<h3>Programme Manager, Digital</h3> <p>About Us</p> <p>The Financial Times ranks among the world’s top news organisations. It is known globally for its authority, integrity, and accuracy. Its mission is to provide quality information and services worldwide.</p> <p>At the FT, curiosity flourishes and ambitious thinking is valued. Here, you have the opportunity to reach millions, produce work that matters and provide impartial journalism in a polarised world.</p> <p>In our warm, collaborative culture, you’ll connect with a diverse community of experts who support your growth, career aspirations and wellbeing.</p> <p>Your future at the FT will be filled with opportunities that challenge and motivate you. With no set route, you’ll uncover new skills and build a career that can take you anywhere.</p> <p>Develop a newsworthy career at the FT.</p> <h3>Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion</h3> <p>We believe in the power of unique perspectives and want all voices in our organisation to be acknowledged, respected and valued. A supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves and perform to their full potential. We are dedicated to removing barriers for everyone, with a focus on addressing those faced by underrepresented groups.</p> <h3>The Role</h3> <p>We want an experienced Programme Manager to direct complex technology projects that back the FT's digital publications along with technologies managing reader preferences, cookies, and consent.</p> <p>Within Product & Tech, you will manage programmes across multiple teams, workstreams, and technology partners. Your role is to align delivery with strategic priorities and generate clear value for the business and our readers.</p> <p>You will collaborate with colleagues from Product, Engineering, Data, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Architecture, and other business areas to handle dependencies, address technical issues, and aid sound decision-making.</p> <p>This is an opportunity to influence how the FT develops and manages its digital platforms. It combines programme leadership, technical understanding, and working with collaborators to deliver meaningful outcomes.</p> <h3>Key Responsibilities</h3> <p>Programme leadership and delivery</p> <ul> <li>Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives supporting the FT's digital publications, reader journeys, technology platforms and business transformation priorities.</li> <li>Manage programmes related to cookie governance, consent management platforms, reader preferences, and connected technology integrations.</li> <li>Develop and maintain coordinated delivery plans across multiple workstreams, internal teams, suppliers, and technology partners.</li> <li>Establish clear programme objectives, success measures, governance and accountability, ensuring delivery remains aligned with business priorities.</li> <li>Coordinate implementation, operational readiness, business change and adoption activities to ensure successful results and benefits realisation.</li> </ul> <h3>Programme governance and financial management</h3> <ul> <li>Establish proportionate programme oversight, reporting, and assurance processes that support effective decision-making.</li> <li>Lead steering committees and governance forums, providing clear updates on programme progress, risks, dependencies and financial performance.</li> <li>Manage programme budgets, forecasts, investment tracking and associated commercial considerations.</li> <li>Identify and address programme risks, issues and delivery challenges, implementing recovery plans where necessary.</li> <li>Ensure programme delivery aligns with relevant architecture, security, risk and compliance standards.</li> </ul> <h3>Cookies, consent and reader preferences</h3> <ul> <li>Manage the delivery of cookie and consent management capabilities, including consent capture, preference updates, withdrawal and consent signal integration.</li> <li>Partner with Privacy, Legal, Data, Product and Engineering teams to translate relevant requirements into practical delivery plans and controls.</li> <li>Oversee coordination of cookie inventories, technology integrations and changes affecting first-party and third-party digital services.</li> <li>Support consistent, accessible reader experiences that clearly communicate choices and reflect consent and preference changes across relevant platforms.</li> </ul> <h3>Technology and supplier management</h3> <ul> <li>Collaborate with technical specialists to understand architectural requirements, technical dependencies, implementation risks and operational impacts.</li> <li>Coordinate delivery relationships involving external suppliers, systems integrators, and technology partners.</li> <li>Monitor supplier performance against agreed achievements, contractual commitments and programme outcomes.</li> <li>Coordinate internal and external delivery teams, resolving dependencies and advancing risks where appropriate.</li> <li>Support procurement, commercial discussions and contractual delivery arrangements.</li> </ul> <h3>Collaborator engagement and business outcomes</h3> <ul> <li>Build trusted relationships with senior business and technology collaborators, programme sponsors and delivery teams.</li> <li>Facilitate decisions involving competing priorities, investment considerations, technical constraints and delivery risks.</li> <li>Communicate complex programme information clearly to techn