BBC Career Opportunities Senior Project Manager Technology

JOB TITLE: Senior Project Manager - Technology - please note that this role is listed as Senior Project Manager on our internal careers path framework
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Children in Need - Technology
LOCATION: Salford Dock House
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: 48000 to 58000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

As Senior Project Manager Technology for BBC Children in Need youll play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of a wide range of transformational projects as we deliver our Technology Strategy to support the charitys ambitious plans for the future. Leading a team of project managers you will work with the senior Technology Team and charity senior leadership to ensure our plans align to strategy and then manage resources oversee delivery and ensure quality. This is your chance to influence strategy drive innovation and help set the charity up for a bright future.

As the BBCs charity our ambition within Children in Need is to create positive and lasting change across the UK for the children and young people who need us most.
You will play a leading role in an enthusiastic and close-knit team with a strong sense of shared purpose. Your work will have a huge impact as the charity evolves to sustain and grow the difference we make for children and young people.

• Own and deliver the BBC Children in Need Technology Roadmap translating organisational priorities into a clear sequenced portfolio of programmes and projects that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Provide strong inclusive leadership to a multidisciplinary delivery team; line manage performance ensure wellbeing build capability and create a high performing accountable delivery culture.
• Lead end to end delivery governance across the portfolio ensuring appropriate decision making assurance risk management dependency management and alignment with organisational standards and controls.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the organisation to shape priorities manage expectations resolve constraints and ensure technology delivery supports fundraising grantmaking and operational goals.
• Plan and manage delivery resourcing across internal teams contractors and third party suppliers including supplier performance commercial oversight and value for money decision making.
• Own delivery budgets and business cases tracking costs benefits and outcomes and ensuring benefits realisation beyond go live through effective change adoption and service transition.
• Actively identify and resolve delivery risks technical challenges and organisational blockers providing clear timely portfolio reporting on progress issues decisions and outcomes.

Essential

• Proven experience leading delivery of multiple concurrent technology initiatives with end to end accountability from roadmap definition through to live operation and benefits realisation.
• Strong people leadership capability with experience building motivating and developing diverse teams while setting clear expectations standards and accountability.
• Demonstrable experience working with senior stakeholders to shape priorities manage trade offs and deliver outcomes in complex organisational environments.
• Broad current technology knowledge with hands on involvement in solution design and delivery enabling informed decision making and effective problem solving.
• Experience managing delivery governance portfolio level risk budgets suppliers and resourcing within a structured but pragmatic delivery framework.
  

Desirable

• Experience delivering technology in charity public sector or regulated environments.
• Experience across CRM finance fundraising grant management eCommerce or data integration platforms.
• Experience delivering cloud based solutions and data platforms including integration and reporting capabilities.
  

If you can bring these skills and experiences along with transferable strengths wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Before your start date you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges in line with our Contracts of Employment 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.