Technical Program Manager

Location: dmg::media Head Office - High Street Kensington, London
Position: Permanent/Full Time

About Us

Mail Technology is the powerhouse being dmg::media. We support a world-class portfolio of brans including the Daily Mail, Mail+, The Mail on Sunday, and The I Paper. Our platforms reach over 45% of the UK adult population, generating more than 130 million consumer touchpoints every single month.

About the Role

We are looking for a tenacious and disciplined Technical Program Manager to lead complex, multi-stream technology initiatives. This isn't just about following a process; it’s about driving end-to-end delivery of group-wide solutions and shared platforms that impact our entire brand portfolio. You will thrive in a highly collaborative, matrixed environment, working closely with the CTO, Enterprise Architects, and stakeholders across Marketing, Advertising, and Editorial.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse range of projects through the full lifecycle, ensuring they are on time, on budget, and of superior quality
• Manage multiple projects concurrently, overseeing task delivery across workstreams and coordinating with third-party vendors
• Build strong cross-functional relationships to maintain visibility, manage risks, and ensure all business functions are aligned
• Provide weekly governance reporting and ensure all projects adhere to the appropriate delivery frameworks
• Focus matrix-managed teams to align with brief, scope, and budget parameters while keeping the delivery team engaged and committed

Person Specification

• Demonstrable track record of delivering large-scale technology projects, particularly platform migrations, within complex IT environments
• Ability to engage at both delivery and architectural levels, translating technical designs (APIs, integrations, distributed architectures) into executable plans
• Experience operating across Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery models
• Expertise in managing cutover activities, transition-to-live operations, and non-functional requirements like scalability and security
• Strong financial skills, including budget management, forecasting, and cost control
• You are an "organised completer/finisher" and an energised self-starter who focuses on outcomes over process

Package Description

Our benefits package increases the longer you’ve been with us. Here’s what to expect:

• 25 days’ holiday (increasing by 1 per year up to a total of 30)
• Pension plan and life cover
• Discounts on online shopping, dining cards and vouchers, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Onsite gym, subsidised canteen and onsite nurse and GP clinics

Plus much more...

Our Commitment

We are committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.

We are Disability Confident Committed. Please let us know if you require any recruitment documentation in other formats or if you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process. Please be assured that any such information will be held separately to your recruitment application and will not be considered as part of the selection process.