Senior Marketing Manager, Sky+ & on Demand (12 Month FTC)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Marketing professional to join the Sky+, On Demand & Sky Store team within TV Products, part of Sky's Sales & Marketing Group. We are looking for a driven and experienced Senior Marketing Manger as the successful candidate will need to hit the ground running on a number of exciting new initiatives

TV Products is responsible for the success of customer-facing products including Sky+, On Demand, Sky Store, Entertainment Extra+, HD, 3D, Sky Go, Sky Multiroom and Sky Protect. Each team within TV Products looks after the strategy, propositions, marketing and performance of their products, working closely with other teams in the Sales & Marketing Group and right across Sky. TV Products is a vibrant team, delivering best in class products for Sky customers

The Sky+ & On Demand Product Marketing sub-team is responsible for growing the connected base of Sky+HD boxes and engagement with On Demand, defining and securing senior buy-in to the growth strategy. The team owns a significant marketing budget to deliver against stretching targets for a set of high profile KPIs - some reported to Board level and externally

Leading the Product Marketing sub-team, the Senior Marketing Manager sets direction and provides support to a Marketing Executive. It is also essential to develop strong relationships across a broader cross-functional team with representation from across Sky, including other teams in the Sales & Marketing Group, Demand Planning, Finance, Operations, Strategy & Insight, Entertainment and Scheduling

Key Roles and responsibilities

The Senior Marketing Manager will have a number of different objectives they will need to account for which will include Strategy and Planning, Campaign Management, managing and owning KPIs. This will be done through defining, developing and securing senior buy-in to the Sky+ & On Demand marketing strategy. You will utilise insight to make recommendations for activity that can be secured in budget and where there is opportunity for go faster initiatives

Work with the Sky+, On Demand use learning's to inform and develop future strategies

Key skills and requirements

We are looking for someone with strong commercial knowledge and the ability to build marketing plans (including forecasts) and to deliver high-profile targets. They will need to be numerate and confident debating / explaining financial models with senior stakeholders and able to work closely with teams including Demand Planning and Finance. We are looking for someone with significant Marketing experience and a real passion for TV. They will need to be an energetic self-starter, able to perform under pressure and own a set of high profile KPIs. Stakeholder manager is a key factor for this role, you will need to have exceptional people skills, adapting your approach where required, managing and mediating the objectives of different stakeholders

They will be looking at constantly reviewing success and looking for improvements to campaigns, communications and processes, and finding ways to make change happen. You will have a natural problem-solving mentality with the resilience to overcome obstacles and find creative solutions to problems. You will be managing a number of high profile projects at any one time and you will need to be comfortable with regularly meeting the challenges of tight deadlines and juggling multiple projects.

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Salary: Competitive . Date posted: 24/05/2013