Location: UK based (Hybrid) London
Hours: 10am to 7pm LDN time
Type: Freelance
Start Date: 05 Jan 2026
The Role:
We\’re seeking a hands‑on, adaptable CMS Delivery Manager / Digital Producer to scope and deliver a CMS that will support the high‑quality delivery of live content to a global audience through a first‑of‑its‑kind immersive media platform.
The role requires strong planning and organisational skills to coordinate a dynamic specialist team in defining scope, identifying risks and ensuring the delivery is managed smoothly within a fast‑moving dynamic environment. As a Delivery Manager, you will work closely with the Delivery Lead and cross‑functionally with Product Lead, Design Lead, and Technical Lead to ensure alignment, remove blockers, manage dependencies, and drive delivery excellence.
What You’ll Do:
- Plan and manage CMS development, tracking dependencies across backend, product, design, and operations.
- Maintain a risk register and ensure mitigation plans are in place.
- Collaborate closely with delivery, product, design, and engineering leads to align on goals, priorities, and timelines; communicate with clients and external partners.
- Lead end‑to‑end delivery of initiatives from inception through launch.
- Drive sprint planning, stand‑ups, and reviews to maintain momentum.
- Maintain Jira to keep the team on track.
- Identify and mitigate delivery risks and inter‑team dependencies, communicating clearly and planning proactively.
- Provide concise updates to stakeholders at all levels, ensuring visibility into progress, challenges, and achievements.
- Manage client expectations efficiently in fast‑moving environments.
What You Will Bring:
- Experience delivering Web/CMS projects, including extensive testing cycles.
- Experience managing delivery across cross‑functional teams with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Excellent organisational, facilitation, and communication skills.
- Proactive risk, blocker, and communication management.
- A passion for user experience, focused on delivering value.
- Ability to respond in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities.
- Thriving in ambiguous, fast‑paced environments.
- Energy to help teams move quickly and stay focused.
Nice to Have:
- Experience running or supporting live digital events, streaming workflows, or real‑time media operations.
- Experience working with live production companies.
- Familiarity with video streaming technologies (e.g., DASH, ingest pipelines, transcoding, cloud media services, CDNs).
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS), monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus), as well as tracking (Jira) and documentation (Confluence).
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and operational readiness.
- Expert in developing runbooks, SOPs, checklists, and operational workflows.
Benefits:
Nexus Studios is proud to work with extraordinary talent as an equal‑opportunity employer. We embrace individuals of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, age, abilities or sexual preferences. Our recruitment process is merit‑based, ensuring fair treatment to every applicant.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Other
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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Contact Detail:
Nexus Studios Recruiting Team