Knowledge

• Proven experience as a practitioner in Scrum with a clear grasp of the Scrum Guide, to include principles and events.
• Mastery of the Agile Manifesto, encompassing its values and principles.
• Proven experience in Agile methodologies, with a strong focus on implementing and managing Scrum and Kanban frameworks.
• Excellent proven knowledge of the software development life cycle on a direct-to-consumer product.
• Expertise in engineering practices is essential, from development phases down to version control, branching strategies and the principles of continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• A strong technical grasp of at least one platform (e.g. web, mobile, connected TV) to confidently and effectively engage with engineers and platform partners regarding bugs, issues and technical challenges.
• Proficiency using Jira for backlog and sprint management and building workflows and dashboards.
• Clear comprehension of project governance structures, approval processes and stakeholder reporting, along with compliance knowledge, e.g. GDPR.

Skills & personal qualities

• Role model the desired behaviours and set the standards for those around you.
• Drive collaborative working across teams to deliver value for our audiences.
• Be bold and decisive; adopting an entrepreneurial mindset and be prepared to take risks.
• Pro-actively identify and develop capabilities within your team.
• Create a continuous improvement mindset in your team and a culture of constructive feedback.
• Create and maintain a psychologically safe environment, ensuring all perspectives are valued and exclusive behaviour is challenged.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to take a wider business view and build trust at all levels.
• Analytical thinking, using data to inform your decisions and improve delivery.
• Champion Agile transformation, not just within your team but in the wider business.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage numerous complex tasks simultaneously.
• Understand the challenges faced by engineers and support in your role as appropriate.
• A team player with a focus on collaboration, working closely with product owners, engineers, QA.
• Remains calm under pressure and is focused on delivering value despite any challenges that arise.

What you will get to work on…key outputs and responsibilities of the role

• Lead a high performing team, providing them with clear goals and direction.
• Working to inspire, empower, motivate, and develop your team, whilst fostering an inclusive environment where they can perform at their best.
• Manage and coach a team of Scrum Masters, encouraging a strong commitment to continuous learning and personal development and alignment to the Agile principles and practices.
• Implement a streamlined delivery process, optimising workflows across all U VoD app platforms - mobile, web and connected TV.
• Be accountable for driving delivery and maintaining a regular release cadence across all platforms.
• Identify, track and manage the risk profile, implementing clear mitigation plans to ensure delivery success and efficiency.
• Foster a culture of accountability, creativity, and high performance within your team.
• Support your team to facilitate empowered and self-organising squads.
• Support and help facilitate a test and learn environment in psychologically safe surroundings.
• Provide clear communication to stakeholders on statuses, updates, dependencies, ensuring alignment across teams.
• Work closely with the Head of Digital Production and Development on resourcing requirements and alignment on business priorities.
• Know when to escalate critical issues.
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks and outcomes by way of generated reports.
• Develop trusted partnerships with our platform partners technical teams.

Hybrid-Working

At UKTV, we are working in a hybrid environment with a mixture of home and office working. Getting together in the office as a team and a company gives colleagues an opportunity to build and maintain great relationships, encourages our culture of collaboration and creativity while recognising that colleagues need to have a healthy and happy work-life balance. You’ll agree with your manager the split of time you spend in the office or at home based on the role that you do, how often you come together as a team and your personal preference.

Diversity & Inclusion Commitment

At UKTV, our inclusion vision is to truly represent society in our workforce and on-screen, and create a culture of fairness and respect where we champion difference so that every person feels included and empowered to do their best work. We are committed to ensuring a level playing field at UKTV where all employees and job applicants are given equal opportunity, and that we have diverse voices at the table in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone and we want UKTV to be a place where you can be your authentic self, give your best and develop your career free from discrimination of any kind.