Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

The programme delivery team is responsible for delivering programmes/projects across multiple countries and variety of technologies from Mobile, Broadband, Voice, CDN, Internet peering, Data Centres (Private and Public cloud), with a mix of physical and virtual network components and automation.

Successful candidates will have a technical program management background, be detail driven, and have experience in running virtual teams to deliver sophisticated programmes. You will be a passionate and tried leader with the ability to gain partner agreement, communicate confidently at both the executive and project team level, and collaborate with a wide variety of technical and non-technical teams, regardless of geographical or organizational boundaries.

What you’ll do:

Take end-to-end ownership of a diverse variety of projects, falling under the programme, utilizing your communication skills to work with and influence a broad range of multi-disciplinary teams (solutions architecture, test & delivery, support, product, partners, customer team).

Lead and manage a team of Project Managers, supporting their delivery and career development goals.

Bring to bear your programme management, technical, organizational, and transformation expertise to understand the business and strategic goals, translate them into an executable plan, and drive the implementation to success

Ensure necessary governance and controls are in place to ensure successful delivery, demonstrate alignment to agreed time, cost, and quality work.

Identify and proactively handle risks, issues, dependencies, forecast resources demand and prioritization.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels from partners to programme team members.

Lead the programme team by example. Motivate the team and create a collaborate ‘can do’ environment

What you’ll bring:

You will be passionate about delivering a great customer experience, driving innovation, and delivering successful migration programs.

You will have a consistent track record of successful complex transformation delivery programmes, leading large teams in a multicultural environment.

People leadership skills with demonstrable experience.

A solid background across broadband network technologies core and access, cloud computing (private & public cloud) and OSS.

Superior written and verbal communication skills, including a demonstrated ability to effectively deliver information at the C-suite/VP level

Group Communications and Infrastructure

Looking to be part of non-stop innovation? Join our Group Communications and Infrastructure team and you’ll work alongside experts in broadband, telephony, mobile, cloud and infrastructure. We’re the team that designs, builds, supports, and maintains the telecoms networks across the whole Sky Group. Together, we help Sky broadband, mobile and TV enter new markets by creating a single and secure infrastructure for the amazing content and services that keep our customers coming back for more.

The Rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

A generous pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you’ll work:

Brick Lane

Our Brick Lane office is in the heart of the East End of London. It’s part of a vibrant and diverse community; close to street food, cafes, and shops. The closest tube station is Aldgate East and Liverpool Street is about a 10-minute walk.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working.

And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

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.