Job at a glance
The delivery of projects and products in The Sun team using the appropriate agile project management methodology (both Scrum and Kanban), learning & iterating frequently. Lead a collaborative, dynamic planning process - prioritising the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team. Enable teams to solve problems, remove blockers, improve flow and make timely decisions Engage with Senior Stakeholders regularly, ensuring delivery proposals are understood and providing clear visibility of progress, risks, issues and dependencies through effective reporting, tooling and dashboards.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams from project initiation to establish context, clarify scope and ownership, and build iterative delivery plans. Ensure clear accountability across teams, with the right people involved in the right forums to make decisions and deliver agreed outcomes. Leverage AI effectively in daily work and continuously identify new opportunities to improve speed and quality of processes.
Your role: We're looking for an experienced Agile PM to join The Sun team. You'll work with the development team, product team and stakeholders across the business. We need a talented, self starting Agile PM to help guide the team as they deliver new functionality for our brands. You'll show passion for technical challenges and the bravery to take risks with bold ideas. We want you to help us build self-organised, highly motivated teams with the curiosity to unravel complex problems and the optimism to take exciting, innovative approaches., Proven experience using a range of agile project management methods.
Ability to balance multiple priorities and deal with ambiguity. Experience of communicating and reporting to senior stakeholders. Experience in matrix managing multi-disciplinary teams (Product, Engineering etc.). Your team: The Sun comprises digital product teams supporting development and enhancement of The Sun Website, The Sun Mobile App, Sun Club and Sun Savers. It's an exciting time for us as we align workstreams to be more innovative and audience facing.
The Sun websites and apps are critical to the continued success of the brand. We are an agile, cross-functional programme, working together to ensure the digital products can continue to meet the needs of the business and customers by improving the user experience, underlying platform and operational tools for teams., News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS.
Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve.
Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace.
Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements. Life at News Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most.
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