Description
As a Senior Technical Project Manager, you will lead complex data and technology projects or programme workstreams, partnering with business and product owners to deliver agreed outcomes within time, cost, scope and quality constraints.
You will choose appropriate delivery approaches, manage dependencies and escalations, and help teams deliver effectively in a changing environment.
Join a collaborative team working in a fast-evolving area of technology and data. You will help deliver data products that support the BBC’s data strategy, shape effective ways of working and have opportunities to develop your skills and make a meaningful impact.
Your key responsibilities and impact:
- Lead one or more complex data or technology projects or programme workstreams, accountable for agreed deliverables, outcomes, benefits and delivery constraints.
- Work with sponsors, product owners and technical teams to define scope, objectives, delivery approach, estimates, milestones and resourcing.
- Develop and maintain clear, realistic delivery plans and roadmaps, tracking progress, assumptions, risks, issues, dependencies and change; take corrective action and escalate promptly.
- Build trusted relationships with senior business and technical stakeholders, communicate decisions and progress clearly, and facilitate challenging discussions.
- Establish proportionate governance, produce concise status reporting and support effective decisions through working groups and steering forums.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and managing delivery commitments, resources, budgets and commercial dependencies.
Your skills and experience:
Essential criteria:
- Demonstrable experience of successfully leading complex technical and/or data projects or programme workstreams, with accountability for delivery outcomes.
- Evidence of applying appropriate project delivery methods (such as Agile, Waterfall or hybrid) and adapting plans in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
- Demonstrable experience of planning and controlling delivery, including milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, resources and budgets.
- Evidence of influencing and managing senior stakeholders across business and technical disciplines, including communicating complex information and resolving challenging issues.
- Demonstrable experience of coordinating multidisciplinary delivery teams and managing external suppliers or third parties to achieve agreed outcomes.
Desired:
- A recognised project management qualification (such as APM PMQ, PRINCE2 or Agile certification), or equivalent professional development and experience.
- Knowledge and experience working with Confluence and Jira.
- Experience working in the Media Industry.
The proposed salary range is £63,000–£73,000, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.