Senior Technical Programme Manager

TGI Sport; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Private pension

Learning and development

Hybrid work

Gym access

Sporting events access

Rooftop terrace

Family leave

Job summary

TGI Sport is building a new Programme Management Office (PMO) to bring structure and visibility to technology delivery across our global engineering teams. You will own major technical programmes, translating roadmaps into clear plans and coordinating with Product and Engineering leaders.

You’ll shape the delivery process, manage dependencies, risks and reporting, and establish repeatable workflows that scale with our growth. Hybrid working from London area offices is available.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex technical programmes across multiple distributed software engineering teams, with a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, technical dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Experience working in a growing or transforming technology business, bringing structure, consistency and practical delivery processes to evolving environments.
• The technical credibility to engage engineers in architecture and design discussions, understand trade-offs and assess the delivery impact of technical decisions.
• Strong planning, prioritisation and reporting skills, with the ability to manage competing demands, identify risks and provide clear, meaningful updates to senior leadership.
• A practical understanding of Lean-Agile delivery, including methods such as Scrum and Kanban, with the flexibility to adapt ways of working to suit different teams and programmes.
• A confident communicator who can influence stakeholders at all levels, challenge constructively and drive accountability without relying on formal authority.
• A proactive, hands-on approach, comfortable navigating ambiguity, working independently and collaborating with globally distributed teams across different time zones when required.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of technical programmes across multiple engineering teams, ensuring clear plans, milestones, responsibilities and priorities.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering leaders to translate roadmaps into clear requirements and structured, achievable delivery plans.
• Establish practical, repeatable ways of working across your programmes, bringing consistency to planning, prioritisation and reporting.
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies, risks and issues, maintaining clear visibility of delivery risk and addressing potential challenges before they become problems.
• Build a clear picture of programme progress, team capacity and delivery timelines, providing accurate, meaningful updates to senior leadership.
• Introduce an effective work intake process for managing incoming requests, balancing priorities and protecting engineering teams from unplanned work and unnecessary disruption.
• Define and track meaningful delivery metrics, such as cycle time, throughput and predictability, to give leadership an objective view of delivery health.
• Help establish a consistent approach to delivery tooling, tracking and reporting as we develop our technology operating model.
• Coordinate release planning and production readiness across teams, ensuring changes to live systems are well planned, tested and supported ahead of major sporting events.
• Build strong relationships across engineering teams, bringing people together, challenging constructively and driving accountability, while acting as a role model for programme management practice as the PMO grows.

Skills

Programme management

Delivery planning

Lean-Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Independent working

Technical credibility

Cross-functional collaboration

Jira

Confluence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

TGI Sport builds technology that sits inside live sport, delivering virtual advertising and media solutions for some of the biggest sporting organisations in the world.

We're building a new Programme Management Office (PMO) to bring greater structure, visibility and consistency to how we deliver technology across our global engineering teams.

This is an opportunity to join at an early stage, take ownership of complex technical programmes and have a genuine influence over how we work. You'll be joining a business with ambitious plans, talented engineers and plenty of opportunity to make an impact.

Your Mission

Your focus will be turning our technology roadmap into clear requirements and achievable delivery plans, bringing together Product and Engineering teams to ensure priorities are understood, dependencies are managed and progress is visible.

You'll work across our international engineering organisation, taking ownership of key technology programmes while helping establish the processes and ways of working that will support our continued growth. You'll have the autonomy to shape how your programmes are delivered, with opportunities to take on broader responsibilities as the function develops.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Own the delivery of technical programmes across multiple engineering teams, ensuring clear plans, milestones, responsibilities and priorities.
• Work closely with Product and Engineering leaders to translate roadmaps into clear requirements and structured, achievable delivery plans.
• Establish practical, repeatable ways of working across your programmes, bringing consistency to planning, prioritisation and reporting.
• Identify and manage cross-team dependencies, risks and issues, maintaining clear visibility of delivery risk and addressing potential challenges before they become problems.
• Build a clear picture of programme progress, team capacity and delivery timelines, providing accurate, meaningful updates to senior leadership.
• Introduce an effective work intake process for managing incoming requests, balancing priorities and protecting engineering teams from unplanned work and unnecessary disruption.
• Define and track meaningful delivery metrics, such as cycle time, throughput and predictability, to give leadership an objective view of delivery health.
• Help establish a consistent approach to delivery tooling, tracking and reporting as we develop our technology operating model.
• Coordinate release planning and production readiness across teams, ensuring changes to live systems are well planned, tested and supported ahead of major sporting events.
• Build strong relationships across engineering teams, bringing people together, challenging constructively and driving accountability, while acting as a role model for programme management practice as the PMO grows.

What You’ll Bring

Essential

• Proven experience delivering complex technical programmes across multiple distributed software engineering teams, with a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, technical dependencies and delivery challenges.
• Experience working in a growing or transforming technology business, bringing structure, consistency and practical delivery processes to evolving environments.
• The technical credibility to engage engineers in architecture and design discussions, understand trade-offs and assess the delivery impact of technical decisions.
• Strong planning, prioritisation and reporting skills, with the ability to manage competing demands, identify risks and provide clear, meaningful updates to senior leadership.
• A practical understanding of Lean-Agile delivery, including methods such as Scrum and Kanban, with the flexibility to adapt ways of working to suit different teams and programmes.
• A confident communicator who can influence stakeholders at all levels, challenge constructively and drive accountability without relying on formal authority.
• A proactive, hands-on approach, comfortable navigating ambiguity, working independently and collaborating with globally distributed teams across different time zones when required.

Desirable

• Experience within streaming, broadcast, media technology or sports technology.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, video technology or real-time systems.
• Experience introducing or consolidating delivery management tools such as Jira and Confluence.

About TGI Sport

TGI Sport is a global sports technology business trusted by many of the world's leading sporting organisations.

With more than 500 employees across 15+ international offices, we deliver technology, media rights, advertising and fan engagement solutions that power more than 5,000 sporting events every year.

Our technology operates in a world where reliability matters. When the event is live, what we build needs to work.

What else do I get from TGI Sport?

• Annual discretionary bonus, company pension, enhanced family leave, learning and development, private gym, rooftop terrace, access to selected sporting events and more.
• Hybrid working from our Soho office, with the opportunity to collaborate with technology teams around the world.
• The opportunity to help establish and shape a newly formed PMO within our global technology organisation.
• Genuine ownership of technical programmes and the freedom to influence how they're delivered.
• The chance to work alongside talented engineering and product teams
• A hands-on role where your ideas, experience and approach can make a visible difference.
• Exposure to complex technology projects supporting some of the biggest names in global sport.

TGI Sport is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.