Project Manager

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Job Description

Project Manager - Commercial Tech

We are News UK: 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, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio 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 multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Your Role: We are looking for a highly motivated, self-driven Project Manager to be responsible for the delivery of commercial technology and digital advertising projects within The Sun, The Times and Broadcasting Wireless portfolio. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to implement features and improvements that align with commercial strategies. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual who thinks in an innovative way and enjoys working in a fast paced environment.

Your team: Digital Operations and Commercial Technology is a thriving team focused on the ongoing maintenance, protection and growth of digital advertising. We are continuously improving and building on our commercial capabilities through experimentation and innovative technology.

Day to day you will:

• Lead end-to-end delivery for all commercial technology projects and features based on priority and business value
• Work closely with product managers and business analysts to ensure roadmap items are clearly articulated and sufficiently detailed for developers to deliver against.
• Use Agile techniques to transform complex, high-level business proposals into a roadmap with a clear, accurately estimated release plan
• Monitor and report project status, progress, blockers and changes to stakeholders
• Managing team dependencies through influence, collaboration and organisation with other technology programmes, third parties and key stakeholders
• Use metrics effectively to identify and implement opportunities for improvement in teams' processes, and to capture the effectiveness of changes
• Application of Agile approaches to build a collaborative, cross-functional team delivering value to the business and meeting commercial objectives
• Anticipate and identify project risks and develop strategies to mitigate them
• Act as key point of contact for live incidents and manage escalations (if needed)
• Manage the release process and communications

What we're looking for from you:

• Experience in a project management role, with a track record of technical achievement.
• Significant and demonstrable experience in leading complex digital projects in a fast moving environment.
• Strong, proactive communication, presentation, and relationship management skills.
• Versatility in facilitation approaches (including facilitating from the sidelines) to foster greater collaboration between colleagues
• Commercial or advertising knowledge and experience is a significant benefit.
• Eager and quick to learn.

This position is 10 month fixed term contract. We offer a flexible working arrangement where employees are expected to be in the office a minimum of three days per week. For the remaining two days, there is the option to work remotely if desired.

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.

To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual's potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have 12 employee led networks and groups that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

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

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.