Programme Manager - 12 month FTC

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The Programme Manager, Syndication Partnerships will be responsible for the end-to-end technology delivery of partnership initiatives for Showmax, Africa's newest streaming service. As a seasoned programme and project management professional, the candidate will lead and partner across a global organization to ensure partnership initiatives are successfully planned and delivered across Showmax’s footprint in Africa. 

This position will report to the Sr. Director, Syndication and will work in a highly matrixed structure across Global Streaming. The candidate will also partner closely with the wider Syndication team, contributing to shared reporting, governance, and delivering prioritized, strategic optimization initiatives set to add value and improve our ways of working. 

What you'll do 

• Partnerships Roadmap, Programme & Project Management 

• Aggregate and present a consolidated roadmap of partnership initiatives for Showmax, providing stakeholders with clear visibility and understanding of delivery status. 

• Raise and manage program and project risks, issues, actions, and dependencies with stakeholders to ensure robust delivery planning and execution.  

• Partnerships Delivery Governance  

• Establish and enforce partnerships delivery governance, internally within Global Streaming and externally with Showmax and third-party partners. 

• Support Showmax monthly roadmap reviews, as well as bi-weekly delivery board meetings to maintain alignment across all stakeholders and project streams. 

• End-to-End Plans & Cross-Functional Leadership 

• Create and maintain end-to-end program and project plans to support partnerships delivery, collaborating with product, architecture, engineering, and delivery teams across Global Streaming, Showmax, and third-party partners to integrate key milestones, activities, dependencies, and overall timelines. 

• Serve as a point of escalation for Showmax’s partnerships roadmap, providing guidance and support to resolve any critical risks or issues. 

• Stakeholder Communication and Reporting  

• Facilitate clear, effective communication and regular reporting on progress, tailored to stakeholders at all levels of the organization, internal and external.  

• Ensure partnerships reporting is integrated with and fulfils wider Showmax, Syndication, and Global Delivery reporting obligations. 

• Quality Assurance and Continuous Improvement 

• Collaborate with QA, Product, Proposition and trials teams to ensure outputs are rigorously tested before deployment, maintaining a high standard of quality.  

• Strive for continuous improvement in partnership processes and procedures, identify, propose and implement changes to ensure a productive and effective organisation.  

What you'll bring 

• Extensive experience in program or project management in a telecommunications, media, or technology company managing large scale, complex programs of work.  

• Educated to Bachelor’s degree level or equivalent, background in technology or engineering a significant plus; relevant project or program management qualification.  

• Strategic and pragmatic with excellent written and verbal communications skills, with the ability to tailor to all levels of an organization. 

• Strong self-starter, able to come up to speed quickly and contribute to a diverse set of technical areas, without requiring significant oversight and direction. 

• Ability to effectively present ideas and key insights in all communications with senior leadership teams.  

• Strong leadership skills with the proven ability to coordinate and influence team members from multiple internal departments and external vendors, including those outside of direct purview.  

• Pro-active approach to delivery, identifying and neutralizing threats to success; positive approach to addressing conflict.  

• Calm under pressure, flexible to changing circumstances and able to make quick and rational decisions and maintain the focus of the team.  

Team overview 

Our team develops and supports market-leading video streaming services, underpinned by state-of-the-art engineering principles. We do this at huge scale: for over 50 million customers globally, spanning NBCUniversal Peacock in the US and Sky, NOW and SkyShowtime across Europe, and Showmax across Africa. No matter the device, the time or the place, we make sure that our diverse audiences can easily find and enjoy whatever they want to watch, choosing from the world’s best entertainment, news and sport. 

The rewards  

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster: 

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place 

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate 

• A generous pension package 

• Private healthcare 

• Discounted mobile and broadband 

• A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences 

Inclusion & how you'll work 

We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. 

We’ve embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You’ll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process. 

Your office space: 

Osterley 

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers. 

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.  

We'd love to hear from you  

Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It’s a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.  

But better doesn’t stop at what we do, it’s how we do it, too. We embrace each other’s differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet. 

If you believe in better, we’ll back you all the way. 

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.