Programme Partnership Manager

Job Introduction

As the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster, accurate, impartial news is available via the 24 hour news channel - BBC World News - and BBC.com, along with a broad range of insightful and in-depth features across our platforms.

Our BBC Programme Partnerships team is responsible for the creation of award-winning digital series for BBC.com’s global audiences outside the UK. Combining our BBC storytelling heritage with industry expertise, we look deeper into the issues shaping society for organisations leading change.

Through unique research and insight we create original commercial content for global brands that tells stories from organisations and industries to BBC.com audiences and beyond, delivering formidable results.

The Programme Partnership Manager is a highly strategic and creative role – working across the core functions of the BBC Programme Partnerships team to realise best in class content campaigns that educate, inform and entertain audiences.

Working with the Global Head of Programme Partnerships and the Series Development team, the Programme Partnership Manager will build a structure for our bbc.com hosted branded content series, researching and establishing themes and storylines that offer commercial and creative promise. A highly adept project manager, they will be responsible for owning and building out a pipeline of content partners, engaging with C-Suite decision-makers, as well as key opinion leaders across an exciting range of disciplines to bring stories to the attention of the BBC StoryWorks team. Liaising closely with our award-winning team of producers and creatives, the Programme Partnership Manager will help shape compelling narratives across written, video and audio formats that deliver against ambitious KPIs, from concept-stage through to campaign delivery.

Impeccable communication, influencing and negotiating skills are a must, and experience in business development role is preferred. Successful candidates will have a proven track record of building and managing external relationships as well as working in a high level in a representative capacity, and will demonstrate a keen interest in current affairs that translates to an ability to quickly grasp and elucidate complex themes. A strong understanding of media strategies and ability to input in a meaningful way into campaign development across multiple platforms to engage relevant global audiences is also desired.

A close knit and ambitious team, Programme Partnerships are looking for an agile, driven and visionary candidate who is motivated not only by individual performance, but by the growth and creative successes of a high-performing team.

Role Responsibility

• Collaboration across team functions of series development and research, commercial partnerships, production, editorial and marketing
• Project set up and implementation of a range of branded digital content campaigns
• Responsibility for the entire partnerships process from research, initial engagement, negotiation, close, product and campaign development and delivery and account growth
• Ongoing communication with senior decision-makers to negotiate collaborating and investing in content production across a range of innovative formats
• Effective communication to instil confidence in editorial and production colleagues, working collaboratively with teams and being involved in the preparation and planning of content and bringing programme ideas to the table
• Oversee redlines and contract negotiation, liaising with legal, finance, compliance and other business functions
• Achieve quarterly and annual activity KPIs and targets to support a fast-growing business
• Stakeholder management at all levels to build successful relationships and achieve common goals, both internally and externally
• Development and delivery of presentation and campaign materials, shared across a range of different media platforms, both online and in-person

Are you the right candidate?

• The successful candidate will have the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively with a broad number of stakeholders and partners, as well as demonstrate an ability to deal at senior levels
• Excellent relationship builder and collaborator, with a proven ability to develop productive working relationships
• Skilled at presenting across different media platforms, both online and in person
• You will be highly organised and possess strong project management skills to ensure the successful delivery of projects, on time 
• Clear, eloquent, and personable manner, alongside ability to think on your feet
• Confidence and experience of online and face to face meetings with senior executives
• The ability to research, understand, and relay new, complex concepts effectively
• Able to clearly articulate the craft of writers, filmmakers and designers to both clients and colleagues
• Contributing in brainstorming sessions to propose creative ideas and solutions that meet client’s KPI / deliver commercial and creative value for PP
• Polished written, telephone, and face-to-face communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and an ability to interpret data and enact change
• Great time management and use of initiative, ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and work in a fast-paced environment

Package Description

Band: D

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: London

Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Home-based plus two/three days a week in the office)

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• Flexible/agile working -opportunities across the business. We’re happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.
• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from under represented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. We strive to be the best British content company in the world, attracting the best creative talents in the business, so that we can bring premium quality award-winning programmes, content and brands to the viewer no matter where they are.

The BBC Group has set out the first in a new series of bold steps to transform our programming and better represent the public we serve.We have the biggest financial investment to on-air inclusion in the industry, together with our existing commissioning budget, we are committed to throwing open our doors more widely than ever to diverse stories and diverse storytellers. Together with a diverse workforce we will accelerate the pace of change in increasing diversity and inclusion both on and off air

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please visit our website.