High Salary) Sr Manager Strategic Delivery

Job Description

JOB DETAILS

JOB BAND: E

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC News

LOCATION: Delhi

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

You will work closely with the Regional Director (RD), to help the growth mission of BBC News in South Asia. You will assess the opportunities and challenges in the market, help the RD to identify the most strategically sound ways to grow in the region across platforms, and help deliver growth in South Asia. You will have the chance to work across TV, radio, and digital, working for an organization matters globally more than ever.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You will join the newly created Strategic Planning and Delivery (SPD) function within the Global directorate of News. The team will enable highest quality strategic decision making, developing robust frameworks for assessing performance against targets, and on time delivery of strategic goals. This team is at the heart of driving the Global directors growth agenda, working closely with Regional Directors and digital leaders in the organization.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

- Working closely with the RD, deliver growth in reputation, reach and revenue in South Asia, across English and languages, aligned to global strategy.
- Design and run quarterly business performance sessions, strategic reviews, and decision forums for the South Asia region, to ensure to ensure delivery of strategic objectives on time and on budget
- Support the delivery of the central digital platform strategies, roadmaps, and priorities in South Asia.
- Help South Asia Regional Directors in new idea development, on the basis of robust market assessment and audience context.
- Define and deliver a benefits-led prioritisation approach incorporating the potential need for iterative re-planning and cost-effective benefits measurement processes.
- Work on global priority strategic projects as required.

Essential Criteria

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

- Experience of enabling high level strategic decision making at speed- working with seniormost/ ExCo level stakeholders
- Ability to work with and deploy financial, HR, market, and audience data to enable strategic decision making
- Experienced in planning and delivery of strategic projects and demonstrable ability to convert strategic thinking to action, in a core strategy or delivery role
- Deep knowledge of media market and consumers, and experience of working in South Asian, especially Indian, markets (in any sector)
- Exceptional persuasion and influencing skills

Desirable Criteria

- Experience of influencing and/or driving growth in a business, ideally a media business
- Experience in a strategic or delivery role in a modern media, digital, or tech environment

If you can bring some of these skills and experience, along with transferable strengths, wed love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: [Confidential Information]

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