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Job Number: 22105

Band: D

Contract Type: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract (FTC)

Location: Hybrid, UK-wide

Salary: up to £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
An employer pension contribution of up to 10%
26 days’ annual leave (based on full time hours) + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell additional days
Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and healthcare schemes
Employee assistance and well-being programmes
Learning and development tailored to your role – this could include industry recognised qualifications, coaching and mentoring
An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join staff networks including: Women’s Network, National Disability Networks and many more.
Family friendly flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid working, job sharing, flexi-time and compressed hours can be requested.
We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and especially welcome individuals from underrepresented groups.
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We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.

Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.

Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack.

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Introduction

The PMO Manager – Generative AI Programme plays a critical role in supporting the successful delivery of the BBC’s Generative AI programme and initiatives.

Working closely with the Programme Manager, this role is responsible for tracking programme deliverables, managing risks and dependencies across multiple AI projects, and ensuring effective governance and reporting. The PMO Manager will provide structured oversight of project progress, helping ensure alignment with BBC strategic priorities while enabling efficient execution of AI initiatives.

This is a highly collaborative role, requiring strong organisational and stakeholder management skills. The post-holder will be expected to work with multiple teams, supporting project leads in delivering against milestones and providing regular updates to the Generative AI Steering Group.

Responsibilities

Track and monitor programme deliverables, ensuring alignment with the BBC’s Generative AI Work Plan.
Manage programme-wide risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring potential blockers are identified and mitigated early.
Work closely with the Programme Manager to maintain programme governance, ensuring seamless execution of key AI initiatives.
Develop and maintain robust reporting mechanisms, ensuring accurate and timely updates on programme progress.
Prepare and deliver status reports for the Generative AI Steering Group, providing clear insights into project timelines, risks, and strategic alignment.
Support cross-team collaboration, ensuring project leads have visibility of dependencies and shared risks.
Ensure project governance frameworks are adhered to, maintaining structured processes for approvals, escalations, and decision-making.
Maintain up-to-date programme documentation, including risk registers, action logs, and workstream updates.
Identify and drive continuous improvements in PMO processes to enhance programme delivery.

Are you the right candidate

Proven experience in programme/project management or PMO roles, ideally within a media, technology, or innovation-driven environment.
Strong organisational and analytical skills, with the ability to track complex project dependencies across multiple workstreams.
Experience in risk management, with the ability to identify and mitigate programme risks proactively.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, ensuring senior leadership receives clear and concise updates.
Experience in governance and reporting, including preparing status updates for steering groups or senior leadership teams.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, supporting teams in delivering against strategic goals.
Strong proficiency in project management tools and frameworks, ensuring efficient tracking and reporting of programme deliverables.
Familiarity with AI, digital transformation, or innovation programmes is desirable but not essential.

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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