Senior Manager - Culture and Integration

Job ID: R0057743

Location

London, Middlesex

Hours/week

37.5 hrs/week

Payrate range

Unknown

This role exists to shape the culture Sky needs for the future and ensure our people agenda works as one connected system in support of that ambition.

As Senior Manager – Culture & Integration, you will define the culture priorities that will enable Sky’s strategy and translate them into practical interventions that drive measurable change. Using insight, data and external thinking, you will identify where culture needs to evolve and help create the conditions for colleagues to thrive.

You will also play a key role in connecting the dots across the People agenda. Within the team, you will bring greater alignment across Culture, Talent, Performance and Early Careers. More broadly, you will work across the People team to ensure our priorities, practices and experiences reinforce the culture we want to create.

This is a unique opportunity to shape culture, help ensure our people practices work together to bring it to life and work flexibly across topics.

What you’ll do

Define and evolve Sky's culture strategy, building on progress to date and identifying the critical behaviours and mindsets needed to deliver business goals

Lead the delivery and evolution of culture initiatives, translating strategic priorities into measurable outcomes

Use colleague feedback, organisational data and external insight to identify strengths, risks and opportunities in our culture, track progress and inform action

Partner with People Partners and senior leaders to shape and embed culture through priority organisational change and transformation

Work across the People team to ensure our products and practices (e.g. leader development, joining Sky, performance, talent) consistently reinforce our values, desired behaviours and culture ambitions

Act as the integrator across Culture, Talent, Performance and Early Careers by supporting planning and alignment, connecting priorities, insights and activity to maximise impact

Partner with topic leads to bring together insights and create a clear, compelling narrative across Culture, Talent, Performance and Early Careers

Contribute flexibly across Talent, Performance and Early Careers priorities as business needs evolve

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

Extensive experience in culture, organisational development, or a related People Centre of Excellence (including talent and performance)

Proven success in developing and delivering culture strategies that translate business priorities into meaningful people outcomes.

Strong strategic thinking and commercial acumen, with the ability to connect business objectives to culture, talent and performance priorities.

Excellent planning and organisational skills, ensuring work progresses at pace with the right sequencing and stakeholder engagement

Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with a track record of partnering with senior leaders, building alignment across multiple agendas and driving organisational change.

Outstanding communication, storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complexity and create compelling narratives

Strong analytical capability, using data, insight and colleague feedback to diagnose challenges, shape interventions, measure impact and inform decision-making.

Desirable skills and experience:

Experience working across multiple people disciplines, including Talent, Performance and Early Careers.

Experience designing and implementing people initiatives within complex, matrixed organisations.

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.

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.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media.