Programme Manager, Games

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.Job Description

Location:

London, GB

Condé Nast is a global media company, home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, Glamour, AD, Vanity Fair and Wired, among many others. Our award-winning content reaches 84 million consumers in print, 367 million in digital and 379 million across social platforms, and generates more than 1 billion video views each month.

We are headquartered in London and New York, and operate in 31 markets worldwide, including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico & Latin America, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S., with local licence partners across the globe.

The Role

Condé Nast is looking for an experienced Program Manager to lead delivery across a series of product technology projects that aim to achieve Condé Nast’s ambitious goals to grow our Games offering starting with The New Yorker. The ideal candidate has a background in program management across technology solutions that meet business needs. You will have excellent stakeholder management skills in complex organisations, and the ability to map out and navigate technology delivery across dependent cross-functional teams. You have a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

A new program of Technology projects has been planned to support the future growth of consumer engagement features (puzzles and games and other projects to increase user engagement) in our digital and mobile product experiences. Iterating on existing features as well as developing new ones. You will be responsible for the successful delivery of projects that span and innovate across our product ecosystem. Your work will directly contribute to providing seamless and unified digital customer experiences. 

What will you be doing?

• Lead regular cross-functional forums with stakeholders company-wide including our Product, Design, Engineering, Data & Product Analytics delivery teams such as daily Games Engineer scrums with teams across India, UK and US. Lead regular forums with third party technology providers

• Work across cross-functional Condé Nast Engineering teams to ensure accurate technical resources are allocated to deliver Product roadmaps in a short-, mid- and long-term basis. Identify and manage dependencies across Engineering team verticals

• Collaborate with third party technology providers and third party Engineering teams to define and manage scope, workflows, ensure accurate allocation of resources and manage dependencies between multiple providers and internal Condé Nast teams

• Take ownership of regular weekly, fortnightly and monthly stakeholder and project governance forums at a program-level and report up to board-level Stakeholders on schedules, priorities, dependencies and risk

• Liaise with departments where inputs are required for execution including: Finance, Legal, Editorial, Consumer Revenue, Commercial

• Responsible for management of status reports for the program and leading proactive program communication with internal and external stakeholders aligned to the agreed program governance

• Responsible for program, project and workstream documentation and keep it updated to review delivery performance, scoping accuracy, and productivity while working across the Product, Design & Engineering teams to define any corrective actions where risks surface

• Lead the optimisation of IT and SDLC best practice frameworks (ITIL, LEAN, AGILE) within program, Product and Engineering functions

• Assist with the Product Director with the program business case development in collaboration with Consumer Revenue / Commercial and Technology owners and Finance to secure resource and funding approval and to manage program budget end-to-end

• Partner with Product and Engineering leads to define and track program goals using OKRs as a framework for prioritisation, performance and outcomes

• Partner with leads across the organisation to assist in managing project resource allocation and team optimization required for effective delivery

• Partner and drive healthy relationships with diverse business, technical & non-technical roles spanning all organisational levels

• Drive performance across multiple teams to stay focused and moving forward on strategic goals while you aggressively manage dependencies and remove obstacles that stand in between

• Support engagement with internal and external stakeholders to confirm business requirements and to align and prioritise these to OKRs and program goals

• Set teams up for success by collaborating closely with them in sprint activities, providing them with relevant user stories and guiding them in estimation

• Influence a diverse set of stakeholders with your excellent relationships, commitment to driving good decisions

• Partners and drives healthy relationships with relevant business, technical & non-technical roles spanning all organisational levels

Who you are:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Strong programme/ project experience in Product or Technology field (ideally in the media Industry)

• Experience with delivery of direct-to-consumer and/or advertising-based digital product experiences for media or streaming industry

• You are self-driven, comfortable with ambiguity and motivated to deliver results-oriented outcomes

• You are highly collaborative and able to effectively translate and communicate technical concepts to different audiences is key to this role. 

• You build trusted relationships and can demonstrate proven success in negotiating priorities and supporting informed decision-making across at all levels of the organisation

• You are able to work under pressure to meet deadlines and have a successful track record of delivering complex global initiatives to schedule and budget.

• You have excellent written and verbal English communication skills

• Experience with Program/Project Management and Agile Software Development toolsets: JIRA, Confluence, GSuite

• PMI/PMP Certification or Prince 2 qualification

• You love working with a global team and are flexible to adjust hours accordingly

• You raise the bar on all work, and share best practices

Desirable skills

• Experience working in global media, digital advertising, publishing

• Experience leading teams in multiple locations including Americas, Asia-Pacific including India, and Europe, UK and the Middle East

• Successful track record of program delivery working in a matrixed global corporate environment

Where will you be? 

We value collaboration, and our team comes together in the office three days a week. Our Adelphi office spans three floors, offering amazing views of the Thames and easy access to the amenities of The Strand. We truly love working here!

What benefits do we offer? 

• 25 days holiday and extra days of annual leave for life events 

• Hybrid working and core hours 

• Competitive pension scheme 

• Bupa Private Healthcare 

• Enhanced maternity leave and family leave 

• Season ticket loans 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Employee Assistance programme 

• Bring your dog to work 

• A wide variety of wellness benefits including gym discounts 

• Discounts and Magazine Subscriptions

• Employee Resource Groups to provide a platform for employees to identify shared objectives, exchange ideas, and work on community priorities for our global workforce 

• Condé Nast Learning Hub where you’ll find all Condé Nast-developed learning courses and training, and over 16,000+ courses in seven local languages

What happens next?

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply below, and we will review your application as soon as possible. You can update your resume or upload a cover letter at any time by accessing your candidate profile.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.