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JOB BAND: D
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: Product Group
LOCATION: London or Salford – Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £72,000 - £82,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To lead the development of a scalable, flexible, and secure Machine Learning platform that accelerates the use of ML and Generative AI across the BBC, supporting its digital ambitions and empowering teams to deliver greater value to audiences.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

This is a unique opportunity to shape how the BBC uses Machine Learning. You’ll work at the forefront of innovation, helping build critical infrastructure that supports strategic business needs. Join a collaborative, forward-thinking environment where your work will have a direct impact on the BBC’s future.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Define and own the roadmap for the ML platform, aligned with strategic vision and user needs.
• Lead a cross-functional team through Agile development to deliver impactful platform features.
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to understand workflows and translate them into platform capabilities.
• Promote platform adoption through training, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor platform performance and evolve it to align with emerging ML tools and best practices.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Proven product management experience leading technical products, platform products, or ML solutions.
• Technical expertise in developing AI/ML solutions within an established organisation, including experience with AWS.
• Good knowledge of the challenges and opportunities of working with data scientists and data engineers.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to adapt this in different situations and to different stakeholder groups.
• Experience building platform capabilities, considering scalability, security, adoption, onboarding, and support.

DESIRED

• E xperience collaborating with senior leadership to ensure platform supports larger product strategy
• Familiarity with Agile development processes and leading cross-functional teams.
• Ability to write compelling product narratives and user stories to support discovery and feature definition.
• Ability to make informed decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and communicate effectively across the multi-discipline team
• Knowledge of responsible AI practices and integrating compliance into platform tools and processes.

The interview process will be two stages and held either in person in Salford or London or on MS Teams. The first stage will include a short presentation / scenario followed by the second interview where you'll demonstrate the required competencies through examples from your experience. Interviews will commence the week of 11th August 2025.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disability confident

We are a disability confident employer. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.