Programme Manager; Data

JOB BAND: F
CONTRACT TYPE:
Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT:
Product Operations

LOCATION:

Flexible (London / Salford / Glasgow / Cardiff / Newcastle) with hybrid working
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £95,000 - £125,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Data lies at the heart of the BBC’s evolution, enabling us to better understand and respond to changing audience expectations, market dynamics and strategic priorities. As Lead Programme Manager, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of the BBC’s data transformation agenda, ensuring that data, insight and evidence-based decision‑making become embedded across the organisation.

Working closely with senior leaders across Product, Technology and Business teams, you will oversee both the cultural and technological elements of the transformation, driving organisational adoption, capability development and sustainable change. Success in this role will be measured not only by programme delivery, but by the extent to which data‑driven thinking, behaviours and ways of working are embedded across the BBC.

With a pan‑organisational scope, and occupying a crucial position between the cultural and technical demands of unlocking data value, this is a rare opportunity to make a lasting and far‑reaching impact at a crucial time, and within a crucial domain, in the BBC’s digital evolution.

You will oversee a comprehensive programme of data transformation work, ensuring best practices are followed and that changes and benefits are effectively defined, delivered, and measured. Selected responsibilities will include:

• Partner with Executive Sponsors and senior stakeholders to define, shape and communicate the vision, objectives, scope, outcomes and success measures.
• Lead the delivery of our data programmes, ensuring a clear focus on achieving measurable business outcomes and strategic impact.
• Champion the role of data in decision‑making across the organisation, building alignment and fostering a culture of evidence‑based thinking.

• Ensure organisational impacts are identified, understood and effectively managed.
• Work with business leaders and partners to identify capability gaps, supporting the development of data literacy and data fluency.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across business, product, technology and operational teams to secure engagement and buy‑in.
• Establish and maintain the programme structure, governance framework and delivery approach.
• Provide effective leadership and oversight across the programme portfolio, ensuring robust governance, dependency management, risk management, issue resolution and transparent reporting.
• Lead programme planning and execution across multiple work streams, ensuring effective prioritisation, resource allocation and delivery.

• Partner with senior leaders across the BBC to align priorities, manage dependencies and maintain momentum across the programme.
• Ensure effective engagement with governance forums, audit activities and assurance processes.

• Ensure activities comply with BBC governance, financial, procurement, legal, regulatory and health and safety requirements, maintaining appropriate controls throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Lead and develop team of Lead Project Managers and Senior Project Managers by providing coaching, mentorship, and support.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Experience of high‑profile programme delivery in a fast‑changing, complex technology environment.
• Experience of data programme delivery, with sufficient technical data fluency to translate data vision into measurable goals and roadmaps and narrate these to different stakeholder groups.
• Experience of leading and measuring…