ABOUT US

We’re building Tomorrow’s Connections Today, bringing people together through the power of our technology.

Liberty Global is a world leader in converged broadband, video and mobile communications and an active investor in cutting-edge infrastructure, content and technology ventures.

With our investments in fibre-based and 5G networks we play a vital role in society, currently providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections and rolling out the next generation of products and services, while readying our networks for 10 Gbps and beyond.

We’re creating national champions, combining the best broadband and mobile networks under brands such as Virgin Media-02 in the UK, VodafoneZiggo in The Netherlands, Telenet in Belgium, Sunrise in Switzerland, Virgin Media in Ireland and UPC in Slovakia.

Liberty Global Ventures, our global investment arm, has a portfolio of more than 75 companies and funds across content, technology and infrastructure, including strategic stakes in ITV, Univision, Plume, Lionsgate and the Formula E racing series.

Our scale enables us to transfer knowledge and expertise across our operations and investments, creating a dynamic family of brands united in the pursuit of innovation and excellence.

And we’re prioritising diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and communities, while reducing our impact on the environment. We are using technology as a force for good; for our people, our partners and the planet.

JOB PURPOSE

As part of Liberty Global’s Technology Development team the role of Technical Project Manager is key leadership role responsible for coordinating work of development teams in intaking requirements, developing and ensuring quality delivery of various features across all Go To Market teams and therefore should ensure alignments in our overall delivery and operating model by working closely with peers within Technology.

This individual will be the Go to Entertainment Development contact for our Products and Architecture organization for both in flight product development, build, delivery and releases and our overall technology strategy to support growth and customer proposition plans around the Entertainment portfolio.

This role will have big influence on technology and development activities across platform teams and must encourage and empower in a way that uses the collective talent across all resources and align individuals around the Customer Value Proposition.

This role responsible for developing entertainment platform through their technology delivery and operations lifecycle ensuring timely delivery of technically ready features that can launch on various countries across Liberty Global's footprint.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

As Entertainment deployment Subject Matter Expert supervise development team organization to secure timely and quality feature results within committed timelines across Cloud Micro Services, Set-Top-Box software, Apps and Platform technologies towards multiple LG’s markets
Coach Technology Delivery team members on development and delivery process and integration of TV/Mobile Apps, Backoffice, Video CPE and Streaming components
Track Product and Architecture readiness through the delivery workflow
Coordinate feature integration activities within development and integration organization and collaborate closely with other teams to secure product results
Attend or coordinate the relevant meetings to oversee deployment activities
Support and stimulate analysis and indicate problem solution for platform related to technical integration
Rationalize feature delivery scope to fit in requested timeline
Act as the principal technical interface and subject matter between LG Product / Architecture teams and development and delivery teams and relevant vendors

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Fluent spoken and written English
Experience in project coordination and good understanding of project planning processes, techniques, and methodology, especially in a multi-functional and commercial environment.
Experience in from entertainment sector (TV/Mobile Apps, Micro Services, Video CPE devices or Streaming)
Experience within TV/Mobile Apps development with cross platform technology targeting Android, iOS, Tizen OS, and other OS
Deep understanding of entertainment technology & ecosystem, in particular service platforms (HW and SW), user interfaces, Apps and media acquisition/management, processing, and distribution, end-to-end content protection and security
Solid grounding in the principles and practices of data privacy and information security.
Shown experience in inspiring change and process improvement initiatives that have benefitted the company and its customers
Experienced with product delivery and project life cycles
Experienced with issue/development tracking products like Atlassian Jira
Experienced with online documentation products like Confluence Wiki
Understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and serverless computing

DESIRABLE SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Self-motivated and proactive in the working environment. A proven track record to work with speed, decisiveness, and accuracy
A willingness work under pressure, while being able to move with changes in the underlying environment, whether these be business or technical
Good attention to detail
Good team/people leadership skills
Effective written & verbal presentation and communication skills
Ability to engage effectively at all levels of an organization up to MD level
Relationship & stakeholder management. – work with various teams, able to present well-reasoned information and arguments to convince others
Engineering/analytical thinking and problem solving
Ability to understand product features and functions
Critical thinking – able to identify a vision along with the plans, which need to be implemented to meet the end goal, evaluating situations, decisions, and issues in the short, medium and long term
Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and to act conclusively
Ability to be encouraging, consultative and collaborative and to work effectively across national boundaries
Ability to work independently as well as within teams

PREFERRED EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree level or equivalent in a STEM subject
Certification in one of the project management methodologies is a plus

Benefits:

Competitive salary + Eligibility for our Bonus Plan
25 days annual leave with the option to purchase 5 more
3 Days of Volunteering Time Off
Free premium subscription to Calm – a renowned well-being & meditation app (NL only)
Company Laptop, Mobile and Phone Subscription
Company Pension Contributions
Access to our car benefit scheme (UK only)
Access to personal medical and dental insurance (UK) / Subsidies on Health Insurance (NL).
Access to discounts on superfast fibre broadband subscriptions.