Head of Enterprise Portfolio, Sky

Salary not provided

Senior and Expert level

Edinburgh

London

Office located in Osterley, London / Livingston, Edinburgh

Broadband and telecommunications company

Job no longer available

Broadband and telecommunications company

1001+ employees

B2CB2BEntertainmentTelecommunicationsMedia

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Senior and Expert level

Edinburgh

London

Office located in Osterley, London / Livingston, Edinburgh

1001+ employees

B2CB2BEntertainmentTelecommunicationsMedia

Company mission

To connect people with the very best entertainment, sports, news, arts and local, original content.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Substantial experience in programme and portfolio management in a senior role in complex corporate environments (either working in large multinational directly or in a Consultancy)
Significant experience in leading Exec-level governance forums, managing prioritisation of £100m+ of investment and making recommendations to Exec stakeholders
Demonstrated success in managing cross-functional prioritisation, sequencing, and dependency resolution across business and technology domains.
Able to assess, frame and structure complex problem simply in terms that key stakeholders can understand quickly and use to make strategically important decisions
Strong understanding of resourcing models and ability to assess value for money and return on investment, with experience working with Agile methodologies
Track record of managing operational dependencies and readiness across complex change programmes through multiple routes to market
Good understanding and experience working with regulatory teams to assess the landscape and an understand of its implications
Skilled in fostering strategic challenge and cross-team collaboration to drive enterprise-wide alignment
Able to build strong relationships with diverse cross functional teams, collaborate effectively with all levels of the organisation, and function well in a multi-stakeholder environment
Record of leading of diverse teams, driving performance, and inspiring others

What the job involves

This role forms part of the Change Delivery & EPM Leadership team, working closely with the Change Portfolios and Technology Portfolio Management (TPM)
Runs UK&I change governance facilitating key decision making on cross portfolio prioritisation & dependency management up to Executive level
Provides a single view of the UK&I roadmap, demand, capacity allocation and target business value
Manages multi portfolio delivery trade-offs, structuring options and making recommendations on escalations
Holds the decision makers to account on the impact of the decision on the key Sky strategies including orchestrating activities across CoEs (e.g. Customer Experience, Architecture) and stakeholder groups
Lead the UK&I Enterprise Roadmap, ensuring portfolios and investment planning align with strategic priorities
Run and improve EPM governance with a clear weekly–annual cycle and an integrated business/tech view to drive prioritisation and decisions
Oversee sequencing and dependencies across portfolios and partners, resolving conflicts
Create transparent forums providing a single source of truth
Manage launch sequencing, change freezes and coordination with Trading/Marketing and Tech
Build strong relationships across Portfolio, Product, Tech and external partners
Promote cross‑team challenge and strategic thinking across the roadmap
Collaborate with Technology Portfolio Management on an aligned roadmap with clear progress visibility
Champion value‑for‑money frameworks and quarterly ROI reviews
Improve cross‑portfolio ways of working, simplifying and standardising where beneficial
Partner with Technology to consolidate metrics into simple, automated UK&I reporting
Lead and develop a small team delivering EPM activities
Contribute to a high‑performing Change & EPM leadership team

Our take

Sky formed through the merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting in 1990, making it the UK's largest pay-TV company. After the acquisition of Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in 2014, Sky Group was formed, transforming the UK company into Europe's leading entertainment and media group.

With the recent success of their original content, Sky doubled their investment into this space by 2024 with a brand new movie and TV studio being built. This is expected to create an additional £3 billion of production investment in UK creative sector in the first five years alone.

Sky's streaming service, Now TV, was launched in 2012 to compete with the rising tide of Netflix and, more recently, with Amazon's Prime Video. With pay-TV subscriptions dropping and the video streaming industry expected to grow by a further 20% by 2027, Sky has remained competitive by offering a range of deals, partnering with Netflix, and developing its own TV - Sky Glass, as it aims to keep up with consumer trends.