contributor risks.
• Strong understanding of audience expectations and the impact of editorial decision-making on audience trust.
• Strong understanding of due diligence processes and their importance within high-profile broadcast productions.
• Experience developing and maintaining protocols and processes to ensure clear communication across complex productions.
• Commitment to maintaining the highest standards of fairness, accuracy, safeguarding and contributor welfare.
• Ability to translate editorial vision into effective operational delivery across multiple departments.
• Confidence deputising for the Series Producer when required.
• Experience fostering a positive and inclusive culture in which contributors and production teams feel supported and respected.
• Exceptional people-management skills with experience leading teams, aligning them behind a shared editorial goal.
• Ability to balance creative ambition with operational, welfare and compliance requirements.
• Exceptional casting instincts and a strong track record of identifying and securing a diverse range of contributors with compelling entertainment value and authentic stories.
• Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of casting strategy and processes, with the credibility and experience to provide clear editorial direction and support to casting producers throughout the casting process while contributing to high-level talent guest dragons casting needs.

Location:

Glasgow It is important you live in Scotland and can work from our office in Glasgow 4 days per week, with the option of 1 work from home day on a Friday. Please confirm in your cover letter that you are based in Glasgow or nearby.

Contract:

30th Nov 2026 to 5th Nov 2027