OUR TEAM:
Bauer Media Audio (BMA) is Europe’s leading digital commercial radio and audio operator.
As a digital advisory team within BMA, we support our country business units with strategy, insight, innovation, product management, technology, IP distribution and support. Our country teams are responsible for local planning, content, and commercial delivery.
As part of a combined community of digital experts, our teams work in partnership to create outstanding services to our users and deliver commercial success.
As a team we thrive on combining local market excellence with a wider, global perspective.
This position is working remotely (from an agreed location) and with a preference for the Manchester area.
JOB PURPOSE:
The Senior Delivery Manager is responsible for ensuring the successful execution of multiple deliverables simultaneously within high-performing, multi-disciplined software engineering squads.
This role involves coordinating with development teams, development managers, product owners, stakeholders, and external partners to define goals, establish team plans, and monitor progress. The Senior Delivery Manager is expected to anticipate potential impediments and proactively work to remove or minimize disruptions to the squads.
Additionally, they will oversee risk and dependency management while fostering continuous improvement in delivery processes. A key focus of the role is ensuring that squads have the right skills, culture, and support mechanisms to deliver effectively.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
Squad & Project Leadership:
- Oversee multiple squads, ensuring they meet their deliverables effectively.
- Act as a facilitator rather than a direct line manager, ensuring alignment between squads and business objectives.
- Monitor squad progress, remove blockers, and escalate issues when necessary.
- Ensure squads adhere to Agile principles and follow best practices in project execution.
- Support squads in refining their work, managing capacity, and raising risks proactively.
- Assist in structuring and optimizing squads as the team scales, ensuring delivery efficiency.
- Collaborate on problem-solving initiatives to mitigate challenges that impact squad performance.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with product and technology teams to ensure business and technical alignment.
- Foster open communication and cross-functional collaboration across the organization.
- Act as a liaison between squads and stakeholders to ensure clear expectations and alignment.
Agile Delivery Frameworks:
- Lead Agile delivery squads using Scrum or other Agile methodologies.
- Ensure squads adhere to Agile best practices, addressing any process gaps.
- Facilitate Agile training, coaching, and workshops for squads and wider business units.
- Champion continuous improvement and self-development within squads.
- Work alongside engineering and development managers to track execution of roadmaps.
Customer-Focused Development:
- Ensure development aligns with customer and prospect requirements, working closely with the product and technology teams to deliver value to the international markets.
Risk and Dependency Management:
- Identify, track, and mitigate engineering and product-related risks.
- Ensure dependencies are documented, updated, and effectively managed.
- Support governance processes such as Go/No-Go decision-making.
- Provide clear reporting of risks, mitigation plans, and status updates for senior stakeholders.
Planning and Execution:
- Oversee quarterly planning sessions, ensuring squads have a structured approach to capacity planning.
- Utilize data insights and forecasting to optimize resource allocation.
- Monitor progress against delivery milestones and key performance indicators.
- Ensure delivery tracking and reporting are maintained, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Support squad transitions and reorganization as the team scales.
Technical Debt & System Maintenance:
- Collaborate with development managers to minimize technical debt while maintaining system scalability and security.
- Work on refining processes and best practices to enhance system efficiency.
- Provide insights on improving engineering processes to enhance team productivity.
MAIN OBJECTIVES:
- Delivering Value: Ensure squads deliver customer and market-driven solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Operational Excellence: Drive efficiency, scalability, and resilience in delivery practices.
- Squad Maturity: Ensure continuous growth in Agile and delivery maturity.
- Technical Alignment: Support engineering teams in executing the product roadmap efficiently.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Personal skills:
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills for managing multiple projects.
- Clear and effective communication, particularly in high-pressure situations.
- Adaptability and resilience in complex technical environments.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Social skills:
- Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Conflict resolution capabilities to mediate squad discussions and ensure constructive outcomes.
- Stakeholder management expertise to align technical and business objectives.
- Strong facilitation skills for team alignment and execution.
Leadership skills:
- Ability to guide squads without direct line management.
- Proven mentorship experience to support Agile delivery squads.
- Strategic vision to balance long-term planning with immediate execution needs.
Work experience:
- Min 2 years leading delivery teams, or projects, preferably within the Media industry
- Ideally experience with the Audio (Streaming) industry
- Experience embedding overarching processes to drive operational and delivery efficiency
- Experience creating and embedding overarching processes to drive operational and delivery efficiency at all levels
Methodical competences (incl. IT/Language skills):
- Methodology Knowledge: Understanding of a variety of modern Agile methodologies.
- Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and other project management tools.
- Fluent in English; additional languages are beneficial for global collaboration.
- Experience working with Agile metrics, reporting, and team performance tracking.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent level of experience
About Bauer Media Group
We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.
What’s in it for you
- You’ll have 25 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
- Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
- We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
- You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
- And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here
Please Note: We are actively seeking this position. You should hear from us within 48 hours of the expiry date. Please note on some occasions the role may be closed before date shown or need to be extended.
If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email careershub@bauermedia.co.uk we would love to hear from you.
