Global Production Integration Manager

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Global Production Integration Manager

Reporting to: Head of IT Programme and Systems

Location: Stephen Street, London

Contract: Permanent

Type of work: Hybrid working

About Us

Join the place creatives call home!

Fremantle is one of the world's largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of Entertainment, Drama & Film and Documentaries.

From critically acclaimed dramas like The Responder, starring Martin Freeman, award winning films including Priscilla and Poor Things, to incredible entertainment and documentaries like Password, Too Hot to Handle, House of Kardashian and the Got Talent and Idols franchises, we make shows with global appeal.

Our Purpose

We aspire to tell stories that connect people around the world. We believe our productions should reflect and celebrate the world we live in and we want to create irresistible entertainment and engage with our audience. To achieve this, we must have people from all backgrounds and cultures working across our teams, and we commit to creating opportunities for talent by being inclusive in all that we do.

Summary

To co-ordinate and support the roll out of new production finance tools across the global Fremantle production companies.

The Global Production Integration Manager (PIM) reports to the Head of IT Programme and Systems and works with the Heads of Production and Financial Leads across Fremantle's global production companies to support the integration of a new production finance tool.

You will also be required to liaise with Fremantle's internal financial systems team, RTL GSS (Group Transaction and Reporting Systems) along with the company supplying the finance software.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• To manage the project implementation and roll out across the group.
• Establish effective communications and support for teams adapting to the new system.
• Provide production management expertise in devising, reviewing, and assessing business cases for further development of the finance tools.
• Engage with stakeholders across the Fremantle companies, liaise with senior management on planning the roll out where appropriate.
• Problem, Risk and Issue Management. Actively identifying, raising, mitigating and escalating where necessary.
• Work with colleagues to ensure they understand their part in the process.
• Make proposals identifying key issues leading the drafting of documents and presentations to stakeholders as appropriate.
• Contribute to the wider development of the production management tool.
• Undertake training to be a super user of the tool.
• Work with the business to inform and educate teams on the new system.

Knowledge, skills, training and experience

• A background in television production management is essential.
• Adept at managing numerous, globally diverse senior stakeholders, who are often operating under tight timescales and managing numerous competing priorities. Understand their concerns.
• Be a convincing and persuasive communicator, able to express the benefits of change.
• Be able to establish effective and collaborative relations across the business and external agencies/stakeholders where required.
• Has a strong understanding of the TV industry and production management.
• An understanding of finance systems.
• Broad understanding of regulatory and contractual obligations related to third party supplies.
• Extensive experience in managing budgets and understanding key financial drivers.

Required skills

• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills are required along with strong team-working abilities and the capacity to remain calm, focused and accurate under pressure.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, as are numerical skills
• Ability to confidently interact with colleagues at all levels.
• Competent in Microsoft office packages including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Discretion and confidentiality

Job impact

A full-time role with flexible hours but will consider candidates who would prefer to work a four day week. There may be times when there are conflicting interests and external demands. It's important you can demonstrate resilience and flexibility in your approach to work and an awareness of the production process; working to deadlines and timescales that may change due to production demands.

Our benefits include:generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, hybrid working, employee assistance programme, access to free courses and training, local discounts, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and volunteer days.

Disabled applicants who meet the minimum skills, knowledge and experience criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. Please indicate on your application if this applies to you.

If you need any of this information in a different format or would like to suggest a different form of application, please contact careers@fremantle.com

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, streaming, content and digital, itself a division of the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann.

For more information, please visit www.fremantle.com, follow Fremantle on Twitter @FremantleHQ and Instagram @fremantle or visit Fremantle's LinkedIn page.

Company: FremantleMedia Group Ltd

Country: United Kingdom

State/Region: London

City: London

Postal Code: W1T 1AL

Job ID: 270500

Date: 13 May 2024

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