Senior Programme Manager

Job Description

With around 12k people and growing by double digits, TCS is the world's largest VFX organisation and continues to be at the forefront of technological and creative innovation. Being responsible for some of the most memorable VFX films and adverts, TCS partners with brands from Apple to Disney to create content that is consumed by millions across the globe. During a period of unprecedented growth TCS has recently started the process of separating from the wider group to form a separately publicly traded business. This will allow for continued growth and position us to remain at the forefront of the creative industry.
Our four business divisions: TCS is comprised of four business units, each market leading and each serving a different part of the entertainment industry. All four business are seeing considerable growth and there are no signs of this slowing.

MPC – Serves Film and Episodic organisations. Having won several Oscars and other prestigious awards MPC partners with all the world leading film studios and has worked on films including The Lion King, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Top Gun, 1917, The Greatest Showman and Guardian of the Galaxy, to name but a few.

The Mill – Serves advertising organisations and has helped create some of the world's most recognisable brands. With clients including Apple, Amazon, Budweiser and Nike The Mill is the most recognisable name in VFX advertising.

Mikros – Creating market leading animation, Mikros has created iconic shows such as Rug Rats, Alvin and the Chipmunks, SpongeBob and Paw Patrol.

Technicolor Games – Serves AAA game studios and work on asset creation as well as cinematics. Having worked on titles such as Call of Duty, Resident Evil, FIFA and Grand Theft Auto, Technicolor Games is growing incredibly quickly and rapidly moving into other areas of the games' ecosystem.

We are now seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Project / Programme Manager to join the Project Portfolio Management team and spin up, drive and deliver fantastic projects that will enable the artists to bring joy to audiences.

Responsibilities:
• Hands-on approach to improvement of the business – partnering with senior leaders to identify challenges, shape problem statements and set up problem-solving frameworks
• Responsible for the end-to-end delivery of one or more global cross-functional business transformation projects at any one time. You will initiate project kick-off by developing the outline business case with the Project Sponsor, form the project team, develop the schedule, manage execution, monitoring and controls all the way through to formal project closure
• Lead the core project team for projects under your management, many of whom will also have business-as-usual responsibilities (i.e. not 100% project dedicated resources)
• Establish ''right-sized'' governance for the projects which you lead, including project team meetings and escalation criteria
• Manage risk, issues, change control, and the project budget
• Partner with other parts of the organization to help identify and manage both upstream and downstream dependencies
• Create and maintain all key project documentation
• Present and report on project status to the agreed frequency level to a range of stakeholders across the business, up to C-Suite level
• Support the PPM leadership with activities to further develop the maturity of PPM, including the continuous improvement of project controls, tools, and templates
• Be an active participant in the wider project management community across the organization
• Where relevant, lead the development of business process maps for projects under your domain

Qualifications

Essentials:
• Relevant project management or PMO experience within the full life cycle of cross functional projects. (Please note: although there will be a Technology element to many of the projects you deliver, this is not an I.T Project Manager role)
• Experience of creating key project documentation in adherence to specific standards
• Experience of project scheduling, risk management, budget management, and tracking the realization of benefits
• Clear and confident communication skills; able to work with stakeholders from across the business
• Experience in managing the activities of a project team in a matrixed project organization
• Goal orientated; will own projects and tasks under your domain and see them through to completion
• Accuracy and attention to detail under a busy workload
• Highly data literate with the ability to handle and analyse data from a variety of sources to form meaningful conclusions and next steps
• Self-motivated and proactive, with an ability to work independently where required
• Enthusiastic and committed to learn, with a passion for project management
• Ability to prioritize workload and respond quickly to important issues
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Experience of change management

Nice to have:
• A relevant Project Management qualification or strong experience of using at least one project management methodology (e.g. PMI PMBOK, PRINCE2, DSDM, SAFe)
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office 365 package, particularly PowerPoint, Project, Planner, Excel, SharePoint, Word, Teams
• Demonstrable experience of working within a Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid (Waterfall & Agile) project environment
• Background in consulting

Advantageous:
• Experience working within the media and entertainment industry
• Interest and knowledge of the film and episodic visual effects industry

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbj286-3-142-98-108-42 in your application.