Senior Project Manager, 4Studio

4Studio is the driving force behind C4's digital acceleration strategy, with the objective to create, adapt and distribute brilliant content across our social and digital channels, building engaged audiences that deliver digital views at scale. The Business Operations team get things done. Made up of Operations, Project & Process Managers, they ensure our ways of working are agile and efficient and lead on our biggest and most important changes or launches across the department and other Channel 4 teams. The team are our key contacts for keeping projects & processes flowing smoothly and efficiently through the department.

The role is based in C4's National HQ in Leeds and will be a key component of C4's regional strategy, providing creative job opportunities outside of London and expanding the diversity of the company's creative contribution.

The Senior Project Manager will be our go-to person for projects within 4Studio, leading on complex, exciting, significant and all new changes within 4Studio (or for things that affect us externally). These projects cover everything we do, so it's an incredibly diverse role, working on advancing our content production and distribution processes, working closely with tech and analyst teams, through to continuously developing our work alongside Commissioners and Sales partners within C4.

You will be responsible for managing the 4Studio project portfolio, ensuring all projects are well scoped, planned & delivered and ensuring prioritisation decisions are taken by the Leadership team when needed. You will work collaboratively with the wider Business Operations team to ensure projects and changes are transitioned effectively into BAU. You will also lead our small team of Project Managers, being their initial point of support and escalation and being a generally brilliant line manager.

You will actively lead our most important projects and ensure the project portfolio is managed effectively amongst your team. This role will also lead collaborate and liaise with our central ePMO team on IMPACT projects, making sure they're well governed and reporting requirements are fulfilled, alongside ownership of business case development for any investment led projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead & manage the project portfolio for 4Studio, ensuring our projects are properly scoped, prioritised, tracked, resourced and delivered, including owning our input and involvement in the ePMO Impact process where needed.
• Manage the Project Management team, providing excellent leadership and support, helping them be the best they can be, delivering real and valuable change for 4Studio.
• Actively lead on our most important projects, using tools and project techniques to role model excellent project management to your team and the department, confidently delivering to time, cost & quality expectations.
• Own, shape and implement a robust project method and approach for delivery of project within 4Studio.
• Collaborate with your peers playing an important role in delivering effective and stable Operations for 4Studio.
• Ensure your own, and your teams, project documentation is well managed and there is strong and continuous communication and reporting with relevant stakeholders.
• Be an excellent communicator, reporting and building engagement in your roadmaps and plans for all areas of your teams responsibilities.
• Be the Senior Project Management subject matter expert and stakeholder in 4Studio & wider Channel 4 projects that require or impact 4Studio Budgeting and cost management for your team.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Proven Project Management experience in Digital, Social Agency, or TV sector as a Project Manager, or similar role.
• Team management or line management experience, or the ability to demonstrate a strong aptitude for people management & development.
• Confidence and experience using Monday.com, or similar workflow/project management tools.
• Recognised project management qualification preferred (e.g. PMI, PRINCE2, APM).
• Demonstrable experience of successfully managing a changing portfolio and priority of projects, achieving strong implementation and value for the business.
• Ability to be responsive and prioritise your focus and workload.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of digital production processes.
• An exceptional communicator and influencer, able to develop effective working relationships across a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Experience of working on your own initiative in a blended or virtual team environment.
• Strong skills in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Must be approachable and collaborative.

Basic salary per annum starting from £65,625.00

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Free Virtual GP access for employees
• Free Female Health hormone test each year
• Free Tastecard membership
• Financial guidance 1-2-1's available each quarter
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Holiday Purchase

Hybrid working

From September 2023, C4 has operated a 60/40 working pattern, equating to three office days per week. Having everyone in the office three days a week gives us more opportunity to build our high performing, inclusive culture; to collaborate and to learn and share with each other, as well as helping to coordinate a regular pattern of home and office working days. Employees then have the flexibility to decide where they spend the rest of the working week. All our offices are open five days a week.

Equal Opportunities

Channel 4's purpose is to create change through entertainment; by representing unheard voices, challenging with purpose and delivering content which reflects the diversity of different communities across the UK. We are only able to deliver on this remit by having a workforce rich in diversity of thought, background and lived experience. As an employer we encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on disability, age, gender reassignment, gender expression, criminal history, length of time spent unemployed, marriage or civil partnership status, national origin, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Disability Confident Scheme: Channel 4 is a member of the Business Disability Forum (BDF) and has also maintained the highest level of the Department of Work and Pension's Disability Confident scheme - Level 3: Leader. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, we aim to offer an interview to all candidates who have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and who meet the essential criteria for an advertised job.

Care Leaver Friendly Employer: Channel 4 is a Care Leaver Friendly Employer. By signing the Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter and adopting its principles, we are supporting an immensely talented yet often under-served and under-represented community of young people/adults.

Workplace Adjustments: We are committed to providing disabled applicants a level playing field when applying for a job and support whilst employed to perform to the best of their ability and develop their careers.