Data Project Manager - 12 Month FTC

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Job Description

Your role: We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee a strategic project to develop and implement an instrumentation library.

We want you to build a self-organised and highly motivated team, with members in London and Sofia. The team will be responsible for completely re-engineering the way that analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Snowpow are implemented on all of News UK's websites and mobile apps, including some of the biggest media websites in the UK. This is a complex migration project and you will need to manage the dependencies with engineering teams across our multiple news brands, ensuring we align with their roadmaps.

Reporting into the Head of Delivery, this role will support a strategic initiative to build a custom instrumentation library that interfaces with Google Tag Manager. This change will deliver significant business benefits, especially improved data reliability. The successful candidate will play a key role in this transformation that supports our technology strategy focusing on data simplicity, efficiency and value creation.

Day to day you will:

• Oversee the software development life cycle, which includes tailoring agile ways of working, developing a culture of continuous delivery, and collaboratively shaping the delivery practises of your teams
• Use Delivery tools such as Jira, Jira Product Discovery, and Miro: not only to support engineering teams day-to-day; but also for longer term planning and roadmap development
• Raising and resolving risks, dependencies and issues, and negotiating trade-offs and dependencies with other teams
• Reporting on delivery progress and ensuring timely communications and updates with all stakeholders (familiarity with Scaled Agile frameworks such as SAFe is a plus)

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience in data migration projects, working with tagging management systems (e.g. GTM, Tealium etc) desirable but not essential
• Adept at working with offshore engineering teams, keeping them focused, motivated and engaged.
• Experience in working with Agile projects (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), and managing external dependencies and stakeholders across the business.
• A background in working with Data.
• Excellent time management skills

If you think you have what it takes but don't tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone's potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

At News UK, we know the value of working together, which is why we operate a hybrid working policy with a minimum of three days a week in the office. Being in the office allows us to collaborate, innovate, and thrive as a team in our vibrant and dynamic workspace. Some roles may require more office-based days depending on the nature of the position, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter to learn more about what's required for your role.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• 'Bikes for Work' and 'Electric Car' scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

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