Enterprise Platform Delivery Manager
Enterprise Platform Delivery Manager
Group Technology
Permanent | Full TimeOffice location: White City, London | Hybrid
Hiring range: £65,000 - £70,000
For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.com
Your work matters to millions.
Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it's not surprising that you'll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we're at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution.
When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact's felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people.
Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don't just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.
Your impact sends ripples.
The role
The Enterprise Platforms Delivery Manager will help evolve the Enterprise Platform, in line with changing business requirements for corporate application hosting.
This exciting, broad role has responsibility for the delivery of the team's strategic projects, across a range of technologies, in a fast paced environment, using agile delivery methodologies.
The role-holder is responsible for managing multiple parallel projects and ensuring that they are delivered both on time and on budget.
The role holder will plan projects, manage risks, issues and dependencies, manage competing resource requirements across the projects, manage external resourcing requests and provide project reporting and governance.
Main responsibilities
- Manage multiple platform projects in parallel, ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget
- Manage risks, issues and dependencies
- Manage resource allocation within the team, across multiple projects
- Drive projects forward with external teams and align business expectations
- Understand the what and why of everything they deliver
- Produce robust project plans
- Produce comprehensive project reporting
- Stakeholder management
- Co-ordinate between multiple technical teams
Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)
- Proven experience in delivering platform and infrastructure projects on time and on budget
- The aptitude to understand the what and why of everything they deliver
- Demonstrable experience in managing stakeholders and managing expectations
- Experience of cloud migrations would be beneficial
- Experience in managing resources across multiple projects
- Experience of working with Scrum and Kanban methodologies
- Experience of producing comprehensive and meaningful project reports, which highlight areas of risk which require management intervention or decision
- Experience in Jira would be beneficial
- Experience of working with 3rd party resources would be beneficial
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
- Product focused: understands the importance of customer feedback and regular measurement to inform solution improvement and further development
- People focused: understands that the product is only as good as the team that develops and operates it. A great team player who is able to chip in with whatever needs doing.
- Customer focused: Always working to deliver a high quality service to business teams who rely on our platforms. A desire to go the extra mile to empower the business.
- Delivery capability: Proven through execution of projects and/or product releases, working with a range of technical and business team members. A working understanding of both agile and waterfall project delivery methodologies.
- Creative thinker: who enjoys looking for innovative solutions to delivery challenges
- Enjoys fast paced environments, where every day brings new and exciting challenges
- Proven experience working on platform and infrastructure projects
- Confident communicator who can present a compelling and well-reasoned case for investment or change; ability to engage with stakeholders and customers confidently and communicate clearly and concisely
- Questioning and curious, demonstrates an appetite for change and a desire to improve and enhance the customer experience of platform technology
- Commercially aware: applies business context and able to represent company interests in conversations with suppliers and other third parties
- Demonstrates proactivity and a self-starting autonomous approach
- Highly collaborative: Enjoys bouncing ideas around a team and helping the team to select the best approach for the company
- An open, collaborative approach to knowledge sharing and issue investigation
ITV is for everyone.
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we'll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above).
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.
Find out more about applying with a disability.
* There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.
ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including
- Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
- Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Competitive pension contribution
- Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
- Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
Closing date: 14th February 2025
"Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested."]]>