Brand Programme Planning & Delivery Lead

Role type: 4 days per week until February 2027, We are currently looking for a Programme Planning & Delivery Lead to lead the next stage of our ongoing work to build and strengthen the ITV Studios brand. As part of the Marketing group, you'll work closely with senior stakeholders, workstream leads and external partners, you will develop the integrated programme plan and budget, establish clear governance, and manage key risks, dependencies and decisions. Main responsibilities

• Programme Mobilisation & Planning: Translate the Brand Programme strategy into a clear and comprehensive delivery plan, defining a detailed scope, workstreams, milestones, budget, resourcing and requirements.
• Governance & Controls: Establish proportionate programme governance and reporting, managing key risks, issues, dependencies and decisions.
• Business Case & Budget: Develop the programme business case and bottom-up budget, working with Finance and senior stakeholders to support investment decisions.
• Integrated Delivery: Build and manage the integrated programme plan, ensuring alignment and accountability across multiple workstreams.
• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to maintain momentum and resolve issues.
• Supplier & Partner Management: Coordinate agencies and external partners, supporting procurement and managing key deliverables and commercial dependencies.
  
  Proven experience leading complex, large-scale programmes, combining strong programme management expertise with a solid understanding of brand strategy, marketing and implementation.
• Programme Leadership: Strong experience mobilising complex programmes, establishing governance and PMO structures, integrated plans, budgets and delivery frameworks.
• Business Cases & Financial Management: Experience developing bottom-up budgets and producing high-quality business cases and investment papers for senior decision-makers.
• Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and operate effectively with senior stakeholders, agencies and external partners in complex organisations.
• Industry Experience: Experience within media, entertainment or another brand-led global organisation is highly desirable.
• Tools: Expert proficiency in Google Suite
Other things we're looking for (key criteria)
• Highly structured and pragmatic, able to turn complexity into clear plans and priorities.
• Strong stakeholder and influencing skills, with credibility at senior level.
• Excellent communicator, able to simplify and present complex information clearly.
• Collaborative and hands-on, comfortable leading through influence.
• Commercially and financially confident, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience in Brand & Marketing is highly desirable.
  
  ITV Studios is a creator, producer and distributor of world-class television that gets people talking. With more than 60 production labels across 13 countries, we're behind some of the biggest shows on screen - from global formats including Love Island and The Voice to standout dramas such as Fool Me Once and Vigil.
Every year, our teams create and deliver thousands of hours of entertainment to audiences around the world, bringing bold storytelling, unforgettable moments and must-see TV to screens everywhere.


• Flexible working with a range of options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life
More about our benefitsCorporate Teams Working smart and working fast, we're behind the most talked-about brands. Discover more about the teams making sure everyone at itv has a life outside of work. Find out moreWhat is the magic of ITV? It starts with a simple love of television. Watching it, creating it, talking about it. Whether it's daytime or primetime, for downtime or anytime. We're inspired by our audiences. Who helps shape what we make. Standing shoulder to shoulder with them. Because what matters to them, matters to us. Starting conversations. Winning hearts. Changing minds and sometimes even society itself. Big or small, what we make makes an impact.