Marketing Manager - Project Management (12 Month Fixed-term Contract)

Role overview

This is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract for ‘Marketing Manager – Project Management, Sky Media’. Sky Media is the advertising sales arm of Sky, and the Marketing team is responsible for setting and delivering Sky Media's marketing strategy across the advertising industry.

As ‘Marketing Manager – Project Management’, your role is to ensure that all marketing activity is delivered on time, in budget and with maximum efficiency and to spot and raise flags on capacity or other issues before they arise. You will work in close partnership with Marketing Program Managers who will set strategy and requirement for multiple marketing plans and you will ensure those plans run smoothly and are delivered on time by a capability layer that covers content, digital & social, events and creative resource.

The role requires someone who is all over the detail, capable of running multiple projects at the same time and who manages their time, and that of others, with precision and expertise.

What you'll do:

Consolidated delivery view

• Maintain a single view of all activity across every programme - what is committed, what is in flight, what is at risk.
• Own the critical path for each programme and the dependencies between them.
• Make the view a standing artefact that anyone can consult, not a report produced on request.

Delivery discipline

• Run the operating rhythm: planning sessions, status reviews, the prioritisation forum's inputs and outputs, and post-delivery reviews.
• Hold the briefing, scheduling, review and approval process and make sure it is actually followed.
• Track deliverables against agreed dates and chase them without becoming the reason people avoid the process.

Risk and escalation

• Identify delivery risk early and escalate it against defined triggers.
• Escalate directly to the Marketing Controller and Head of Marketing where a trigger is met.
• Maintain a live view of capability workload with the Marketing Controller and flag overcommitment before it becomes attrition.

Supporting the Program Managers

• Support all Program Managers in building deliverable plans.
• Provide consistent reporting so programs can be compared on an equal basis.
• Continuously simplify processes and remove anything that is not earning its place.

What you'll bring:

Essential criteria:

• Proven project or delivery management experience in a marketing, creative or agency environment.
• Experience running multiple concurrent workstreams with shared, constrained resource.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail, with the judgement to know what matters.
• Confidence raising uncomfortable information early, to senior stakeholders, without waiting for permission.
• Ability to build process people will actually use.
• Strong influencing skills; the role has responsibility across the function and authority over none of it.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Formal project management training or accreditation.
• Experience with resource and capacity management tooling.
• Media, broadcast or advertising sector experience.
• Experience introducing delivery disciplines into a newly formed function.

Benefits and perks:

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

• Free NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema

• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution

• Private healthcare with mental health support

• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance

• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect

• Sharesave and Tech schemes

• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you’ll work:

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.

Your office base

Osterley:

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

Who we are:

We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited 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 as early as you can.

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.

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.

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