Sky
Senior Engineering Manager
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We don’t just believe in better. We make it happen. Better content. Better products. And better careers. Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, Sky Stream to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate. We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love. And we do it all right here at Sky. The purpose of this role is to provide strategic, operational and people leadership for News, Graphics and Post Production Engineering, ensuring the delivery of resilient, high-performing production technologies that support the creation, management and delivery of content across live, near-live and non-live production environments. The role is accountable for platform strategy, operational performance, engineering delivery, governance and team capability, leading the evolution of production technologies from traditional broadcast systems towards modern software-defined, cloud-enabled and highly integrated media platforms.
As a Senior Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams responsible for business-critical News, Graphics and Post Production services, partnering with Production, Editorial, Product and Technology stakeholders to deliver technology transformation, operational excellence and continuous innovation across the media production ecosystem.
What you'll do
Strategic and Operational Leadership
- Partnering with Architecture, Directorial and Stakeholder leadership, develop and deliver the technology roadmap for News, Graphics and Post Production platforms aligned to business priorities and future production requirements.
- Drive the transition towards software-defined, cloud-enabled and highly automated production workflows.
- Balance operational stability with strategic transformation, ensuring platforms remain reliable whilst enabling future innovation.
- Establish clear platform ownership, engineering standards and technology direction across the domain.
- Ensure technology investments deliver measurable operational, creative and business outcomes.
People Leadership and Team Capability
- Lead and develop Engineering Managers, Lead Engineers and specialist engineering teams.
- Build organisational capability across production technologies, graphics systems, automation, cloud services and modern engineering practices.
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.
- Drive succession planning, talent development and leadership growth across the organisation.
- Create an inclusive, high-performing environment where teams can thrive and deliver their best work.
Platform Delivery and Service Leadership
- Partnering with the Domain Leadership Team, own the end-to-end lifecycle of News, Graphics and Post Production platforms, from strategy and design through to implementation, operation and optimisation.
- Lead major platform modernisation, workflow transformation and technology refresh programmes.
- Ensure services are secure, resilient, scalable and operationally supportable by design.
- Establish robust operational practices covering service management, observability, reliability and performance.
- Drive continuous improvement through operational insight, service metrics and customer feedback.
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Graphics Platform Leadership
- Partnering with Domain Leadership team and Architecture teams, deliver the strategy, evolution and operational performance of graphics technologies supporting extensive production workflows.
- Ensure graphics systems enable high-quality real-time and rendered content creation across multiple production environments.
- Drive the convergence of graphics technologies into modern software-defined HTML enabled production architectures.
- Partner with creative, editorial and production teams to enable new storytelling capabilities through technology innovation.
- Support the introduction of emerging graphics, rendering, virtual production and visualisation technologies.
Stakeholder and Service Leadership
- Represent the domain where required to act as the senior engineering representative for News, Graphics and Post Production technologies.
- Build strong partnerships with production, editorial, creative and technology stakeholders.
- Align technology delivery with operational requirements and long-term business objectives.
- Manage strategic supplier relationships and technology partners.
- Communicate priorities, risks, progress and outcomes clearly to senior stakeholders.
Governance, Risk and Standards
- Ensure compliance with governance, security and engineering standards.
- Own platform risks and mitigation plans.
- Establish service level objectives, operational KPIs and reliability targets.
- Ensure change is delivered safely and effectively across production environments.
- Promote data-driven decision making and continual service improvement.
What you’ll bring:
Essential criteria:
- Extensive leadership experience managing Engineering, Broadcast Technology, Media Technology, Production Technology, and multidisciplinary engineering teams supporting business-critical production, content creation, media, and broadcast platforms in complex environments.
- Proven track record delivering large-scale technology transformation programmes across production, broadcast, post-production, media, content creation, creative technology, and graphics organisations, driving operational efficiency and innovation.
- Deep technical expertise in modern media production technologies, including software-defined architectures, cloud platforms, automation, workflow orchestration, integrated production ecosystems, and graphics technology platforms supporting real-time production, rendering, visualisation, virtual production, and broadcast graphics workflows.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end production, editorial and content creation workflows, with significant experience leading teams responsible for News, Post Production, Graphics, Media Management, Content Production, and Creative Technology platforms.
- Demonstrable experience operating highly available 24/7 services, with accountability for reliability, operational resilience, incident management, service improvement, engineering standards, operating models, and delivery practices that enhance supportability and organisational effectiveness.
- Exceptional leadership, stakeholder, and commercial management capability, including leading managers and technical teams, influencing senior business, editorial, creative and technology leaders, and overseeing supplier relationships, contracts, investment planning, and budget accountability.
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Benefits and perks
There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:
- Free Sky TV, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema
- Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution
- Private healthcare with mental health support
- Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance
- Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect
- Sharesave and Tech schemes
- A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
How you’ll work
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.
Your office base
Osterley
Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.
Who we are
We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society.
We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.
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.
To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.
To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media.
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