Senior Manager - Culture and Talent

As Senior Manager – Culture and Strategic Projects, you will help shape a culture where our people can thrive, do their best work and bring Sky’s values and behaviours to life. From designing an engaging Welcome to Sky onboarding experience to leading strategic projects across Early Careers, Talent and Performance, you’ll create connected people experiences and products that strengthen our culture, enhance colleague experience and deliver business impact. Acting as the connector across these priorities, you'll bring together insight, planning and storytelling to maximise impact. This is a unique opportunity to work flexibly across a broad remit, shape colleague experiences and join the dots across the people agenda.   

What you’ll do   

• Own a flagship culture initiative: design and launch an engaging Welcome to Sky onboarding experience for all UK&I colleagues, working collaboratively with teams across Sky 

• Build on the foundations of our culture programme by embedding initiatives, connecting people products and using insight and data to measure progress 

• Partner with the Early Careers team on strategic projects and priorities such as future workforce planning, external benchmarking and articulating the impact of our programmes 

• Connect the dots across Culture, Talent, Performance and Early Careers, aligning priorities, surfacing insights and creating a more joined-up people narrative 

• Lead and contribute to strategic projects across Early Careers, Talent and Performance, applying insight, problem-solving and people product design to deliver meaningful outcomes 

• Translate business priorities, external trends and colleague insight into practical solutions that strengthen culture and enhance the colleague experience  

What you’ll bring    

Essential 

• Deep experience designing onboarding experiences and culture initiatives, with broader expertise in one or more of Early Careers, Talent Management or Performance  

• Proven track record of designing and delivering people products in large, complex organisations, translating business priorities into meaningful colleague and business outcomes 

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, building alignment across senior leaders and navigating complexity across multiple agendas 

• Outstanding communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complexity, connect ideas and influence through compelling narratives 

• Strong strategic and systems thinking, with the ability to think holistically across the people agenda, identify interdependencies and drive greater impact through joined-up solutions. 

Desirable  

• Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from concept through to implementation, influencing without direct authority 

• Experience using external trends, benchmarking and market insight to inform people strategies and solutions 

Benefits and perks  

There's one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to life at Sky: the perks. Here’s a taster:   

• Free Sky TV or NOW package, including Sky Sports and Sky Cinema    

• Pension package with up to 9% employer contribution  

• Private healthcare with mental health support   

• Aviva Digital GP and dental insurance   

• Discounts on Sky products, including Sky Mobile, Sky Broadband, Sky Glass and Sky Protect   

• Sharesave and Tech schemes   

• A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences  

How you’ll work  

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.  

Your office base   

Osterley  

Our Sky Group HQ. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and workspaces, there’s plenty of space to see your big ideas come to life. Here you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants and cafes. You can re-energise at our gym, catch the latest films at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.   

Our Osterley Campus is just a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station, or you can get one of our free shuttle buses from Osterley, Gunnersbury and Ealing Broadway stations. Plus, there’s free onsite parking available for cars, motorbikes and bicycles.  

Who we are  

We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues and society. 

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.  

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.   

To be eligible for this role you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position. 

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