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About the Role
The Senior Production Manager will collaborate with the Senior Production Executive to oversee the development and production slate, supporting editorial ambition with workable budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and production processes while upholding financial, legal, compliance, health and safety, and duty-of-care standards. This role demands excellent planning, budgeting, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to respond calmly and decisively to evolving production developments. The manager will ensure clear communication with editorial leads, production teams, contributors, commissioners, suppliers, and external partners, establishing efficient production systems and maintaining a seamless workflow across all stages of production.
Responsibilities
- Create and manage programme budgets and production schedules that reflect editorial requirements.
- Prepare accurate forecasts and cost reports; monitor expenditure, commitments, and cash flow; identify variances early; and recommend corrective action.
- Oversee production finance, including raising POs, invoice processing, expenses, payroll preparation, and contracting.
- Source, negotiate, and book experienced crews and suppliers; plan travel, accommodation, and filming kit.
- Manage location research and access negotiations, and obtain filming permits and permissions.
- Arrange contributor releases, material, and location agreements.
- Create detailed filming call sheets, production risk assessments, and ensure health and safety requirements, escalation procedures, insurance requirements, and safeguarding measures are in place and communicated.
- Ensure compliance with production policies and protocols, escalating concerns promptly.
- Support teams working with sensitive material, vulnerable contributors, or in hostile locations.
- Manage edit schedules and post-production workflows.
- Support clearances for music, archive, and other third-party material, ensuring correct licensing and clearance.
- Maintain post-production and delivery schedules, coordinate viewings, and ensure associated paperwork is delivered on time and to specifications.
- Build trusted relationships with contributors, commissioners, suppliers, and external partners.
- Provide clear support to development and production teams.
- Promote a collaborative, inclusive working culture.
- Continuously review production processes and introduce practical improvements.
- Be flexible to attend shoots, recces, production meetings, or post-production facilities when needed.
Requirements
- Substantial production management experience in current affairs, factual, or documentary television.
- A strong track record of managing complex investigative productions from development through to delivery.
- Confident ownership of programme budgets, cost reporting, forecasting, cash flow, and financial controls.
- Detailed working knowledge of production insurance, contracting, rights and clearances, data protection, health and safety, safeguarding, and contributor duty of care.
- Experience of managing productions involving sensitive subject matters, vulnerable contributors, complex access, or challenging locations.
- Experience of managing and developing production staff, and negotiating effectively with freelancers, facilities, and external suppliers.
- A proven ability to identify, assess, escalate, and mitigate editorial, legal, and financial risks.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end production and post-production workflows, technical delivery requirements, and secure media handling.
- High levels of discretion and integrity when handling sensitive information.
- Eligible to work in the UK; sponsorship is not offered.
Skills
- Excellent planning, organisation, and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and maintain accuracy under pressure with attention to detail.
- Calm, decisive, and solutions-focused in fast-moving or high-pressure situations.
- Proactive problem-solving.
- Clear and confident communication.
- Collaborative and inclusive leadership style.
- Ability to set expectations and support colleagues.
- Flexibility and willingness to travel or work outside standard office hours.
- Experience of managing international filming, hostile-environment arrangements, or high-risk access.
Location
- Osterley Campus
Work Type
- Hybrid
- 3 days in the office per week
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Free 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
- Share save and Tech schemes
- A range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
About the Company
- Full Story Films is Sky's in-house documentary and current affairs production unit, creating bold and unmissable films by combining the original journalism of Sky News with award-winning production expertise.
- The unit specialises in investigative current affairs for Sky News and premium features and series for Sky Documentaries, capturing the zeitgeist, holding power to account, and resonating with Sky’s UK and global audience.
- Sky is a leading media and entertainment company connecting millions with entertainment, sports, news, and arts through innovative products and services, aiming to deliver better experiences for customers, colleagues, and society.
Equal Opportunity
- Sky is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at the company.
- Sky is a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, welcoming and encouraging applications from all candidates.
- Sky will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support candidates where appropriate.
- Criminal record checks will be conducted for successful applicants, and offers may be withdrawn based on the role and nature of convictions.