Senior Manager, Partnerships & Growth

  • Sky
  • Isleworth, Middlesex
  • Aug 01, 2022
Full time Advert / Media / Entertainment

Job Description

What you'll do

Group Technology Digital Transformation

Want to create a smooth and uninterrupted digital experience for millions of customers? Then our Group Technology Digital Transformation is the team for you. Agile, collaborative, data-driven and diverse, our team works on brilliant products like NOW and Peacock. That's not even the best part. We get to build our own software and our work has a global stage. Our team also delivers exceptional customer experiences and defines digital first propositions in customer journeys across all channels.

  • Manage the portfolio of all our billing partnerships within the Group Digital Transformation team, which includes major telcos across Europe as well as large app store players

  • Lead a team of individuals who are responsible for onboarding new partners to the Group OTT platform and liaising with partners on some of our key business transformation initiatives and to deliver major commercial promotional activities

  • Take on a lead delivery role on key strategic programmes to co-ordinate activities for delivery of partnerships across all teams

  • Be the main interface to the commercial and trading teams in each of our markets to ensure that performance of our partners is on track, and support with strategies to continue to optimise this

  • Manage the partner roadmap, ensuring that the commercial priorities are aligned to capacity across all teams

  • Support the Product team that you will sit alongside, supporting with prioritisation and strategy based on partner feedback, managing product activities for in-life partners and ensuring that new capabilities are rolled out to partners effectively

What you'll bring

  • A passion for media and technology - it's at the core of everything we do and are as a team

  • The drive to get things done and make a difference, and the calmness to ensure we keep focused on the bigger picture when things are challenging

  • Great communication skills and the confidence to lead discussion in forums with a mix of internal and external stakeholders of different levels

  • Good balance of product, technical and project management skills; including the ability to manage external vendors, basic understanding of back-end technology, ability to define and manage requirements, run workshops and design and govern processes

  • Relevant work experience managing relationships and/ or accounts in a commercial environment, with strong project management skills

We're the team behind the infamous Sky products line-up. From Sky+ to Sky Q. From hardware and software to intricate design. Could you help us turn an idea into the next big thing? As a team, we're collaborative, empowered and innovative - together, we're proud that everyone's favourite Sky products are .

The rewards

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to : the perks. Here's a taster:

  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

  • A generous pension package

  • Private healthcare

  • Discounted mobile and broadband

  • Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experience

How you'll work - hybrid working

The world has changed. And so have we. We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home.

You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.

Your office space

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work

  • So we're happy to support you as much as we can with the option to start and finish earlier or later depending on your needs.

  • So we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.