Senior Project Manager, GenAI Programme

JOB TITLE: Senior Project Manager, Generative AI Direction
JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Group Strategy and Transformation
LOCATION: London – 3 working days in the office with the remainder hybrid working
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £50,000 - £65,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Purpose Of The Role

The Senior Project Manager will help deliver the BBC’s organisation-wide approach to Gen AI. The role will work across a range of projects, both internally and externally facing, including supporting industry partnerships and activity. It will be responsible for analysis, planning and delivering on BBC priorities in a complex and evolving landscape.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The Generative AI Programme, part of the Strategy & Transformation team, helps the BBC realise value from rapidly evolving Gen AI capabilities in a way that is practical, responsible and aligned to the BBC’s public service mission. The team’s activities include enabling adoption of AI tools across the organisation; fostering innovation; finding opportunities to use AI to work more efficiently as an organisation, and leading the BBC's engagement on wider AI issues that shape our operating environment.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Support the Head of Generative AI Direction to drive forward work on the wider AI issues that are shaping BBC’s operating environment, including but not limited to, how BBC’s content is protected against unauthorised use and used in third party systems, and AI literacy and skills.
• Deliver analysis of market developments, opportunities and external issues relating to AI, and help translate these into practical implications for the BBC.
• Manage a range of projects relating to Gen AI, helping to turn direction into clear plans, milestones, outputs and decisions, in collaboration with different teams across the organisation.
• Lead projects on behalf of the BBC, including initiatives involving external partners and other media organisations.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support delivery across a complex and fast-moving area of work.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Experience of delivering strategic projects, external partnerships or cross-functional programmes of work.
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders and teams to support delivery across a complex and fast-moving area of work.
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders to help establish common positions on complex issues.
• Good understanding of the AI landscape, including relevant industry developments and implications for media, content and audiences.
• Strong communication, organization and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage sensitive issues with sound judgement.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex information and data, identify key implications and produce clear, actionable insights.

DESIRABLE

• Commercial and/or editorial experience would be welcomed but is not essential.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

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Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

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