Job Description
Director, Strategy & Projects, Sport Content & Production Eurosport
Maternity Cover/Fixed-term position
This role reports to the SVP of Content & Production for Eurosport and leads on a diverse range of strategic projects and initiatives. Projects include driving cross-functional planning for the Olympic Games, delivery of new content / production enhancements across Europe, key department workshop planning, analysis of production targets and delivery.
Responsibilities
• Understand the Eurosport content & production strategy and assist in setting priorities
• Translate the Eurosport Strategy into specific projects
• Manage multiple cross-functional projects from start to finish
• Lead programmes / project teams to ensure clear communication pathways are built, and all project stakeholders are aligned on delivering the work
• Plan and facilitate workshops on key projects / events, such as the Olympic Games
• Develop management team presentations to communicate progress of key projects, insights, analysis and recommendations to different stakeholders
• Serve as a key point of contact in the department and cross-functionally
• Ensure transfer of best practices across the company, as appropriate
Requirements
• Experienced strategic projects professional who is comfortable leading project-teams
• Experience working at a media company, ideally within a Production environment (preferrable)
• Excellent project management and networking/interpersonal skills, ability to draw resources from and feedback to a wide group in different parts of the organization
• Strong analytical and influencing skills
• Strong written and oral communications skills
• Team player and confident to be a key advisor for senior management
• Ability to work within a matrix organisation and adapt to change
• Experience working internationally
• Fluency in a second European language is a plus (not essential)
• Business travel may be required
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rv181w-3-238-5-144-42 in your application.